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New Officers & Directors Elected for 2024-2025 Term

United Way of Central Florida leaders have approved State Attorney Brian Haas as the next Board Chair for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.

The following have been elected to serve as officers from August 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023:

  • Chair: Brian Hass, State Attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Florida
  • Chair-Elect: Jonathan Crain, Two Men and a Truck
  • Vice Chair: Superintendent Fred Heid, Polk County Public Schools
  • Immediate Past Chair: Michael W. Tamney, The Johnson Tamney Group at Morgan Stanley
  • Treasurer: Stacy Butterfield, Polk County Clerk of Courts
  • Secretary: Emily Spath, Spath Jewelers
  • Community Impact Cabinet Chair: Naomi Boyer, PhD, Nome, LLC
  • Community Investment Chair: Brian Donnelly, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
  • Resource Development Chair: Lauren Saunders Feaster, Community Volunteer
  • Governance & Board Development Chair: Ali Wright, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
  • Highlands County Liaison: Brian Norris, Taylor Oil Co., LLC

The Board approved the following seven new directors and unanimously approved them to serve two three-year terms:

  • Mayor Omar Arroyo, City of Haines City
  • Jenny Baker, Watson Clinic
  • Commissioner Bill Braswell, Polk County Commission
  • Chief Ian Floyd, Polk County Sheriff’s Office
  • Tom Garthwaite, BayCare
  • Joe Gleason, HCA Florida Highlands Hospital
  • Representative Sam Killebrew
  • Paul Noris, Bank of Central Florida
  • Larry Mitchell

Jenny Baker

Commissioner Bill Braswell

Stacy Butterfield

Lauren Saunders Feaster

Chief Ian Floyd

Paul Noris

Brian Norris

Representative Sam Killebrew

UWCF leaders also thanks retired board members Ashley Bell Barnett, Mark Codd, Angel Davis, Cyndi Durham, Brandon Giles, Merissa Green, Deeley Hunt, Greg Littleton, Emily Rogers, Troy C. Smith for their dedication to UWCF and service to our community.

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