William T. Abare
In his 40th year at Flagler College and 10th year as President, Dr. Abare has previously served as the Executive Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs. Dr. Abare earned his B.S. from Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, his master’s degree from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, and his doctorate from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale. He holds membership in the Council of Independent Colleges, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the Board of Trustees of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Matt Baker
Treasurer
Chief Executive Officer of the ThompsonBaker Agency in St. Augustine, Mr. Baker also serves as Commercial Lines Account Executive and is a partner in the agency. He is a graduate of The Citadel with a B.A. degree in English. Originally from St. Augustine, Mr. Baker is active in the community—he is a member of the St. Augustine Rotary, the St. Augustine Sister Cities Association and serves on the board of the Flagler Hospital. He is also the past chairman of the St. Augustine Planning and Zoning Board.
Colin A. Bingham
Mr. Colin Bingham is the President of several companies in Northern Florida including Econowaste, Inc., Econosweep, Inc., Bingham Redevelopment and the Community Development Coalition Corporation, a Florida not-for-profit. These companies perform demolition, hauling, environmental remediation, site and utility contracting throughout the Southeast. His wife, Shelly, is the owner of St. Augustine Paper and St. Augustine Souvenir Company. She has been a life long resident of St. Augustine.
Nancy Birchall
Ms. Birchall holds many volunteer positions including the Advocacy Chairman for the St. Augustine Unit of the American Cancer Society, Co-Director for the Chamber of Commerce Youth Leadership St. Johns, Committee Member of Young Life of St. Augustine, Coordinator of Young Life 2010, Reindeer Run, Chairman of the St. Augustine Colonial Dames 2010 Historical Essay Contest, Registration Chairman for the 2010 St. Augustine Amateur Golf Tournament, Disciple Bible Study Facilitator at Trinity Episcopal Parish, Chairman of Trinity Episcopal Celebrating America 2010 patriotic tribute, Member of Tobacco Free Partnership of St. Johns County and lastly, Assistant Coordinator for Junior Daughters of the King, Trinity Episcopal.
Joseph Boles
Mr. Boles attended the University of Florida where he obtained a Bachelor of Design and Advertising degree and a law degree. He was admitted to practice in 1984, and his areas of interest are elder law, asset protection, estates and trusts, business law and family law. Mr. Boles served as chairman of the city’s Planning and Zoning Board during the development of the city’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan and currently serves on the boards of the St. Johns County Council on Aging, St. Johns County Welfare Federation and the Buckingham Smith Benevolent Association. He is currently serving as Mayor for the City of St. Augustine.
Cathy Brown
Executive Director of the St. Johns County Council on Aging in St. Augustine, lead agency for elder services in a county with 23% elder population, Ms. Brown has also developed innovative and award winning programs. She operates 3 nationally accredited senior centers, 60 vehicle national award winning transit services, and directs a home health agency, adult day care agency, and commercial food service operations. Ms. Brown is very involved in the St. Augustine community with affiliations including Rotary International, United Way Board of Directors, Chairman, Interagency Council and County Planning and Zoning Agency.
Wayne Byerly
Mr. Byerly has experience in a variety of business environments within the health care, general management and financial management fields. His core profession includes 30 years of experience in the Health Care Industry in executive positions and as a consultant to over 75 health care organizations including Vice President of New Era of St. Augustine, Adjunct Instructor for the Department of Business Administration at Flagler College, President of United Resource Management, and C.E.O. of the Metropolitan Hospital System in Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the President’s Council of Flagler College.
Christine Chapman
Vice-Chair Christine Chapman, graduated with her BA. degree in Special Education and received her M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, while working steadily at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. She has now turned to full-time community volunteerism as her most recent avenue of service. She is currently active on several civic boards to include the Children’s Museum of St. Johns; Advisory Board of Northeast Community Hospice; Board of Trustees for Flagler Hospital’s Health Care Foundation, and others. Her and her husband recently formed the All American Air Charitable Foundation to better serve our community.
Ron Davidson
Publisher of The St. Augustine Record since January 2010, Mr. Davidson was formerly Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville. Prior to joining the Times-Union, he held executive management positions in marketing, research and advertising disciplines with media companies in Alabama, Kansas, Georgia and Tennessee. He was born in Kingsport, Tennessee and received a B.A. in Business and Public Administration from the University of Virginia College at Wise.
Richard Goldman
As Executive Director of the St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra & The Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, Mr. Goldman maintains St. Johns County’s success as a popular tourism destination. With an extensive marketing and advertising background, Goldman has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Amelia Island Plantation and Vice President of Marketing and Research for Ryder and Schild Advertising. A past chairman of VISIT FLORIDA, Goldman still serves on its Executive and Government Relations Committees. He is also immediate vice chair of the Florida Commission on Tourism.
