Board Chair
Co-owner of Yoga Arts in the Village of the Arts; Past Vice President of the Artists Guild of Manatee; Member of Tiger Bay Club of Manatee and Center Education Parents Association; Graduate of Savannah College of Art and Design.
Board Vice Chair
23 years with CBS News and CBS Sports; Former Director of Public Responsibility at American Express; Vice President of MacAndrews & Forbes/Revlon; Chair of the NYC Commission on the Status of Women; Nonprofit work with American Cancer Society; Guttman Institute; and Cornell University.
Board Treasurer
Over 20 years experience serving the area at BMO Harris Bank; Florida Chairperson for BMO Harris ERG group – Alliance for Women; Board of Junior Achievement of Manatee County 2006-2008; United Way of Manatee County – Community Investment Committee 2008-2013; Bishop Museum of Science and Nature – Board Member 2015 – 2021; Forty Carrots Family Center, Firefly Gala Committee Member 2014 – Present, Women, Wine & Shoes Committee Member 2014 – Present.
Founder of Axiom Strategic Consulting; Author of Grow With Purpose: Building a Mission Minded Business; Florida native; Married to Josie since 2000 with three children; Actively involved in their church, Cornerstone of Lakewood Ranch; Current board member and past chair of the Manatee Family YMCA and an advisory board member to Parenting Matters; Board members of Marriage and Family Works.
Bradenton native; Florida State University graduate; Macro Manager, Connect Central; Co-Founder, Independent Jones and Oscura.
Community Leader, MCF Board Vice Chair; Board president of The Bishop Museum from 2015 – 2018; Co-Vice President of the Boys and Girls Club Board from 2012 – 2015; Attended the University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE where she earned a B.S. in Education; Member of the Association of Fundraising professionals, Women in Development- Boston Chapter, and Council for Advancement, and Support of Education.
Native of Bradenton and a graduate of Manatee High School; Optometrist at The Eye Center Inc.; Member of Florida Optometric Association and Manasota Optometric Association; Board member We Care Manatee; Co-Founder Eye Center Vision Foundation; Board member Manatee County Seminole Club; Graduate of Leadership Manatee; Serves on the Manatee Young Professionals Leadership Committee; Degrees from Florida State University and Nova Southeastern University.
Associate at Blalock Walters practicing in the areas of local government, litigation, and land use. Previous involvement with Turning Points, PACE Center for Girls, and Manatee Young Professionals. Currently serves as the President of the Manatee Inn of Court.
Founder of Dapper Bowtique®, graduate of The Start-Up Circle (Realize Bradenton’s free entrepreneur program), and associate managing director of Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. Travis received a MFA in theatre management/arts administration at the University of Alabama.
Founding Chair, 2010-2013
Director Emeritus, 2015
President of Manatee Memorial Hospital Foundation; Chairman of the Board of Downtown Development Authority; Founding Chair of Realize Bradenton; Vice President of Sunshine State Foundation; Tourist Development Council; Board of Directors of Manatee Education Foundation, Meals on Wheels Plus, Manatee River Fair Association, and Manatee Performing Arts Center.