Board of Directors

DOUG BROWN 
Doug retired as President of Enterprise Fleet Services and various operating subsidiaries in 1993. He began work at the company in 1963 as a part-time “car jokey” while he was attending St. Louis University and worked his way up. Doug’s “retirement” has included owning, partnering with, or consulting for a significant number of diverse companies. Doug and his wife, Ann, have been subscribers at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre since the Theatre’s inception, and have been loyal donors since 2003. They have three children and homes in Jupiter, Florida and St. Louis, Missouri. Doug’s hobbies include golf, fishing, travel, public speaking, consulting, and mentoring.  

PHILIP CLARK
Phil has spent his entire 45-year career in professional sales and marketing, with the majority of that time in the financial services industry. Since 2012, he has served as Managing Director for Phoenix Capital Partners, a real estate private equity firm with over $2 billion under management In 2004, he co-founded Epoch Investment Partners, which grew from $600 million in Assets Under Management to $25 billion when he retired in June of 2012.  Fortune magazine named Epoch the 88th Fastest Growing Company in the world in their 2011 report. Epoch was sold in March 2013 to TD Bank for $670 million. Phil led the sales and marketing effort from the very beginning and was instrumental in the firm’s rapid growth. Prior, he was a 17-year veteran of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., now part of AllianceBernstein. His responsibilities included that of National Managing Director of Bernstein’s private client business. Previously, he was Managing Director of Bernstein’s Institutional Asset Management business and initiated and managed Bernstein’s sub-advisory business. Prior to Bernstein, Phil spent five years as President of InveQuest Securities, a family-owned investment firm focused on wealthy individuals and seven years in marketing at IBM. Phil holds a BS in Administrative Sciences from Yale University. 

EILEEN DALY
Eileen is a financial advisor who specializes in trusts and estate plans, as well as charitable and gifting strategies. Eileen works with a team of specialists in financial planning, investment management and banking services to help clients achieve their financial objectives. Eileen has more than 25 years of Wealth Management experience. She began her career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers where she served as a Senior Manager in the Financial Services Audit Practice for seven years; she went on to spend over 14 years as Senior Vice President with  U.S. Trust Company, N.A., in various roles, including Fiduciary Audit Manager based in New York City, and Chief Compliance Officer for the firm’s southeast region; and during the most recent seven years has worked at PNC Wealth Management in Palm Beach as a Senior Vice President and Senior Trust Product Specialist.  Eileen obtained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from St. John’s University. In addition, to her service to The Maltz Jupiter Theatre, Eileen serves as the St. John’s University Alumni Coordinator for the Special Olympics, and is a member of the Florida Bankers Association.  She is an active participant in various community initiatives, including the arts, education, and healthcare. 

CHAD DELK
Executive Director and Banker in the Palm Beach office of the J.P. Morgan Private Bank providing advice to ultra-high net worth families, executives and founders. Chad has been with J.P. Morgan since 2012, initially in New York City before moving to Palm Beach in 2022. Chad is also a Board Member of Meals on Wheels of the Palm Beaches and Be Strong International. 

JANENE EDLIN

DEBRA A. ELMORE 
Debra is Founder of A.K. Consulting, a business development/marketing consultant firm which she started after returning to FL after working years in the Corporate environment. She currently serves on the Bethesda Health Care Foundation Board; Old School Square Board in Delray Beach; Festival of the Arts Board in Boca Raton; and the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Education Committee and Young Professionals Executive Committee.  She has served as Guild Board President for the Harid Conservatory of Music Inc. in Boca Raton; on the Palm Beach County Cultural Council for eight years and as the Treasurer for several years; and the Board of Governors at Northwood University, West Palm Beach.  She supports organizations that provide Cultural, Education and Healthcare benefits to the community.  Ms. Elmore is a graduate of East Carolina University with a degree in Nutrition and Management. 

