Recent Press Releases from the Uncommon Friends Foundation
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2006 |
Contact: Arlene Roth, Executive Director, Uncommon Friends Foundation, (239) 337-9505 |
Uncommon Friends Foundation Elects Officers and Board of Directors
FORT MYERS, Fla. (March 31, 2006)—The Uncommon Friends Foundation recently elected officers for 2006-2007. Re-elected for a third term as president is Tom Hoolihan, Jr., a real estate developer with HRG Realty Group of Florida. Newly elected vice-President is Nancy Humphrey, first lady of Fort Myers and Secretary Tammy Surratt, vice president with McDonald Financial Corporation. Serving a second term as Treasurer is Leslie D’Alessandro, CPA with the firm of Wiltshire, Whitley, Richardson, and English.
Newly elected board members are: Dr. Larry Byrnes, Professor of Education at FGCU; Dr. Bob Jones, District Executive Vice President and Campus President of the Lee Campus in Fort Myers for Edison College; Dr. Andrew Mikulaschek, Director of the Department of Trauma & Surgical Critical Care for Lee Memorial Health Systems; Mike Scott, Lee County Sheriff; Bruce Schultz, President and CEO of Southwest Capital Holdings, Inc.; Linda Uhler, Philanthropist; Bob Wigley, Vice President and Director of Great Plains Companies. Other board members re-elected are John Albion, Alexandra Bremner, Berne Davis, Amy Gravina, Robley Greilick, Randall Henderson, Jr., Kerrey Hoolihan, Lenny Katz, Terri Kinsey, Reggie Knight, Dr. David McCormick, Connie McCormick, Ray Murphy, Fran Myers, Dr. David Robinson, Robbie Roepstorff, Dr. Elinor Scricca, Roxie Smith, Ken Sneeden, Sandra Stilwell, Sharon Thierer, Jody Van Cooney, and Steven R. Whitley.
The Uncommon Friends Foundation is a character education foundation whose mission is to instill ethics, moral values, and a sense of purpose in tomorrow’s leaders. The foundation awards needs-based scholarships through recommendations by education and community organizations, recognizes outstanding teachers utilizing the curriculum, and supports the Uncommon Friends in Ethics at Florida Gulf Coast University. The foundation will also be presenting the first Uncommon Friends Foundation Business Ethics Award at a gala on June 8, 2006. For more information please call (239) 337-9505.