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Board of Directors

The Foundation is governed by a 15-member Board of Directors appointed by the Annual Conference. Members are elected to three-year terms, and service is restricted to nine consecutive years.  The Board meets quarterly.

  • Andrew Craske – Vice President, Corporate Banking, BB&T.  Member Anona United Methodist Church, Largo.
  • Sallie Shelton Culver -- Retired Assistant Principal Spruce Creek High School, Port Orange.  Member of Stewart United Methodist Church, Daytona Beach. 
  • Gary Davis – President, Citizens First Trust Company, The Villages. Member New Covenant United Methodist Church, The Villages. 
  • Deborah R. Garvin -- Senior lecturer at Fisher School of Accounting, University of Florida.  Member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Gainesville.
  • Rev. Duncan Gray – Retired Clergy with 39 years service in Florida Annual Conference.  Resides in Tampa.
  • Charles Hackney -- Manatee County Property Appraiser.  Member First United Methodist Church, Bradenton.
  • Elizabeth Knowles – Vice President, Sabal Trust Company.  Member First United Methodist Church, St. Petersburg.
  • David P. Lyons -- Founder and chairman of Saddle Creek Corporation.  Member of Beymer United Methodist Church, Winter Haven.
  • David Moore – President, Moore & Spence Architects.  Member of Faith United Methodist Church, Ft. Myers.
  • Rev. Walter E. Monroe, Jr. – Pastor Stewart Memorial United Methodist Church, Daytona Beach.
  • Rev. Richard Nussel – Pastor Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church, Tampa.
  • Dyana Petro – Attorney, Gray Robinson.  Member First United Methodist Church Orlando.
  • Kim Showalter – President, Showalter Flying Service.  Member Tuskawilla United Methodist Church, Casselberry.
  • Vernon Swartsel – Attorney, Carlton Fields, P. A., Orlando.  Member First United Methodist Church, Orlando.
  • Dennis Vlassis -- President and Chief Operating Officer, Gulf Stream Lumber Company.  Member Faith United Methodist Church, Boynton Beach.

Officers of the Foundation 2006-2007

  • Chairperson: Duncan Gray
  • Vice-Chairperson: Kim Showalter
  • Secretary: Elizabeth Knowles
  • Asst. Secretary: Ginny Wood
  • Treasurer: Pam Hicks
  • Asst. Treasurer: Margaret Cox
  • Project Manager:  Jenny DiLorenzo
  • President: Thomas W. Marston
  • Vice-Presidents: Christian Burns, H. Donald Caldwell, John D. Peterson, Suzanne McGovern and J. Thomas Wilkinson

Non-voting, Ex Officio Directors

  • Bishop Timothy Whitaker – Bishop, Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
  • Dr. Montfort Duncan – Executive Director of New Church Development, Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church

 

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