Board of Directors
The 2007-2008 Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation Board of Directors is comprised of twenty-six Board Members, ten Chairpersons Emeriti, six 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 $53 million
- Endowed professorships totaling $10 million
- Endowed scholarships totaling $12.4 million
- Deferred gifts totaling $22 million
- Issued scholarships in the amount of $442,000
- The Foundation has an annual operating budget of $715,000 for fiscal year 2005.
Officers
| Duane Stranahan, Jr. |
Chairperson |
| Peter Sulick |
Vice-Chairperson |
| Stephen S. McIntosh |
Treasurer |
| Joseph Shepard |
Assistant Treasurer |
| Donald Lesch |
Secretary |
| Steve Magiera |
Executive Director |
| Wilson G. Bradshaw |
President |
Members
| John R. Alexander |
James F. Knupp |
| Joy Arpin |
Alan Korest |
| Cynthia Bennett |
John R. Little |
| Fay Biles |
James R. Nathan |
| Cornelius Cacho |
Brian Presley |
| Bradley K. Clark |
J. Michael Rollo |
| Scott A. Edmonds |
Peter M. Sidell |
| John D. Fumagalli |
Juliet Sproul |
| Peg Gray Vickrey |
Dolph von Arx |
| Larry Hart |
Joseph V. Vumbacco |
| G. Burtt Holmes |
Allen S. Weiss |
| Sydney W. Kitson |
Edward Wotitzky |
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Emeritus
| Richard C. Ackert |
Charles K. Idelson |
| Joseph R. Catti |
Edward A. Morton |
| Charles B. Edwards |
F. Fred Pezeshkan |
| Jeffery D. Fridkin |
G. David Powell |
| William N. Horowitz |
Linda K. Taylor |
Foundation Fellows
| Barron Collier III |
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| Ben Hill Griffin III |
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