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.
2023 Board of Trustees. Back row, left to right: Buddy Schulz, Martha Frye Baker, Robert Hill, Richard L. Sisisky, George Egan, Lauren Rueger, Halsey Wise, Michael DuBow. Front row, left to right: Julia Taylor, Michael Meyers, Carol Alexander, The Honorable Brian J. Davis, Sol Brotman, Velma Monteiro-Tribble.
The Honorable Brian J. Davis, Chair
U.S. District Court Judge
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
Michael DuBow
DuBow Family Foundation
George M. Egan
President & CEO, Reinhold Corporation
Robert E. Hill Jr.
Community Volunteer
Michael Meyers
Community Volunteer/Retired Attorney
Velma Monteiro-Tribble
Retired Senior Director, Foundation Community Investments Florida Blue Foundation
Lauren Rueger
Communications Consultant
George E. “Buddy” Schulz Jr.
Lawyer
Richard L. Sisisky
President/Owner, The Shircliff & Sisisky Company
Julia Taylor
Community Volunteer
R. Halsey Wise
Chairman & CEO, AfterNext HealthTech
Former Trustees of The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida
*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
Delores 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
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
John D. Uible
James Van Vleck
B. J. Walker
Dori Walton
Delores Barr Weaver
Tracey Westbrook
Courtenay S. Wilson
*Jim Winston
Barbara Harrell
* = Deceased
Bold = Past Chair