About Us

Board Members

Meet Our Board of Trustees

Our Board of Trustees is deeply committed to the vision of stimulating philanthropy to build a better community. They generously contribute their time and talents to ensure that The Community Foundation grows and prospers so that Northeast Florida can benefit, forever. The full Board meets four times a year and the Audit, Finance, Investment, Governance, Program & Initiatives, and Program-Related Investments committees meet at least quarterly as well.

Michael DuBow, Chair
DuBow Family Foundation

Carol J. Alexander
President & Chief Creative Officer, MaBu: A Cultural Resource

Martha Frye Baker
Community Volunteer

Dr. Solomon (Sol) G. Brotman
VP, National Clinical Operations, Life and Specialty Ventures

The Honorable Brian J. Davis
U.S. District Court Judge

George M. Egan
President & CEO, Reinhold Corporation

John Hirabayashi
President & CEO, Community First Credit Union

Michael Meyers
Community Volunteer/Retired Attorney

Velma Monteiro-Tribble
Retired Senior Director, Foundation Community Investments Florida Blue Foundation

John Peyton
President, GATE Petroleum Company

Lauren Rueger
Communications Consultant

George E. “Buddy” Schulz Jr.
Lawyer

Richard L. Sisisky
President/Owner, The Shircliff & Sisisky Company

Amy Wacaster
Community Leader

R. Halsey Wise
Chairman & CEO, AfterNext HealthTech

Former Trustees of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida

Past chairs are in bold; trustees who are deceased are marked with an asterisk.

*James L. Ade

*Ed Austin

*Ann M. Baker

C. R. Belton

William B. Bond

*Guy W. Botts

Bruce Bower

*William Brinton

*J. S. “Shep” Bryan

Jacob F. Bryan, IV

Peggy Bryan

*Doris N. Carson

Frank Cerveny

*Isabelle T. Davis

Lawrence J. DuBow

Deb Pass Durham

Cynthia Edelman

Albert D. Ernest

Michael W. Fisher

*Eleanor Gay

*Bernard V. Gregory

Barbara Harrell

*William K. Hatcher

*Robert Helms

*David M. Hicks

Robert Hill

Byron E. Hodnett

Charles D. Hyman

Hugh Jones

*Frances B. Kinne

*Edward W. Lane

Helen M. Lane

Wilford C. Lyon

*Thomas R. McGehee, Sr.

Charles B. McIntosh

*Max Michael

*James F. Moseley

Joan Newton

Duane L. Ottenstroer

Willard Payne

Paul Perez

C. Daniel Rice

Susan Remmer Ryzewic

Madeline Scales-Taylor

William E. Scheu

Judge Harvey E. Schlesinger

Ryan Schwartz

*Robert T. Shircliff

*Richard G. Skinner

Martin E. “Hap” Stein

Julia Taylor

John D. Uible

James Van Vleck

B. J. Walker

Dori Walton

Delores Barr Weaver

Tracey Westbrook

Courtenay S. Wilson

*Jim Winston

Barbara Harrell