Announcing the 2025-2026 New Class Members

Cornerstone Class 43

Calusa Region

Ben Hanan, Shumaker

Shawny Robey, Lightshare Behavioral Wellness & Recovery

Andy Stultz, Atlas Building Company of Florida

Tommy Gregory, State College of Florida, Manatee - Sarasota

 

East Central Region

Casandra Matej, Visit Orlando

Isaac Juarez, KPMG

Maritza Martinez-Guerrero, Orlando Magic

MJ Tietig, Duke Energy

Peggy Parish, Nemours Children’s Health

Tanya Easterling, Florida Blue

Tim Weisheyer, Strategic Advantage Consulting

Gold Coast Region

Jason Watkins, Broward County Aviation Department

LaTéssa Dotson Hall, Richard P. Hall Eagles Foundation

Maria Hernandez, United Way of Broward County

Gulfstream Region

Bobby Powell, Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners

Chelsea Reed, Republic Capital Group

Corey Saban, CS Media Works

Dawn Nichols, Florida Power & Light Company

Jennifer Brancaccio, First Horizon Bank

Lindsey White, Hanley Foundation

Nicole Kirchhoff, Live Advantage Bait

Pete Palenzuela, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office

Northeast Region

Tina Meskel, Meskel & Associates Engineering

Greer Johnson Gillis, Jacksonville Transportation Authority

Isaiah Oliver, Community Foundation of Northeast Florida

Kurt Wilson, JEA

Mike Zaffroni, Liberty Landscape Supply

Natalya Bannister Roby, Episcopal Children’s Services

Sang Cho, Rounded by Concealment Express

Northwest Region

Erin Collins, Florida Alliance to End Human Trafficking

Karen Dearden, AT&T

KC Gartman, Baptist Health Care

Morley Stone, Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

Rob Cardenas, NTT DATA Americas

Shawn Woodin, Southern Scholarship Foundation

 

Southeast Region

Hector Tundidor, City National Bank

Jack Bentolila, The Children’s Trust

Leighton Brown, LCN Group

Pierre Rutledge, Miami Dade County Public Schools

Zoe Wolfe, Baptist Health South Florida

Southwest Region

Dawn Belamarich, Collaboratory

Matthew Morinello, Prime Therapeutics

Matthew Zwack, Owen-Ames-Kimball

Mick Moore, Vanderbilt Beach Resort

Noelle Branning, Lee County Tax Collector

Tracy McMillion, City of Fort Myers Fire Department

West Central Region

Bob Hyde, Suncoast Credit Union

Carlos Aldazabal, Tampa Electric

Cregg Dalton, Citrus County Property Appraisers Office

David Weinstein, Greenberg Traurig

Glenn Zimmerman, Mad Bear Productions

Natalie Adams, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Paul McDermott, Holland & Knight

