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 Presidents Lisa Koza Lisa Koza is a Vice President with Northern Trust.  She has over 16 years experience in the financial services industry; her current role is a Commercial Banking Relationship Manager in the Wealth Advisory Services Group.  Her responsibilities include the development and cultivation of credit and banking relationships with clients in Palm Beach County.  An active member of the community, Lisa serves as the Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee with the Literacy Coalition.  She has also served in various roles with the United Way, and is a member of the 2010-2011 Leadership Palm Beach County class.  Lisa lives in Jupiter with her husband and their son.
	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.
	Treasurer 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.
	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.
	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.
	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.

Past Presidents

Laura Deck Cunningham
Charlotte Pelton & Associates, Inc.

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

Edith C. Bush
Assault on Illiteracy

Kristin Calder
Bethesda Hospital Foundation

Marta Casas-Celaya
Comcast

Nancy Currea
Four Points Media Group

Bryan DeFrances
Credit Suisse

David Fleisher
Lynn University

Robert Gingras
Palm Beach State College

Sharon Hill
Palm Beach County Library System

Lynn Kalber
The Palm Beach Post

Esther LaBovick
LaBovick Law Group

Dean Lavallee
Park Avenue BBQ & Grille

Audrey McGlothlin
Oppenheimer

Kathy Metzger
Florida Crystals Corporation

Ken Montgomery
Barnabas Consulting Group, Inc.

Ginny Neal
JP Morgan Private Wealth Management

Geoff Neuhoff
Neuhoff Communications, Inc.

Ike Powell III
Workforce Alliance, Inc.

Kianta Prince-Bryant
Florida Power & Light

Lourdes Ramos
Starbucks

Cynthia Spall
Gunster

Kelly Starling
AT&T

Tom Streit
Akerman Senterfitt

Bettina Young
Community Volunteer

Additional Past Presidents

Michael J. Bracci
Northern Trust

Jonathan E. Brookshire
Wells Fargo

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

Founding President

Gale G. Howden

 
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