All Board meetings, held at WEDU unless otherwise noted, are open to the public and media. The meetings, or portions of, may be closed to consider matters relating to personnel, proprietary information, litigation and other issues requiring the confidential advice of counsel, commercial or financial information obtained from a person on a privileged or confidential basis, or the purchase of property or services whenever the premature exposure of such purchase would compromise the business interests of any such organization.

Suzanne Oaks Brownstein, Chair

Jennifer Williams, Secretary

Alan C. Bomstein, Vice Chair

Brian Keenan †, Immediate Past Chair

Jeff Sparling, Treasurer

Paul Grove, President and CEO

Barry Alpert †
Lori Baggett
James H. Bennett
Monroe Berkman* †
Jerry Bilik
Brian A. Butler
Dennis Caltagirone*
Robert Calafell
Tony Coleman
Susan S. Craig
Robert A. Darr* †

Don DeFosset* †
Fred Dobbins* †
Richard J. Dobkin †
Patricia Douglas
Thomas duPont
Walt Engle
Hilliard Eure* †
Susanna Fenhagen* †
Robert B. Gough, III
Anita Holec
Nancy Hale Hoyt

Elaine Keating* †
Dick Lobo*
Claude Macari, C.P.A.
Gene Marshall
Jean Martin
Roy J. McCraw, Jr.
Rudolph Michaud, CLU* †
George Miles
Kevin Plummer
John F. Rañon, AIA* †
Dick Rivera

Samuel Samelson
James A. Schmidt, Esq.
Elizabeth Sembler †
Heidi Shimberg †
Garrett Shinn, C.P.A.
Virginia Sink*
Geoffrey Simon †
Jeffery Sparling
William H. Stover* †
Cathy Unruh †

* = Director Emeritus | † = Past Chairman

2021 Board of Directors Meeting Schedule

• January 28 | Annual Meeting 11:30 a.m.
• April 29 | 11:30 a.m.
• June 10 | 11:30 a.m.
• September 23 | 11:30 a.m.
• December 2 | 11:30 a.m.

Executive Committee:

• February 18 | 12:00 p.m.
• April 22 | 12:00 p.m.
• July 15 | 12:00 p.m.
• August 19 | 12:00 p.m.
• September 9 | 12:00 p.m.
• October 28 | 12:00 p.m.
• December 9 | 12:00 p.m.

Audit Committee:

• August 18 | 12:00 p.m.

Finance Committee:

• January 20 | 10:30 a.m.
• April 20 | 10:30 a.m.
• July 28 | 10:30 a.m.
• September 9 | 12:00 p.m.
• November 17 | 10:30 a.m.

Governance Committee:

• TBA

Investment Committee:

• January 20 | 11:30 a.m.
• April 20 | 11:30 a.m.
• July 28 | 11:30 a.m.
• November 17 | 11:30 a.m.

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James A. Schmidt, Esq., Chair (Hillsborough)

William J. Perez, Vice Chair (Hillsborough)

Hillsborough
Lisette Campos
Karencia Ciagala
Said Iravani, Ph.D.

Polk
Jeff Griggs
Maurice Raymond

Pinellas
Britton Alexander
Steve Meyer
Patty Suárez

Pasco
Sonia Rodriguez Thorn

Manatee
Ted Lindenberg
Colleen Lundwall

Sarasota
Roberta Hamilton

2021 Community Advisory Board Meeting Schedule - February 4 at 12:00 p.m. | May 6 at 12:00 p.m. | June 17 at 12:00 p.m. | September 30 at 12:00 p.m. | December 8 at 11:30 a.m.