Leslee F. Keys
Secretary
Ms. Keys is the Director of Corporate, Foundation & Government Relations for Flagler College and provides assistance to the school’s historic preservation efforts, also. She is an adjunct faculty member there in History. She also serves as Vice-President of the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation, on the St. Johns County Economic Development Council, is the President of the Chamber’s Historic St. Augustine Area Council, and is the College’s representative to the St. Augustine Sister Cities Board. Prior to her position at Flagler, Ms. Keys served as Executive Director for the 1978 Ximenez-Fatio House Museum in St. Augustine, Historical Resources Administrator for the St. Augustine Regional Preservation Office and manager for the Division’s Historic Florida Keys Preservation Board in Key West. She has also served as adjunct faculty to Florida Community College, University of Louisville, Barry University in Miami and Flalger College. She is the author of several publications including two books on local preservation. Numerous organizations have recognized Ms. Keys’ professional efforts, including Who’s Who in American Women and the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation.
Anthony Lazzara
Mr. Lazzara is the General Manager of the Award Winning Casa Monica Hotel in St. Augustine. A native of Tampa, Florida, Anthony attended Troy University in Alabama where he played Football and Baseball for the Trojans and graduated with a Business Degree. He is also a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. After teaching and coaching at the high school level in the Atlanta, Georgia area for four years he then made a career change by joining the Marriott Corporation where he spent his first nine of 31 years in the Hotel and Lodging Industry. In addition to Marriott, he has served as Director of Rooms Operations at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee before joining Boykin Hospitality where he managed the Hilton and Doubletree on Melbourne Beach. In early 2007, he joined the Kessler Collection and after serving as General Manager of Beaver Creek Lodge in Colorado and the Castle Hotel in Orlando moved to St Augustine and the Casa Monica in 2008. Mr. Lazzara and his wife Dawn have been married for 22 years and their 17 year old twins, Aubrey and Anthony attend Nease High School. Mr. Lazarra loves to golf and enjoy the rich history of St. Augustine.
Pamela Mason
Ms. Mason is the President of Pamela Mason & Associates, LLC, and has more than 30 years of public relations experience. She received her B.S. in Communications from Florida State University. Ms. Mason has previously served as Director of Community and Media Relations at Sonshine Communications in Miami, Team Metro Communications Director, Office of the County Manager in Miami and Senior Representative/Community Relations, Walt Disney World Company in Lake Buena Vista. Ms. Mason was also the Assistant Director for Minority Student Affairs at FSU, Managing Editor at the Orlando Times Newspaper and a consultant for The Darden Corporation, Diversity Affairs/Corporate Relations, as well as the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Breast Cancer Network of Strength.
Martha McClintock
As Regional Sales Manager for Universal Orlando Resort, Ms. McClintock builds revenue streams, develops brand awareness, increases revenue for youth programs in North Florida and exhibits at client vendor fairs and travel agent tradeshows. She has formerly served as Tour and Agency Sales Manager of Amelia Island Plantation, Promotion Representative of Florida Department of Commerce and Assistant Director of Tourism of the St. Johns County of Commerce. Ms. McClintock received her B.A. from Flagler College in Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing. She currently sits on the Flagler College Alumni Board of Directors and was recently Past President of Northeast Business Council, St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce.
Susan Parker
Dr. Parker is the Executive Director of the St. Augustine Historical Society (SAHS) and adjunct professor in historic preservation at the University of Florida. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Spanish from Florida State University, and master’s degree and doctorate studies in colonial history from the University of Florida, with a specialty in Spanish Florida. Dr. Parker has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Florida, University of South Florida and University of North Florida in Florida history, Spanish borderlands, U.S. survey courses and historic preservation. She is a research associate with the UF-Flagler College Historic St. Augustine Research Institute. Her work appears in several books published by University of Florida Press and historical journals.
Bob Storey
Mr. Storey is a retired partner of Thomson Hine LLP in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his A.B. from Harvard University, J.D. from Case Western Reserve University and LHD (Honorary) from Triune University. Mr. Storey served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1958-1961, where he attained rank as Captain. He is the former director of: BancOhio National Bank; Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Louisville Courier Journal; May Department Stores Company; Procter & Gamble and Verizon Corportation. Mr. Storey was a former overseer at Harvard University and former trustee for: Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland State University (Chairman of the Board) Phillips Exeter Academy and Spelman College. In addition, Mr. Storey is a former trustee for the George Gund Foundation and The Kresge Foundation, and former member of the Cleveland City Planning Commission. He has been a resident of St. Augustine since 2004 and currently volunteers for the St. Augustine Historical Society Library. He is also Founding Director of the Cyprian Center for the Expressive Arts. He and his wife, Juanita, have three adult children.
