2010-2011 Board

President
Maggie Dickenson

Maggie is a Vice President with U.S. Bank in the Payment Services division. Maggie joined the Board of the Literacy Coalition in 2001. She graduated from Georgetown University. She is active in the community also serving as a leader in the Junior League of Boca Raton. Maggie lives with her husband, J.D., and children in Delray Beach.

Vice President
Robert Patterson

Bob is a Vice President with SunTrust Bank in its Private Wealth Management division located in Palm Beach. He has been in the financial services industry for over 30 years and is a native Floridian. Having been on the board for over 15 years, he has served in many capacities including co-chair of the Love of Literacy Luncheon and Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee.

Vice President
Joan Williams

Joan is the Director of Marketing at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. She has served on the Coalition board since 2003. She has been chair of the Communications Committee and an active member of the Literacy Luncheon and Spelling Bee Committees.

Secretary
Phil DiComo

Phil Dicomo of Haile, Shaw & Pfaffenberger, P.A. serves as outside counsel to businesses, entrepreneurs, developers, non-profit institutions and investors. He concentrates his practice in the area of corporate, emerging companies, entertainment, licensing, securities, golf and resort development, mergers and acquisitions and not-for-profit law. Born in Hollywood, Florida, Mr. DiComo is a summa cum laude graduate of the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center where he was a member of law review. 

Treasurer
Lisa Koza

Lisa Koza is a Vice President for Northern Trust in their Private Banking and Lending group with more than 13 years experience in the banking and finance industry.  Lisa received her degree in Psychology from the University of Oklahoma.  She has served as the parliamentarian for the Literacy Coalition and is a member of the Audit and Nominating committees.  Lisa lives in Jupiter with her husband and their son.

Immediate Past President
Bernadette O'Grady

Bernadette is the Director of Programming & Media Convergence for television station WPTV. She began her career at WPTV almost 28 years ago. She is a member of the Executive and Communications Committees.
 

Parliamentarian
Susan Rabinowitz

Susan is a Senior Vice President for Bank of America in their Business Banking Division and has 20 years experience in the financial services industry.  She has been in the South Florida area for over 35 years and currently resides in Wellington.  This is Susan's second year with the board where she has served on the Finance Committee and most recently Parliamentarian. 

 

Past Presidents

Laura Deck Cunningham
Leadership Palm Beach County

Laurie Gildan
Greenberg Traurig, PA

Cheryl Crowley
ImMEDIAcy Public Relations, Inc.

Dana Pickard
Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

Kenneth G. Spillias
Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.

Directors

Mary Barrett
School District of Palm Beach County

Jeffery Buller
Florida Atlantic University

Edith C. Bush
Assault on Illiteracy

Kristin Calder
Bethesda Hospital Foundation

Marta Casas-Celaya
Comcast

Joseph Coscia
Multimedia Concept Group

Bryan DeFrances
Credit Suisse

Noelle Frederickson
Four Points Media

Robert Gingras
Palm Beach State College

Howard Burnston
Gunster

Sharon Hill
Palm Beach County Library System

Lynn Kalber
The Palm Beach Post

Esther LaBovick
Junior League of the Palm Beaches

Dean Lavallee
Park Avenue BBQ & Grille

Kathy Metzger
Florida Crystals Corporation

Ken Montgomery
Barnabas Consulting Group, Inc.

Geoff Neuhoff
Neuhoff Communications, Inc.

Tony Newbold
Florida Power & Light

Ike Powell III
Workforce Alliance, Inc.

Kelly Starling
AT&T

Ann Wolf
Lynn University

Additional Past Presidents

Michael J. Bracci
Northern Trust

Jonathan E. Brookshire
Northern Trust

Mark J. Burger
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P.

Founding President

Gale G. Howden

 

 recognition
Literacy Coalition Officers celebrate the Coalition's Certification Recognition given by Nonprofits First.