Gulf Coast Adds Three to Board

Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s Board of Directors has elected Lisa Krouse, David E. Sessions, and Peter H. Soderberg as members of the Board. Each began a three-year term on the Gulf Coast Board on March 1.

Lisa Krouse, Esq., SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is a board member, executive vice president, and chief administrative officer at FCCI Insurance Group, the Lakewood Ranch-based commercial property and casualty insurance company. Lisa has been with FCCI for over 14 years and was the first woman appointed to its board of directors. She is past Chair of the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, one of only four women to have held that position since the organization’s founding more than 100 years ago.

David E. Sessions is president and CEO of Sarasota's Willis A. Smith Construction, a privately held commercial construction company, where he has worked since 1988. He is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional. David also volunteers his leadership extensively in the community. He is an executive board member of the Bradenton Area Economic Development Corporation and a former board member and chair of the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County. Sessions also serves on the board of directors of the American Red Cross of Southwest Florida, and he is a member of Leadership Florida Class XXX. 

Boca Grande resident Peter H. Soderberg is the managing partner of Worthy Venture Resources, LLC, and a board member of several public and private medical-technology companies. He is the former president and CEO of Hill-Rom, Hillenbrand Industries, and Welch Allyn Holdings and was president of Johnson & Johnson Health Management. Peter’s local community involvement includes board service with the Friends of Boca Grande Community Center, joint hunger-relief efforts in DeSoto County with All Faiths Food Bank, the building of a new facility for Suncoast Humane Society, and various mission projects with the Boca Grande Lighthouse United Methodist Church.

The other members of Gulf Coast's volunteer Board of Directors are Judy Cahn (Chair), Scott Collins (Vice Chair), Anne Essner, Janis Fawn, David Green, Rod Hershberger, Tracy Knight, Anand Pallegar, Mark Pritchett (President | CEO), Michael Saunders, Susan Sofia, Joe Stephan, Bayne Stevenson, Tommy Taylor, and Pauline Wamsler.