Community Profile

Gubernatorial Appointee, Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council

• 2009-2011
• Appointed by Governor Charlie Crist

Gubernatorial Appointee, Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council

• 2006-2008
• Appointed by Governor Jeb Bush

Congressional Appointee, Sarasota National Advisory Committee

• Appointed by Congresswoman Katherine Harris, 2003-2007
• Re-appointed by Congressman Vern Buchanan, 2007-current

Chairman, Community & Economic Development Division

Member, Executive Committee of the Board of Directors,  Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, 2007-current

• Member, Board of Directors, 2005, 2007-current
• Chairman, Government Issues Council, 2005-2007
• Legal Counsel to the Board, 2000-2002
• Co-Chair, Chamber Headquarters Building Committee, 2000
• Member, Government Issues Council-1998-current
• Legal Counsel, Small Business Committee, 1996

Director, The Gardener Foundation, a private family philanthropic foundation, 2008-current

Member, The Education Foundation of Sarasota County, Inc.,
 2007

Member, Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County

Past Member, Joint Committee of the Sarasota County Bar Association/Sarasota Board of Realtors

Personal Profile

• Born Miami, Florida September 6, 1960
• Fluent in Spanish, Italian