HOWARD FINKELSTEIN 
Howard is the former President of Finkelstein & Co., a Greenwich, CT based consulting firm. With his wife Amy, he currently resides in Jupiter, FL.Mr. Finkelstein began his career with CBS, Inc. in New York City and WCVB-TV in Boston in the television industry. Subsequently, he had a 19 year association with Metromedia Company and its partners, Mr. John Kluge and Mr. Stuart Subotnick. Mr. Finkelstein served as the President or the Chief Operating Officer of four Metromedia owned or affiliated businesses, including three in the data and telecommunications field: Abovenet/Metromedia Fiber Network; Metromedia International Telecommunications, Inc; and Metromedia Communications Corporation. He also has served as a Special Advisor at General Atlantic Partners, member of Advisory Board of New Mountain Capital, LLC, NYC Connect LLC, Witricity Inc. and on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Science Center and Shatterproof. Mr. Finkelstein holds an M.S. in Management (MBA) from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he also attained his B.S. Degree. 

JAMES O. GOMEZ 
James is the President of The Malrite Company who oversees the strategic and financial management of business affairs for all company projects including the International Spy Museum, in Washington, DC, and the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, in Jupiter, Florida, and the Maltz Museum’s Respect for All Humanity, in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Gomez has been involved with these three projects since their creation. He led a team that built the award-winning International Spy Museum’s new $160 million permanent home including feasibility, site selection, issuance of a $50 million bond, federal and local government approval, construction of a purpose-built museum designed by London’s Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners and the development of all new exhibits. Prior to joining The Malrite Company in April 2000, Mr. Gomejanez spent more than six years in the public and private accounting industries. He served as a Senior Consultant and Auditor for Ernst & Young, LLP, where he worked in the Assurance and Advisory Business Services Groups. Mr. Gomez also heads the Maltz Family Office, a broad investment organization that also oversees a number of philanthropic projects. Mr. Gomez has a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting from Cleveland State University. 

RAYMOND GRAZIOTTO

ROE GREEN
Roe an arts patron and community activist, is Chief Executive Officer of the Roe Green Foundation.  With a B.A. in theatre and communication from the University of Colorado and a Master’s degree in theatre from Kent State University, her experience in stage and business management includes Cain Park, The Cleveland Opera, and the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park.  Today, Ms.  Green is President Emeritus of CAVORT, Inc., the Conference about volunteers of regional theatre, she also serves on the board of the Cleveland Play House where she is honorary producer of New Ground, a festival  that showcases new work in the performing arts. Ms. Green is also the honorary producer for the new play workshop in Chautauqua, NY.  She is an emeritus member of the Foundation Board at Kent State University and on the dean’s advisory board at the University of Colorado and on the President’s advisory council of Case Western Reserve University.   She serves on the advisory board of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Kent State University theatre and Porthouse theatre boards.  Ms. Green is on the International board of Governor’s for the Shaw Festival in Canada.   She is also co-chair of the Israeli arts committee for the Jewish Federation in Cleveland, helping to bring in various art forms from Israel. She is responsible for the Roe Green Center for the performing arts at Kent State University, and has visiting artist and director’s series at Kent State University and University of Colorado.  She is responsible for the Green House, a battered women’s shelter in Ohio.  Ms. Green is the recipient of the 2009 Ohio Arts Council’s Governor’s Arts Patron award, the President’s medallion from Kent State University, awards from the Cleveland Play House, University of Colorado, and Maltz Jupiter Theatre.  She received the Dramatist Guild Fund award for her work with new plays in 2013.  In 2014, Ms. Green was named Outstanding Philanthropist of the Year from the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ Palm Beach County Chapter and received the Muse Award that same year presented by the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.  Ms. Green, an avid theatregoer and traveler to over 160 countries, was a competitive ballroom dancer for more than 12 years. 

