BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CHAIRS

JULIE A. SCHMELZLE, Chair
Sr. VP/Sr. Client Mgr.
Bank of America
 
BLAKE GABLE, Chair Elect
CEO
Barron Collier Companies
 
GARRETT RICHTER, Immediate Past Chair
Market President
First Foundation Bank

VICE CHAIRS

DERRICK AYERS
Finance & Audit Committee
CFO, Premiere Plus Realty
 
DAVID GORDLEY
Finance & Audit Committee
Market President, Collier County,
First Horizon Bank
 
JASON HUNTER KORN, ESQ.
Governance & Nominating Committee
Managing Director, Florida,
Dentons Cohen and Grigsby
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CEE CEE MARINELLI
Development Committee
Vice President of Commercial Leasing,
Barron Collier Companies

JEANNE L. SEEWALD
Governance & Nominating Committee
Partner, Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP
 
BRIAN GOGEUN
Leadership Collier Foundation
Chief Investment Officer
Barron Collier Companies
 
CHRIS VERNON
Partnership for Collier’s Future Economy
Partner, Vernon Litigation Group
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HONORARY DIRECTORS

RUSSELL A. BUDD
Founding Partner,
PBS Contractors
 
JEFFREY D. FRIDKIN
Partner,
Grant Fridkin Pearson, PA
 
DUDLEY GOODLETTE
Henderson Franklin, Starnes & Holt, PA
 
CJ HUESTON
President & CEO,
Corporate Dimensions, Inc.

DAN LAVENDER
CEO
Moorings Park
 
EDWARD A. MORTON
 
KATHERINE "KATIE" SPROUL
CEO, Halstatt, LLC
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DAVID WESTON
 
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Ex-Officio

​AMY PATTERSON
County Manager,
Collier County Government
 
LESLIE RICCARDELLI 
Superintendent,
Collier County Public Schools
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KEVIN RAMBOSK
Sheriff,
Collier County Sheriff's Office

ELOY RICARDO
North Collier Fire Control & Rescue District

Board Members

BILL BARKER
​Barker Strategic Solutions
 
TED BILL
Pelican Wire
 
MICHELLE BORDERS
Naples Network Services
 
SCOTT BURGESS
David Lawrence Centers for Behavioral Health
 
EILEEN CONNOLLY-KEESLER
Collier Community Foundation
 
KRISTEN COURY
Gulfshore Playhouse
 
JOHN DEANGELIS
DeAngelis Diamond
 
BILL GASTON
BUILD, LLC
 
MARY BETH GEIER
Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
 
KERRY GEROY
Naples Global Advisors
 
ANDY HILL
Andrew Hill Investment Advisors
 
CLARK HILL
Hilton Naples
 
PAUL HILTZ
NCH Healthcare System
 
BUDDY HORNBECK III
Gallagher Lutgert Insurance
 
​GREGORY JOHNSON
Conditioned Air

CLAUDINE LEGER-WETZEL
Stock Development
 
TINA MATTE
Gravina Smith Matte & Arnold
 
MICK MOORE
Vanderbilt Beach Resort

​MARY MORTON
Moorings Park

​JAY NEWMAN
The Athens Group
 
PATRICK O'CONNOR
Sotheby's International Realty
 
TIMOTHY REITER
Fifth Third Bank
 
ADAM RYZENMAN
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
 
HECTOR SANCHEZ
Central Wire
 
JOHN W. SCHMIEDING
Arthrex, Inc.
 
CHRIS SIMONEAU
Lee Health/Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida
 
RANDY SMITH
Naples Transportation and Tours
 
ASIF SYED
21 Spices by Chef Asif
 
VICKI TRACY
Gulf Coast International Properties

​DR. JAMIE ULMER
Healthcare Network
 
PATRICK UTTER
Collier Enterprises
 
SERGIO ABREU
TECO Peoples Gas
 
LISA VAN DIEN
London Bay Homes

Andrew VanValin
Pulte Family Foundation
 
PABLO VEINTIMILLA
Centennial Bank
 
MICHAEL A. WYNN
Sunshine Ace Hardware, Inc.
 
Matthew Zwack
Owen Ames Kimball 
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