Twenty-Three Complete Winter 2020 Gulf Coast Board Institute

Twenty-three volunteer board and community members with nonprofit organizations across the Gulf Coast region have completed the Winter 2020 Gulf Coast Board Institute.

The participants took part in four full-day, interactive educational experiences that covered key nonprofit board governance topics and issues. The class completed its final session and celebrated its graduation on Friday, February 28.

Gulf Coast Board Institute provides high-level board-governance training for new and veteran nonprofit board members. The Board Institute was created and is funded by Gulf Coast Community Foundation as part of its focus on building a vital nonprofit community with the capacity to respond to emerging issues. All training and resources are provided at no cost to participants in exchange for their commitment to advocate for good board governance within current and future board service roles. 

“Good board governance is crucial to the success of a nonprofit organization,” said Mark S. Pritchett, President|CEO of Gulf Coast Community Foundation. “We know that this group will do great things for their organizations—they were eager to learn, attentive, and dynamic. ”

These 23 community members completed the Winter 2020 Gulf Coast Board Institute:

• Linda Baron, Hanover College 

• Mary Anne Bowie, Arlington Park Neighborhood Association

• Matt Britton, Family Promise of South Sarasota County

• Barbara Cogswell, ITN Suncoast

• Anthony Cortes, Lutheran Services of Florida

• Whitney Crettol, Nonprofit Consultant

• Tomas Dinverno, All Faiths Food Bank

• Pamela Fields, Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness

• Nancy Harris, Education Foundation of Sarasota County

• Cordell Jeter, Loveland Center

• Jordan Jones, Miracle League of Manasota

• Douglass Kapp, Key Chorale

• Jan Lugar, Venice Area Beautification Inc.

• Liz Napoli, Friends of Shannon Staub Public Library

• Christine O’Brien, Community Volunteer

• Kathleen Ross, Community Volunteer

• Renee Ryckman, Leadership Sarasota

• Christine Schlesinger, Senior Friendship Centers

• Steven Shell, Punta Gorda Symphony

• Clara Villanueva, Gulf Coast Latin Chamber of Commerce

• KJ Vorndran, Just for Girls

• Jane Watt, Impact 100 SRQ

• Sheila Weiss, ALSO Youth

Gulf Coast will offer the next session of its Board Institute this summer. Applications for the Summer 2020 Board Institute will be available mid-April here.