RODGER H. HESS
Rodger founded Rodger Hess Productions Inc. in 1973, which produces Broadway, Off–Broadway and Touring Shows; BROADWAY: The Great Comet of 1812, Bright Star, House of Blue Leaves, Enron, Macbeth, All My Sons, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Wait Until Dark, 1776, Annie 20th Anniversary Production, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jelly’s Last Jam, Leader of the Pack, The Five O’Clock Girl, Disgraced.  OFF BROADWAY: Othello: The Remix, My Old Lady, Water Coolers, Cowgirls, Fallen Angels, Potholes, Blame it on the Movies, How I Got That Story, A Christmas Carol, Becoming Dr. Ruth.  TOURING: Tin Pan Alley Rag, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Swing, Finian’s Rainbow, Annie, A Chorus Line, Evita, Elvis, A Musical Celebration, Run for Your Wife, Nintendo World Championships. He also created and produced the worldwide touring shows starring the Warner Bros. and DC Comics Inc. cartoon characters; Bugs Bunny Follies, Bugs Bunny Meets The Superheroes, Bugs Bunny In Space, Bugs Bunny Sports Spectacular, Bugs Bunny Circus. WRITER: Articles in the New York Times, New York Magazine, contributing author Applause Theatre Publication Producing for the Commercial Theatre, Fall 2005, How About a Little Action: Golf’s Most Popular Betting Games distributed by the Booklegger.  He is also the author of “No Biz Like It – From Gofer to Producer in just 57 Years” Mr. Hess served on the Boards of Manhattan Theatre Club, Advisory Board of Theatreworks USA, and is past governor of the League of American Theatres and Producers. Mr. Hess is on the advisory board of SCAN-NY an inner city settlement house provider and was past co-chairman of The Associates, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY and the Contemporary Action Committee of the American Jewish Committee. He also served on the board of Dreyfoos School of the Arts Foundation and was past Governor of the Broadway League. 

JEFFREY R. HOOPS
Jeff Hoops was a member of the full time faculty at Long Island University-Post for 7 years from 2013 t0 2020.  He taught tax and accounting courses at the graduate and undergraduate level. Prior to joining the LIU-Post faculty, Jeff spent his entire 39 year professional career with Ernst & Young LLP (EY).  He joined EY’s (then Ernst & Ernst) Long Island Office in 1974.  He transferred to the firm’s National Tax Office in 1980 and to the New York Office in 1983.  Jeff was admitted to the partnership in 1984.  He spent most of his career advising clients on a wide variety of individual and business tax matters including accounting for income taxes, consolidated returns, partnerships and international transactions. In 2005, Jeff was appointed as EY’s first Americas Ethics and Compliance Officer. He was also appointed as Chief Privacy Officer.  He was responsible for coordinating those activities and processes at EY that promote a culture of high ethical standards, and compliance with the EY Global Code of Conduct, and the law. Jeff is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) where he has served in numerous leadership positions including a three year elected term on the AICPA Board of Directors and Council. He is a past chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee, the highest volunteer position in the AICPA’s Tax Section. He is currently serves on the Board of Examiners for the Uniform CPA Examination, and is the immediate past Chair. Jeff has also held numerous leadership positions at the New York State Society of CPAs including a term as President. He completed a 5 year appointment as a member of the New York State Board of Public Accountancy. Jeff was a member of the Board of Directors of the Ethics and Compliance Officers Association. He served on the ECOA Executive Committee and chairs the Audit and Finance Committee. Jeff is a member of the finance committee of Jonathan’s Landing Golf Club. He is a past member of the Church Council of Holy Trinity Church in Rockville Centre, NY and served two years as President. Jeff lives in Jupiter, FL with his wife Glenda. They have two daughters, two sons-in-law, and six grandchildren. 

