Meet the Class for Our Winter 2018 Gulf Coast Board Institute

Gulf Coast Community Foundation has selected 27 nonprofit board members from across the region to participate in the next class of our Gulf Coast Board Institute.

These volunteers will take part in four half-day interactive training sessions over a five-week period beginning February 2. Topics covered in the course include the basics of nonprofit board governance, financial and legal oversight responsibilities, and organizational planning.

“The responsibilities of nonprofit board members are significant and non-negotiable, yet many volunteers have to learn those responsibilities ‘on the job,’” said Dr. Mark S. Pritchett, president and CEO of Gulf Coast Community Foundation. “One of the most important things we can do at Gulf Coast is to help ensure that our nonprofit partners have access to highly skilled and knowledgeable individuals to serve on their boards.”

The following community members will take part in the Winter 2018 Board Institute:

•   Kelly Askerund

•   Debra Boterf

•   Will Chase

•   Kristen Conti

•   Michael Corley

•   Maria DeCarlo

•   Tony Dempsey

•   Anne Essner

•   Donald Fisher

•   Roxanne Joffe

•   Richard Johnson

•   Susan Jones

•   Deborah Kostroun 

•   Lynne Koy

•   John LaCivita

•   Mark Lee

•   Michael Levine

•   Judith Liersch

•   Pat Mahoney

•   Mitzie McGavic

•   Vickie Oldham

•   Krista Potthast-Haynes

•   Peter Powers

•   Kevin  Sanderson 

•   Richard Segall

•   Eve Sweeting

•   Catherine Vernon

The Winter 2018 class of Gulf Coast Board Institute will be the third group of nonprofit board members to take part in this comprehensive training.

Gulf Coast will offer additional classes of our Board Institute in the summer and fall. The application for our Summer Board Institute will be available at the end of April.