Mission Statement:  Focus community resources to ensure a quality public school education for every student

Executive Committee

Chair - Melanie Fernandez, CPA, Audit Partner - Cross, Fernandez & Riley, LLP
Vice Chair/Chair Elect - Kevin M. Noonan, Director, Residential Customer Services - Orlando Utilities Commission
Secretary - Kimberly A. Cornett, Vice President, Communications and PR - Workforce Central Florida

Treasurer - Tim Myers, Market President - Seaside National Bank & Trust

Sandra Enoch, Program Director, Global SMB Sales Force Vitality - IBM Corporation

Alan Fidelo - Community Volunteer

James Galbraith, Government Affairs - SeaWorld Orlando and Discovery Cove

Susan E. Kelley, Vice President, Institutional Advancement - Valencia Community College

Tyler Kirby, Director of Business Development - Baker Barrios Architects, Inc.

Richard J. Maladecki, President - Central Florida Hotel & Lodging Assn.

James W. McIlrath, Attorney - GrayRobinson

Ruth Z. Mustian, Senior Vice President - Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce

Jim Waters, Retired - Universal Orlando Resort

Executive Director - Nancy F. Peed

Board Members
Tobi L. Allen, Manager, Community Relations - Lockheed Martin

Randy Bernard, Senior Project Manager - Skanska USA Building, Inc.

Roger E. Bolling - Song and Associates

Steven F. Brown, President - DeVry University

Tammy Buchan, Chief Financial Officer - Broad and Cassel

Debbie A. Clements, Community Relations Manager - Progress Energy

Eric Dodson, Vice President Educational Facilities - McCree, Inc.

Richard Ellenburg, 2008 Florida Teacher of the Year - Camelot Elementary School

Ben Gentile, First Vice President - Senior Regional Manager

Anne Geiger, School Board, District 6 - Orange County Public Schools

Vishaal Gupta - Park Square Homes

Corine Hall, Marketing Manager - WELBRO Building Corp.

Wayne Herring, Senior Vice President - SunTrust Bank

Catherine Hertz, Vice President, Human Resources - Orlando Senitnel

Jon K. Johnston, Assistant Vice President, Commercial Lines - J. Rolfe Davis Insurance

Wayne E. Kalish, Vice President, Communications & PR Accounting Services - Darden Restaurants

Joe Losch, President and CEO, Lending - Colonial Bank, Central Florida Region

Martha Lopez-Anderson - Florida Investment Properties

Thomas A. Moore, Partner - Moore, Peterson & Zeitler, P.A.

Lisa Sheppard, Past President - Junior League of Orlando

Richard Sloane, Director, Community & College Relations - University of Central Florida College of Education

Judy D. Spencer, Regional Director - AT&T Florida

Sarah Sprinkel - Community Volunteer

Jerry D. Stanforth, Senior Vice President - Bank of America

Christopher C. Stowers, Vice President of Development - Arnold Palmer Medical Center Foundation

Marshall E. Vermillion, Regional President, Central Florida - Wachovia Bank
Linda Westerberg, Vice President, Business Banking Team Leader - Regions Bank
R. Bruce Young, Director of Sales/Southeast - EMBARQ

Highlights of Foundation Programs:
For 20 years, the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools, Inc. has been living its mission – to bring together community resources to ensure a quality education for every student. Through innovative programs and projects, the Foundation has acquired  more than $10 million in direct contributions to help create a bright future for our students – a future that revolves around constant teaching, learning and growing.

The Foundation – which serves the 11th largest public school system in the nation - is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that supports more than 178,000 students and 23,000 teachers, administrators and school personnel in over 200 schools in the county.

Our core programs include …
•  Count Me In!, a grassreoots community engagement initiative to reconnect the public with our schools to achieve the quality of education it desires.

•  Classroom Teacher Grants, including Darden Innovative Grants for classroom projects; Citigroup Teacher/Mentor grants for teacher collaboration initiatives; and Progres Energy Empowerment grants for science and math-related equipment and supplies, The West Orange Middle School Science grants, and the Universal Orlando Foundation K-2 Readiness Grants that address the special needs of our youngest learners.

•  Middle School Kids, a youth development project for middle school students that brings together students, parents, and community resources.

•  Read2Succeed, a one-on-one reading tutoring and mentoring for second grade students reading below grade level

   Click for Classrooms, a web-based grants programto underwrite education needs not funded by public dollars.

Updated 09/13/07