PEGGY KATZ  

MILTON MALTZ
Milton founded Malrite Communications Group, Inc. in 1956 and served as its Chairman and CEO until the Company was sold in 1998.  Under his direction, Malrite became one of the most successful operators of radio and television properties in the country with stations stretching from New York to Los Angeles.  Mr. Maltz began his career in broadcasting as a kid actor in radio dramas originating in Chicago and also appeared in a number of television broadcasts during that medium’s infancy.  Over the years, he has worked in all aspects of the broadcast industry, including news and management.  Mr. Maltz wrote, produced and directed “The Fight for Freedom”, a series of radio dramas reflecting the struggle for the creation of the State of Israel. As a respected and active member of the broadcast industry, and a member of its Hall of Fame, Mr. Maltz created the National Association of Broadcasters’ Task Force for Free TV, served on its Political Action Committee and was a Director of the Radio Advertising Bureau and Vice-Chairman of the Independent Television Association.  In 1998, Mr. Maltz was the recipient of the University of Cincinnati’s distinguished Frederic W. Ziv Award for outstanding achievement in telecommunication. Mr. Maltz is active in numerous philanthropic and civic organizations including the Cleveland Orchestra, Case Western Reserve University’s new performance center, the Lieber Institute for Brain Development located on the campus of John Hopkins Hospital, the Cleveland Play House, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, the Anti-Defamation League, the State of Israel Bonds, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.  He was instrumental in bringing the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame & Museum to the city of Cleveland. Today, Mr. Maltz is using his years of entertainment experience and expertise to develop distinctive entertainment projects around the country.  A highly acclaimed project is the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC.  The Museum has achieved international fame.  Mr. Maltz received a letter from President George W. Bush commending the Museum for contributing to America’s understanding of the importance of intelligence as a principal component of national security.  He currently serves on the Board of the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation.  Mr. Maltz and his wife Tamar revived the Playhouse in Jupiter, Florida (formerly the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater), now considered one of Florida’s prominent regional theatres.  Milton served as Chairman of the Board.  The award-winning Theatre, now known as the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, opened on February 29, 2004.  Mr. and Mrs. Maltz are founders of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage located in Beachwood, Ohio.   Mr. Maltz has been married for the past 65 years to Tamar and has three children, daughter Julie of TUCSON, AND SONS DANIEL AND DAVID OF CLEVELAND. 

TAMAR MALTZ
Tamar is a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago with a degree in education, teaching in the Michigan and Maryland School Systems.  She also taught Hebrew at the Fairmount Temple Hebrew Schools in Cleveland.  Mrs. Maltz has served on the boards of Montefiore Home for the Aged, and Friends of the Aaron Garber Library.  She was a major stockholder and director of Malrite Communications Group, a national broadcasting firm.  Mrs. Maltz has been a long time contributor to basic scientific research in the field of mental illness through the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation and served as a director of that organization.  She received the “Trailblazer of the Year” award in 1994 from the Planned Lifetime Assistance Network of Northeast Ohio for creating social and recreational opportunities through the Jewish Community Center for individuals suffering from mental illness.  Other major philanthropies include the creation of Gallery One at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the renovation of Severance Hall, home of the Cleveland Orchestra.  Tamar and her husband, Milton, revived the Playhouse in Jupiter, Florida (formerly the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater), developing it as a traditional regional theater.  The Theatre, now known as the Maltz Jupiter Theatre, opened on February 29, 2004.  Mrs. Maltz serves as President of the Board of Directors of the acclaimed International Spy Museum located in Washington, DC.  Mr. and Mrs. Maltz are founders of the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage located in Beachwood, Ohio.  The Museum opened in October, 2005. A new auditorium seating 500 at the Jupiter campus of Florida Atlantic University’s Lifelong Learning Center was named after Milton and Tamar in a ceremony at the University on November 8, 2002.  Mr. & Mrs. Maltz are major donors in the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine.  Bascom Palmer is the nation’s #1 eye hospital according to U.S. News & World Report.  Married for 65 years, Tamar and Milton Maltz have three children, daughter Julie of Tucson, and sons Daniel and David of Cleveland.  

