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LEADERSHIP

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Deborah Ellinger

Board and Advisory Experience

Chewy; Synchrony; Tupperware; iRobot; Covetrus; IPG; Sealy; Boston Consulting Group; Women Corporate Directors

Operating Experience

Former President/CEO of four PE-backed companies: Ideal Image, The Princeton Review, Restoration Hardware, Wellness Petfood​

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Lucie Lapovsky

Board and Advisory Experience

 Dillard University; Asolo Theatre; Pan-African Higher Education Initiative; American Public University System, IWF FL Suncoast

 Operating Experience

Principal, Lapovsky Consulting. Former President of Mercy College and VP Finance and Administration/CFO
Goucher College

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Stephanie Sonnabend

Board and Advisory Experience

50/50 Women on Boards (Chair); Safr: Driven by Women

Operating Experience

Co-Founder and Chair of 50/50 Women on Boards; former CEO of Sonesta International Hotels Corporation

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Subha V. Barry

Board and Advisory Experience

  SHRM Foundation, Rice 360, Rutgers Cancer Center, Rutgers Institute of Women's Leadership

Operating Experience

CEO of Seramount, Former Chief Diversity Officer at Freddie Mac, Merrill Lynch, Adjunct Professor Columbia University

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Michelle Hooper

Board and Advisory Experience

United Airlines Holdings; UnitedHealth Group; Black Directors Health Equity Agenda

Operating Experience

President & CEO of The Directors’ Council; former President of Caremark International Business Group and Baxter Canada

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Nancy Callahan

Board and Advisory Experience

Canal Financial Group; Midwest Holding; University of Virginia Engineering Foundation; Sunny Day Fund (Advisor)

Operating Experience

Former Global Vice President of SAP Customer Success; Chief of Staff to the President and COO of Concur; Vice President of AIG; Vice President of Reuters

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Danet Linares

Board and Advisory Experience

Miami Downtown Development Authority; Goodwill of South Florida; Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce; IWF Florida 

Operating Experience

Executive Vice Chairman Blanca Commercial Real Estate

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Sandi Finn

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF Forum Palm Beach; Babson College Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (Global Co-Chair); Florida Social Capital; The Venture Mentoring Team

Operating Experience

Founding Partner, EdgeCraft Advisors. Former President of Cross Country Home Services

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Ava Parker

Board and Advisory Experience

MasTec; Orchid Island Capital; American Association of Community Colleges (former Chair); Florida Board of Governors (former); University of Central Florida Board of Trustees (former)

Operating Experience

President, Palm Beach State College. Former EVP and COO, Florida Polytechnic University; partner, Lawrence & Parker

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Laura Holm

Board and Advisory Experience

Women Corporate Directors South Florida (Co-Chair); QEP Co., Inc. (former); Marquis Bank (former); Greater Naples YMCA Endowment Board (former)

Operating Experience

Partner, Fox Rothschild. Corporate and securities attorney with more than 25 years' experience

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Kathleen Shanahan

Board and Advisory Experience

Mosaic; Masonite International Corp; Turtle & Hughes Integrated Supply; Great Lakes Docks and Dredge; Ultimate Medical Academy, Safe+Sound Somerset; Barbara Bush Foundation; HireQuest; Lumina Analytics; Prism; Florida State Board of Education (Chair); NACD Florida

Operating Experience

Former CEO of Turtle and Hughes; CEO of URETEK Holdings; Former Chief of Staff    to Vice President Dick Cheney and Governor Jeb Bush

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