Randy Swift
Mr. Swift is currently the Senior Vice President for Member Services (Branch Services, Investment Services and the Call Center) for VyStar Credit Union in Jacksonville. He has held various Executive Positions for Bank of America including Branch and Commercial Lending Vice President; Regional President for Pasco, Pinellas and Hernando Counties, Director of Marketing for Texas Bank and Senior Vice President of National Direct Sales. Mr. Swift’s past community involvement includes St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce Director, St. Johns County Economic Development Council, St. Johns County Education Foundation Board and St. Patricks Episcopal Church Vestry.
Tracy Upchurch
Mr. Upchurch is the Assistant Professor of Law and Government; Department of Business Administration at Flagler College. He is a member of Faculty Senate and member of the Constitution and Faculty Development-Evaluation Committees. He is an “of counsel” attorney to the law firm of Upchurch, Bailey and Upchurch, P.A. From 1992-1996 Mr. Upchurch was a member of the Florida House of Representatives. Other public service includes Mayor (1990-1992) and City Commissioner (1988-1992) of the City of St. Augustine. Currently, he is the Trustee and former Chairman of Flagler Healthcare Systems, Inc., Director of the St. Augustine Rotary Club, Trustee of the Lightner Museum and the St. Augustine Historical Society, Member of the Historic St. Augustine Research Institute and Honorary Co-Chairman and Capital Campaign Committee Member construction of The Bailey Center.
Luis Vienrich
Mr. Vienrich is the Publisher for Eco Latino Media Group, a successful media outlet that serves as the voice for the Latino community in Northeast Florida. Arriving to the United States in 1992 from Peru, Mr. Vienrich completed his career in Visual Communications at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. His experience in the publishing business inspired him to create a bilingual magazine. Eco Latino Magazine is well known for educating, entertaining, and integrating Spanish speakers with mainstream America. It has been awarded by the Florida Society of Newspapers Editors as the number one Hispanic publication. Eco Latino Media Group is now the umbrella of Eco Latino Magazine, Eco Guia (Hispanic Directory), 90° Soccer Magazine, ABC Padres (bilingual parenting guide), and De Paseo (the first and only visitor guide in Spanish in the St. Augustine area). The media group also produced community events such as a quarterly Diversity Job Fair and a yearly Hispanic Art Walk. Mr. Vienrich is affiliated to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club and has contributed in many endeavors carried out by United Way, The Red Cross, Walk America and the Children’s Home Society.
Don Wallis
Mr. Wallis is a practicing attorney at Upchurch Bailey and Upchurch, P.A. in St. Augustine. Mr. Wallis attended Duke University (A.B.) and Duke University School of Law (J.D.). He began his legal career in 1974 as an associate with the Jacksonville law firm of Mahoney, Hadlow, Chambers & Adams, P.A. From 1978 to 1989, he was a shareholder in the Jacksonville law firm of Fisher, Tousey & Wallis, P.A. Beginning in 1989, he was a partner in Holland & Knight, LLP, and General Counsel of Holland & Knight Consulting, LLC. In 2003, Mr. Wallis joined Rogers Towers, P.A. as a shareholder in that firm’s Jacksonville office; he subsequently relocated to its St. Augustine office. Mr. Wallis is an active community member. He is currently a member of the Professional Advisory Council, Community Foundation of Jacksonville. Immediate past includes Chair, Board of Directors, St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce and Past Chair, Board of Directors, St. Johns Vision, Inc.
Doug Wiles
Mr. Wiles has been the President and Owner of Herbie Wiles Insurance, Inc. since 1979. He is a graduate of the University of Florida and has been a licensed Property and Casualty and Life Insurance agent since 1979. He has been chairman and a member of several insurance company advisory boards during his career. Doug has earned the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI) designations. In 2004, Doug completed eight years as a member of the Florida House of Representatives, District 20, serving Clay, Flagler, St. Johns, and Volusia Counties. He is a retired lieutenant colonel, having served in the US Army and the Florida Army National Guard for 25 years. Doug has worked with a number of local public service organizations, including the Kiwanis Club of Historic St. Augustine, the St. Augustine-St. Johns County Chamber of Commerce, the Flagler Hospital Board of Trustees, Catholic Charities and the United Way of St. Johns County. He is an Elder at Memorial Presbyterian Church.
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