KAREN T. MARCUS 
Karen served as Palm Beach County Commissioner for 28 years, representing District One.  She also served as President of the Florida Councils Association, was President of the Florida Association of Counties from 2000-2002, and served on the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council. She also chaired the School Advisory Council for Palm Beach Gardens High School. An advocate to protect the County’s natural resources, Karen supported the acquisition of park and recreation property and environmentally sensitive land to protect it from development. She worked to get approval and funding for the Juno Pier and negotiated to keep baseball in the County which resulted in the building of Roger Dean Stadium. In 2005 she began negotiations and worked with various cities in the area to bring the Scripps Research Institute to Palm Beach County and achieved this in 2006. Karen received the distinguished Executive Women of the Palm Beaches 21st Annual Women in Leadership Award for the Public Sector in 2004, was named a Community Development Leader in 2006, and received the Women of the Year Award from the Northern Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce in October 2012. A native Floridian, she is married with three daughters and five grandchildren.  

MATTHEW MELLUSI 
Matt is a Financial Planner & Financial Advisor at Cary Stamp & Co. He works closely with his team each day to untangle complex problems and create solutions for clients. Matt earned both his bachelor’s degree in Commercial Music: Songwriting and master’s degree in finance with a concentration in Financial Planning from Liberty University. Originally from Jupiter, Florida, he returned home after graduate school to join CS&C. Outside of work, Matt continues to write and record music, including his EP Goodbye Virginia. He and his wife, Kayla, live in Jupiter and are expecting their first child.” 

BETH NEUHOFF 

JOHN OSHER 
John is a “serial entrepreneur” who has developed literally hundreds of consumer products, from energy saving devices to baby products, toys and candy, to household appliances. He has built and sold several successful businesses to major companies and is most popularly known as the guy who brought the “five dollar electric toothbrush” to the world. Launched as the SpinBrush, in only fifteen months, it became the top selling toothbrush in the country. He started the toothbrush venture in 1999 and sold the company to Procter and Gamble at a record-breaking multiple for the industry.  

He also founded Cap Toys, a company that brought to market many famous toys, including the widely popular “Stretch Armstrong”. He sold the company to Hasbro in 1997. Before that, in the 1980s, he started Con-serv, a company that was named one of the fastest growing companies in America by Inc. Magazine. That company was sold to Gerber Foods in 1985. In addition to his efforts as a business entrepreneur, John has successfully produced several Broadway shows. He won Tony awards for the Best Musical as a producer of Broadway smash hits “Hairspray” and The Jersey Boys. He has also co-produced such hits as The Producers, Smokey Joe’s Cafe and Big River. John’s other interests include philanthropy. He is Chairman of the Zenith Fellows and national board member of the National Alzheimer’s Association. He is involved in and supports several charities and is a patron of the arts. He is also very active in starting new ventures, speaking to current and future entrepreneurs, and regularly speaking at a number of the top business schools across the country. 

ALCESTE T. PAPPAS PH. D
Alceste has over forty-five years of experience as an administrator and consultant to higher education, independent schools, and non-profit organizations with particular expertise in strategic planning, governance, policy analysis, organizational design, administrative process redesign, benchmarking, academic master planning, enrollment management planning, talent management and change managements. Dr. Pappas started her professional career at the University of California, Berkeley, as the Director of Student and Young Alumni Affairs and was subsequently appointed Director of Housing and Child Care Services where she oversaw the leadership of all aspects of housing for undergraduates and graduates.  

ALLYSON PIMENTEL 
Allyson attended Florida State University and Florida Atlantic University. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication. She worked in the banking industry for 9 years holding positions in training, branch management, and residential lending. She was last an Assistant Vice President in mortgage lending for Fidelity Federal Savings Bank in West Palm Beach. She has been a member of the Junior League of the Palm Beaches and was on the loaned executive committee for the United Way of Palm Beach. While her children were in school, she served on numerous committees including the parents’ association as the fine arts liaison. She also co-chaired a fashion luncheon and a cookbook fundraiser. Currently, Allyson does an extensive amount of traveling and spends a lot of time in the kitchen! Cooking is a passion of hers. Allyson is married and has two children. She resides in Jupiter Florida and has a summer home in Kennebunk Maine where she regularly attends performances at the 100-year-old Ogunquit Playhouse. Allyson loves theatre and enjoys attending all types of productions. Her daughter attended the Goldner conservatory for 12 years and she is proof that art changes lives. 

