Selby Gardens Announces Three New Trustees

July 6, 2022 – Sarasota

The Board of Trustees of Marie Selby Botanical Gardens has elected three new members. Attorney Morgan Bentley, journalist Mary Braxton-Joseph, and philanthropist Audrey Robbins each will serve a three-year term on the Board. Their Board service began on July 1.

Bentley is managing partner of the law firm Bentley Goodrich Kison. A highly regarded attorney, he concentrates his practice in litigation involving business and real-estate disputes. He handles both trial proceedings as well as complex arbitrations and administrative hearings. Bentley is a former president of the Sarasota County Bar Association, a former member of the board of governors of The Florida Bar, and a past chairman of the Florida Commission on Ethics.

Braxton-Joseph is an Emmy-award winning television journalist and media consultant. From 1990 through 1995, she was Senior Advisor for Media Relations and Public Affairs for the Council on Foundations. Prior to that, Braxton-Joseph served as Manager of Community Affairs and Editorials for WJLA-TV 7, the ABC network affiliate in Washington, D.C. She also served for five years on the Rhodes Scholars Selection Committee. 

Robbins is a retired educator and a community volunteer and philanthropist who is active in local nonprofit arts organizations. She previously served as Math Department chair at the Out-of-Door Academy. Currently, she serves as a trustee of The Sarasota Ballet, and she chaired the Gala Committee for the 2022 Sarasota Opera Gala.

The other members of the Selby Gardens Board of Trustees are Daniel “Pat” Ball, Aaron Bellamy, Ariane Dart, Norbert P. Donelly, Renée James Gilmore, Jean Weidner Goldstein, Teri A Hansen, Marcy Klein, Katherine A. Martucci, Cornelia Matson, Marianne D. McComb, Keith Monda, Dr. Joel Morganroth, Michael Quillen, Jeannie Russell, Pauline L. Wamsler, Margaret Wise, and Jennifer O. Rominiecki, President & CEO of Selby Gardens. McComb and Morganroth were reelected as Chair and Vice Chair, respectively, for the current year of Board service.

Former Trustees J. Allison Archbold, Esq., and Michael J. Wilson, Esq., each completed nine years of service on the Selby Gardens Board at the end of June.