johnson installed as chairman at gala in this issue
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IN THIS ISSUE
October 2021
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Johnson Installed as Chairman at Gala
The Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce
held their Annual Installation Gala on September 17 at Martin Downs
Golf Club. President/CEO Joe Catrambone, Class 6, welcomed his
new board, many who are LEADERship Alumni. Chairman Kelly
Johnson, Class 19, R.V. Johnson, Chairman Elect Lisa Satur, Class
24, CenterState Bank, Vice Chairman Dan Hulen, Class 20, Fifth
Third Bank Merchant Services, Directors: Dan Brady, Class 24, Wa-
terpoint Realty Group, Ian Cotner, Class 27, AT&T Florida, Derrick
Dukes, Class 30, Luxury Renovations & Additions, Charles Geary,
Class 4, Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, PLLC, Jeff Gustafson, Class
30, Coquina Cove at Martin Downs, Jeremy Harris, Class 28, Growth
Squad, Ryan Huff, Class 27, The Milcor Group, Inc., Eric Kiehn,
Class 29, C & W Technologies, Sharon Kinane, Class 11, Cleveland
Clinic Martin Health, Candace Lopes. Class 28, Skin Serenity Spa,
Amber Woods, Class 28, Treasure Coast Toyota of Stuart, Ex-Officio:
David Dyess, Class 15, City of Stuart Manager, Carol Houwaart-
Diez, Class 28, United Way of Martin County.
Pictures courtesy of L.C. Campbell
CHAMBER GALA 1
Board Installed
AWARDS & T. U. 2
Alumni Leaders
REACHING OUT 2
Cindy Groover
FPRA AWARD 3
Nancy McCarthy
EDUCATION 3
IRSC
DANCE STARS 3
Pennington
$ FOR CHARITY 3
Impact 100
ALUMNI BOARD 4
Who’s On It
BULLETIN BOARD 4
Game Winner
GAME 4
Free Ad
WEB ADDRESS 4
Information
ALUMNI ADDRESS 4
Paying Your Dues
October 2021 LEADERship Alumni Newsletter Page 2
Chamber Awards and Thank You
Cindy LaConte,
Class 7, was pre-
sented with roses
on her retiring as
Vice President of
Operations but
will continue as
Program Director
of LEADERship
Martin County
for the Chamber.
Michael Dadko, Class 12,
received the Chairman’s
Award
Candace Lopes, Class 28,
received the President’s
Award
Senator Gayle Harrell, Class 3,
received the Business Advocate
Award
Reaching out to all ALumni - By Cindy Groover
We are ALUMNI for LIFE! That’s right, even if you move, change jobs, or retire, you will al-
ways be a member of LEADERship Alumni. Sadly, there are over 200 Alumni completely out
of the LEADERlines & event announcement loop. To solve this dilemma, I am reaching out
to everyone reading LEADERlines to help us bring them back into the communication fold.
Included in this article is a link to a Google Doc listing 218 Alumni we would like to bring
back online. This is especially timely because we are also launching a new website that will
ultimately allow Alumni to update their profile when they have changes in their contact infor-
mation. This will go a long way toward preventing this from continuing to happen. We want
all ALUMNI to hear about what is happening in our LEADERship Community.
If you have any contact information for people on the list, please send your information to
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XNu9-6TJaESPJj0drc2Qxo7sp0jbjuHd/edit?
usp=sharing&ouid=106145755188983440823&rtpof=true&sd=true
Pictures courtesy of L.C. Campbell
October 2021 LEADERship Alumni Newsletter Page 3
Nancy McCarthy, APR, United Way of Martin County’s director of marketing and
communications, was honored with the distinguished Doris Fleischman Award,
presented by the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) to one of the state’s
1,200 public relations professionals for unrecognized contributions to the profes-
sion. The award was presented at the association’s annual conference in Orlando.
McCarthy has over 20 years of public relations experience managing internal and
external communications for Fortune 500 companies, local businesses, government
and nonprofit organizations. She is Accredited in Public Relations (APR) and has
received numerous image awards and Golden Image Awards for excellence in pub-
lic relations. She is the past president of the Treasure Coast Chapter and South-
west Florida Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association. McCarthy is a
graduate of the University of Florida and LEADERship Class 21.