ELIZABETH G. RILEY 
Elizabeth was President and Co-Founder of Mazza and Riley, Inc., an international executive search and consulting firm. The company recruited general partners for VC and PE funds and senior management for emerging growth companies in software and hardware, media and communications, paging, cellular, digital mobile, wireless fata, satellite, magazine and book publishing, and broadcasting (including cable TV and radio). Services included recruiting, money-raising, mergers, and strategic planning. In the early 80s, Elizabeth started a firm that was merged into Spencer Stuart, a large multinational consulting company. She also worked in Product Management at General Foods and production at Johnson and Johnson, where she was licensed by Atomic Energy Canada Ltd to run a nuclear reactor. She began teaching at Babson in 1998 following the successful sale of Mazza and Riley. At Babson, as an Adjunct Professor, Elizabeth taught New Ventures and 3 classes she created: A Practicum in Entrepreneurship, Raising Money—Venture Capital, Angels and Incubators, and Entrepreneurship with Chinese Characters. Elizabeth initiated and ran the hatchery program at Babson for 7 years and was faculty advisor to the annually chosen 13 companies in the Babson and Olin College of Engineering incubation program. Elizabeth also taught in the MBA program at Harvard Business School, where her classes included Entrepreneurial Finance, and The Entrepreneurial manager. She was a longstanding member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors for HBS. Following a lifelong interest in China, Elizabeth has led courses on entrepreneurship in Xian, Shanghai, and Beijing for the U.S. Department of Commerce, and taught for HBS in the Participant Centered Learning Program at Fudan University. She is a former trustee of the Noble and Greenough School and was President of the Weekapaug Tennis Club and a trustee of the Weekapaug Foundation for Conservation. She was a trustee at Boston’s Museum of Science, where she worked to promote women in science. Elizabeth was also a board member of New Profit, a national venture philanthropy fund, and an advisor for Teach for American’s Boston startup. For the past 10 years, Elizabeth has been an Overseer at The Boch Center in Boston, formally known at the Wang Center. She continues to invest in early-stage companies, venture capital funds, private equity funds, and hedge funds.  

JANIS RUAN 
Janis is a community activist and philanthropist who shares her time between North Palm Beach, Florida and Des Moines, Iowa. Janis presently serves on the boards of Des Moines Metro Opera, Lost Tree Arts Committee and House Committee, Lost Tree Forum Committee, Restoration Ingersoll and Grand Avenues, Salisbury House Foundation, Greater Des Moines Community Foundation, and Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. Janis is also a certified Master Gardener and a member of the Des Moines Founders Garden Club.   

SCOTT SEELEY
Scott is a retired vice president, compliance & corporate secretary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), one of the nation’s leading electricity and energy infrastructure services companies. He was responsible for NextEra Energy’s overall compliance and corporate ethics programs and lead all aspects of NextEra Energy’s corporate governance in his role as NextEra Energy’s the Corporate Secretary. Mr. Seeley joined NextEra Energy in 2013 and retired in 2024.  Previously Mr. Seeley served as senior vice president, business affairs and general counsel for Telemundo Media, a global media company and division of NBCUniversal. Prior to NBCUniversal and Telemundo, he held leadership roles in General Electric’s law department, including as the general counsel of GE Infrastructure, GE Transportation Systems and GE Mexico, when he was also chairman of GE’s Latin America Legal Council.  Mr. Seeley earned a Bachelor of Arts with distinction from the University of Virginia and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. He is a member of the Ohio Bar and is a Florida authorized house counsel. Mr. Seeley and his wife Kristina reside in West Palm Beach. 

