Board of Directors
The 2009-2010 Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Board of Directors is comprised of twenty-two Board Members, twelve Chairpersons Emeriti, seven Ex Officio members and two Foundation Fellows.
The FGCU Foundation is the channel for private gifts to FGCU through annual giving programs, planned gifts (outright gifts such as securities or real estate or deferred gifts through wills and trusts), and capital and other special-purpose campaigns. The Foundation's principal responsibilities are to raise awareness of the need for private support, to solicit gifts on behalf of FGCU and exercise fiduciary management of those gifts.
The Board of Directors acts to insure that the mission and purpose of the Foundation is being fulfilled and that all applicable policies and procedures are followed. The Board may also vote into action initiatives proposed by its special committees.
To see a listing of upcoming board meetings visit the Foundation Events page.
History and Mission
In 1993, a group of dedicated community leaders formed the Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc., to support the educational mission of Florida Gulf Coast University. The Foundation encourages, solicits, receives and administers gifts for scientific, educational, and charitable purposes, all for the advancement of the University.
- Significant Foundation fund raising accomplishments include:
- Foundation assets totaling $65 million
- Endowed professorships totaling $11 million
- Endowed scholarships totaling $22 million
- Deferred gifts totaling $25 million
- Issued scholarships in the amount of $1,388,700
- The Foundation has an annual operating budget of $1,040,000 for fiscal year 2008.
Officers
| Stephen S. McIntosh |
Chairperson |
| Donald Lesch |
Vice-Chairperson |
| James Knupp |
Treasurer |
| Joseph Shepard |
Assistant Treasurer |
| John Fumagalli |
Secretary |
| Steve Magiera |
Executive Director |
| Wilson G. Bradshaw |
President |
Members
| John R. Alexander |
John R.Little |
| Jack Blais |
James R. Nathan |
| Cornelius Cacho |
Thomas J. Rice |
| Miller Couse |
James Robinson |
| Barbara DuFrane |
J. Michael Rollo |
| Andrea Fraser |
Ambassador Francis Rooney |
| Guenther Gosch |
Peter M. Sidell |
| State Representative Tom Grady |
Juliet Sproul |
| Larry Hart |
Ronald Toll |
| David A. Holmes |
Joseph V. Vumbacco |
| Laura A. Holquist |
Allen S. Weiss |
| Sydney W. Kitson |
Charles Winton |
Emeritus
| Richard C. Ackert |
Edward A. Morton |
| Joseph R. Catti |
F. Fred Pezeshkan |
| Charles B. Edwards |
G. David Powell |
| Jeffery D. Fridkin |
Duane Stranahan, Jr. |
| William N. Horowitz |
Peter Sulick |
| Charles K. Idelson |
Linda K. Taylor |
Foundation Fellows
| Barron Collier III |
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| Ben Hill Griffin III |
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