Rishi Patel, CAN Community Health

Stacey Brandt, Tampa General Hospital

Connect Class 15

Calusa Region

Alyssa Gay, Honeycomb Creative

Carolina Franco, CreArte Latino Cultural Center

Erik Arroyo Nunez, Arroyo McArdle

Josh Ingram, OutlierOrbit

Philip DiMaria, Kimley-Horn

Vlad Ljesevic, CMPSE

East Central Region

Brandon Burket, Orlando Health

Danielle Stroud, Habitat for Humanity Lake-Sumter

Jen Martin, Public Risk Underwriters of Florida

Sara Fennessy, Horse Farms Forever

Sean Gross, Susan G. Komen

Seth Coleman, Hillpointe

Gold Coast Region

Bruna Monzillo, The Beck Group

Gulfstream Region

Alexandria Ayala, The Euclid Group

Andrea Medellin, Okeechobee Healthy Start Coalition

Bethany Stanhope, Florida Atlantic University

Elle Harrigan, Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida

Ruth Guerra, Amazon

Northeast Region

Derek Mountford, Gunster

Emily Gill, JEA

Jen Hudnall, Florida Blue

Jen Vanover, GrayRobinson

Jordan Delgado, Dalton Agency

Monica Hernandez, Bank of America

Patrick Evans, Teach for America

Northwest Region

Adrienne Campbell, The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice

David Clark, Allegiant Strategies Group

Forrest Boone, Florida Electric Cooperatives Association

Heather Woodard, Deloitte

Jes Prichard, Association of Early Learning Coalitions

Josh Newby, Council on Aging of West Florida

Kasey Killebrew, Florida’s Great Northwest

Keenen Vernon, Florida Lottery

Margaret Thompson, The St. Joe Company

Milan Thompson, Florida A&M University

Bekkah Sheetz, Ounce of Preservation Fund of Florida

Southeast Region

Alessandro Marchesani, Florida House of Representatives

Christopher Ferreira, Florida Power & Light Company

Nacho Borbolla, Delta Air Lines

Isabela Corzo, United Way Miami

Nick Alvarez, Comcast

Southwest Region

Brandon Horwin, Gulfshore Playhouse

Nick Grant, Lee Health

Ron Kezeske, Ruffgers

West Central Region

Christie Sullivan, McFarland, Gould, Lyons, Sullivan, & Hogan

Eric Caplan, Tampa International Airport

Tyler Carpenter, Tampa General Hospital

Ignacio Barrón Viela, The Florida Orchestra

James Jacobs, The Florida Center for Cyber Security

Sara Hernandez, TECO Energy

Education Class 10

Calusa Region

Fayth Jenkins, Suncoast School for Innovation Studies

Joe Conner, Sarasota County School District

Stephen Covert, Sarasota County School District

East Central Region

Danielle Brewer, Marion County Schools

Diana Greer, Orange County Public Schools

Dusty Sims, Florida Department of Education

Julio Nazario-Valle, Volusia County Schools

Michelle Work, FranklinCovey Schools

Murielle Pamphile, Children’s Home Society of Florida

Teresa De Fazio, Universal Orlando

Gold Coast Region

Donyale Ferguson McGhee, Somerset Preparatory Academy of North Lauderdale

Francine Baugh-Stewart, Broward County Public Schools

James Griffin, Broward County Public Schools

Lynne Bonny, Broward County Public Schools

Randee Deich, Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance

Gulfstream Region

Amy Pritchett, Martin County School District

Barbara Cipriano, Palm Beach State College

Camille Long, School District of Palm Beach County

Gregory Murphy Jr, School District of Palm Beach County

Jenny Azcuy, South Florida PBS

Kiwana Howell, School District of Palm Beach County

Monica Koger, Seminole Tribe of Florida

Northeast Region

Danny Erb, St. Johns County School District

Deborah Terry, Alachua County Public Schools

Jackson Gibson, Bizi

Jason Arnold, University of Florida

Jayne Moraski, Consortium of Florida Education Foundations

LaShakia Moore, Flagler Schools

Ronetta Wards, Jacksonville Public Education Fund

Vincent Taylor, Duval County Public Schools

Northwest Region

Cassie Edwards, State University System of Florida – Board of Governors

Erika Fritz-Ochs, University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning

Justin Tarin, Florida Department of Education

Kelia Wilkins, Florida Prepaid College Foundation

Tim Hay, Florida Department of Education

Southeast Region

Jackson Nicolas, Miami Dade County Public Schools

Mike Wood, Miami Dade County Public Schools

Pilar Fernandez Rives, Mater Gardens Academy

Tyler O’Dneal, United Way Miami

Southwest Region

Beth Barfield, Glades County School District

Denise Carlin, Lee County School District

Kim Abel, OptimaEd

West Central Region

Cheri Wright, Helios Education Foundation

Elizabeth Key-Raimer, Hillsborough Community College

Jaime Suarez, Hernando County Schools

James Welch, University of Tampa

Jessica Doherty, Hillsborough County Public Schools

Joe Hettler, K12 Coalition

Michael McManus, Hillsborough County Public Schools

Nicolette Barone, Hillsborough County Public Schools