Gulf Coast Community Foundation Elects New Board Officers

The Board of Directors of Gulf Coast Community Foundation has elected Rod Hershberger as Chair and David Green as Vice Chair for a one-year term as officers. The Board also reelected Anne Essner, Tracy Knight, and Susan Sofia to three-year terms as directors. All Gulf Coast Board terms began on July 1.

Hershberger is the co-founder of North Venice-based PGT Innovations, from which he retired as CEO at the end of 2017, and currently serves as its non-employee Chairman of the Board. He also volunteers his leadership extensively in the region. He is a Trustee of Mote Marine Laboratory, a past president of the Argus Foundation, and he served as co-chair of the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota.

Green, who joined the Gulf Coast Board along with Hershberger in 2018, spent his 45-year career in marketing and branding with major international consumer brands. For 30 years, he worked for McDonald’s Corporation, most recently as its senior global marketing officer.

In addition to Gulf Coast, Green serves on the boards of The Hermitage Artist Retreat and Sarasota Orchestra. The members of the Gulf Coast Community Foundation Board of Directors for the foundation’s 2020-21 fiscal year are:

·         Rod Hershberger, ChairDavid Green, Vice Chair

·         Anne Essner

·         Tracy Knight

·         Lisa Krouse

·         William L. Mehserle Jr.

·         Anand Pallegar

·         Mark Pritchett, President/CEO

·         David Sessions

·         Peter Soderberg

·         Susan Sofia

·         Joe Stephan

·         Pauline Wamsler 

About Gulf Coast Community FoundationTogether with our donors, Gulf Coast Community Foundation transforms our region through bold and proactive philanthropy.  Gulf Coast is a public charity that was created in 1995 through the sale of the Venice Hospital. Since then, we have become the philanthropic home of nearly 1,000 families, individuals, organizations, and businesses that have established charitable funds here, and we have invested over $390 million in grants in the areas of health and human services, civic and economic development, education, arts and culture, and the environment. Learn more at GulfCoastCF.org.