Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida elects new board members
Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida is pleased to announce the appointment of its new board members, selected to serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015. The new board members are:
Richard Caligiuri, Vice President with Bouchard Insurance; W. Jeffrey Cecil, Partner-in-Charge with Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP; Chad Hart, Senior Vice President/Business Banking Manager with BankUnited; Samantha Howes of Samantha M. Howes, CPA, P.A.; and Gary Tasman, Founder/Executive Director with Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Property SWFL.
Board members of Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida manage the business, property, and affairs of the corporation with the responsibility and authority to determine operating policies and practices. Key roles include trusteeship, strategic planning, policy and evaluation and resource development.
“This is a tremendous class of board members,” said David Hall, outgoing Chairman of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida. “We are fortunate to add business expertise in communications, operations, human resources, fiscal management, and community relations. Each of our new members has been involved in Junior Achievement either as a volunteer in the classroom, or has served on an advisory committee, with a few being JA alumni themselves. Our board is very active, and we pride ourselves on working together to help make Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida the very best it can be to better teach our youth financial literacy, work readiness and entrepreneurial skills.”
Junior Achievement is the world's largest organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people to succeed in a global economy. Through a dedicated volunteer network, Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida Inc. provides in-school and after-school programs for students in Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties that focus on three key content areas: work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy. Today, 122 individual area operations reach more than 4 million students in the U.S., with an additional 5 million students served by operations in 120 other countries worldwide. For more information about Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida visit www.JASWFL.org or contact Anne Frazier at 239-225-2590 or info@jaswfl.org.
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