Making A Difference
Beth Gaskin, Class 24, IRSC vice president for student success, announced that IRSC
will use an anonymous $40 million donation for a second charter high school. The school
will be built on county land near Indiantown and would focus on career and technical edu-
cation, such as welding and dual-enrollment opportunities. Traditional courses and even-
ing classes for adults also would be offered. Clark Advanced Learning Center, a public
charter high school, on the Chastain Campus in Stuart opened in 2004-05.
Dancing With the Stars
Cheree Ramirez (27), Randy Pennington(26) and Rachel Terlizzi (27) were among
the Martin Stars that danced at this year’s 10th Anniversary. It was held at the Star-
struck Theatre on September 25 featuring ten past dancing stars. The funds raised bene-
fited the Martin County Healthy Start Coalition. One of the winners was Randy and his
partner Shaun Kelly for 1st Runner up for fundraising over $31,000. Congratulations!
Nancy McCarthy, APR honored with Doris Fleischman Award
Genevieve George, Class 23, and Sue Whittington, Class 14, are among several LEADERship
alumni who are members of Impact100 Martin, a local group of women who make an annual individual
contribution of $1,000, with a stated mission of “Empowering Female
Philanthropy.” Gen is the current President of Impact100 Martin and
Sue is the past President of LEADERship Alumni Martin County.
Impact100 Martin is beginning its fifth year and has funded Project
LIFT, The Education Foundation of Martin County, Safe Space and
House of Hope with $100,000 grants since the group was formed. In
2020, Impact100 Martin joined the COVID-19 Funders’ Consortium of
Martin County, spearheaded by the Community Foundation Martin St.
Lucie, and awarded a total of $224,000 to 14 area health and human ser-
vice organizations for COVID-19 relief and recovery. The goal in 2022 is
to reach 306 members in order to attain the goal of distributing $1 mil-
lion in the community in the first five years of existence. For more infor-
mation or to become a member, please visit our website
at www.impact100martin.org.
I made an IMPACT!
LEADERship Alumni Board 2021– 2022
President Sarah Baker
First Citizens Bank
Vice-President Sam Bruning
Southern Magnolia Invest. Mgt.
Exec. Vice President Tara Zweben
Zweben Law Group
Treasurer Greg Nuttall
Hill, Barth & King, LLC
Recording Secretary Jon Milton
Milton Engineering Consultants
Corresponding Secretary Cheree Ramirez Children’s Services
Past President
Sue Whittington Morgan Stanley
Directors
Kloee Ciuperger Martin County Government
Frank Fender
TeamLogic IT
Elisabeth Glynn United Way of Martin County
Cindy Groover Stuart Air Show
Chad Hastings
Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith
Tracey Miller Martin County School District
Brett Zurich
Team Parks, Inc.
Ex-Officio Youth Planning Chair
Diana Bruton Treasure Coast Realty
LEADERship Prog. Director
Cindy LaConte Stuart/Martin County Chamber
Communications Kim Waser Nash
Website Coordinator
LEADERlines Editor Nancy Sailer
October 2021 LEADERship Alumni Newsletter Page 4
Note: Our monthly newsletter can
now be viewed on our website
www.LeadershipMCalumni.com
Michael Dadko, CFP®
(12) has earned the Certi-
fied in Long Term Care
designation (CLTC®). He
has over 20yrs of experience
in wealth management and
financial planning. He is Senior Vice
President – Wealth Management Sail-
fish Wealth Management Group.
Michael Diterlizzi (3) who is co-owner of
the Highway Tire &
Auto Service Station-
Store has sold the busi-
ness. Diterlizzi’s son,
who worked for his dad, will be the
manager for the new owners. He
does plan to continue serving on the
Martin County School Board until
the end of his term.
Dr. Mary Ann Searle (30), has been promoted to
Program Director of Upward
Bound St. Lucie County for
Indian River State College.
She will be located at their
Fort Pierce campus and her new work
number is 772-462-7612.
Game Winner:
Kristine O’Hagan
Class 26 was the winner
of our September game
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Joyce Herb (4) is getting
back into the workforce
and LEADERship Alumni.
Her business is Joyce Herb
Flooring & Design located
at 9045A SE Bridge Road
in Hobe Sound. Joyce can be contact-
ed at [email protected] or her
cell phone 772-214-2294.