ROBIN B. SMITH
Robin is Chairman of Publishers Clearing House, which she joined as President in 1981 after a 16-year career at Doubleday and Co., Inc. where she progressed from Research Analyst to President and General Manager of the Book Clubs Division and then President and General Manager of Dell Publishing Co., Inc. (a subsidiary of Doubleday and Co). She holds an MBA degree from Harvard University and a BA degree from Wellesley College.  Mrs. Smith is currently Vice Chair of ADLP, a French direct marketing company. She has served on many corporate boards including BellSouth Corporation, Texaco, Kmart, Omnicom Group, Springs Industries, the Bache Group, Jack Eckerd Corporation, Bell and Howell, Huffy, John Labatt and as a Trustee of the Prudential/Jennison Retail and Target Mutual Funds.  In the non-profit world, Ms. Smith serves as a Trustee and as Chair of the Finance Committee of the Big Moose Community Chapel. 

AVERY SOMMERS
Avery is an award winning singer and actress. She appeared on Broadway in Ain’t Misbehavin’ as Nell Carter, in Chicago as Matron Mama Morton, Showboat, and Platinum. On national tour she appeared as Jewel in the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Ann-Margret, in Chicago as Matron Mama Morton with Chita Rivera and Joel Grey, and as Motormouth Maybelle in Hairspray. While on tour she was nominated for and won a Los Angeles Ovation Award for her role in Chicago. She was also nominated for a Carbonell Award for her role in Hairspray at the Actor’s Playhouse in Miami, Florida. Avery won a Carbonell Award for her one-woman show, But Not For Me, which was created and produced by the Caldwell Theater Company in Boca Raton, Florida. She was nominated for a Carbonell Award for her one-woman show, The Devil’s Music…The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, produced by the Arts Garage Theater in Delray Beach, Florida. Avery was featured in ten independent films all produced in South Florida. She was nominated for and won an Angel Films Award for her role of Ms. Ravencourt in Immigration Tango, which was presented to her in Monte Carlo, Monaco. She co-starred with Burt Reynolds and Reba McIntrye in the CBS movie of the week, The Man From Left Field. She also created the recurring role of Evelyn in the ABC mystery movie series B. L. Stryker starring Burt Reynolds and Ossis Davis. In 2018, Avery directed Shell of a Man, Donna Carbone’s story about a Vietnam veteran suffering with PTSD. Produced and presented at the Palm Beach Institute for the Entertainment Arts. In 2019, she directed Grab Your Coat and Get Your Hat: The Lyrics and Music of Dorothy Fields, written by Patty Chamberline and presented at Persson Hall in the Kravis Center. Avery loves directing, teaching acting at PBIEA, and continuing to perform her cabaret shows. 

DOROTHY STAPLETON 
Dorothy was raised in Farmington, Connecticut.  She attended Miss Porter’s School, where she developed a love for art and history under the tutelage of the legendary educator Sarah B. MacLennan. With a BA in communications from American University, Debbie established a library focused on the environment at the MITRE Corporation. She later continued her efforts at the EPA. From 2001–2009 Debbie served with her husband in diplomatic assignments to the Czech Republic and France. At both Embassy posts Debbie created art exhibitions with the assistance of the Arts and Embassies program. The Prague exhibit, From Sea to Shining Sea, featured American artists including Andrew Bogdanov from the Monhegan Island Art Colony and Santa Fe artist Ernest Lawson. In Paris, Debbie presented an exhibit entitled The Ties That Bind, which featured American folk artists’ interpretations of France’s gift to America, the Statue of Liberty, as well as paintings by Connecticut art colony founder Childe Hassam. Debbie is the recipient of the Ben Franklin award for her service to the Embassy community. In addition to her work with Gilder Lehrman, Debbie is a director of the French American Museum Exchange and a trustee of the Stapleton Family Foundation. Debbie is a driver of the SFF scholarship initiative which supports students at Harvard College, Harvard Business School, American University, Phillips Exeter Academy and Brunswick School. 

BETTINA WEISS
Bettina is a senior global leader of compensation for McKinsey & Company. Bettina has held roles with progressive responsibility across strategic professional development and talent topics encompassing evaluation and career development, compensation policy and strategy, compensation design and execution, resource planning, and financial planning and analysis. Bettina has a BS and MS in accounting from the University of Florida and an MBA from Harvard Business School.