Board of Directors

Cami Gibertini has more than 30 years of retail banking experience in various senior leadership roles within a few institutions in the Tampa Bay market.

Currently, Cami is the Vice President, Business Center Manager II at Hancock Whitney Bank. She is responsible for the overseeing the sales and service activities of the Tampa retail branches as well as generating and originating Business Banking lending opportunities to grow market share in the Tampa Bay market.

She was the founder of the “Women Entrepreneurs” (later re-named “Women in Business”) program at Valley Bank and managed the program in four states as the National Director.

Cami holds prestigious banking certifications from the ABA’s Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania, with a Wharton Business School Certificate of Achievement. She also graduated from the FBA’s Florida School of Banking at the University of Florida, BAI’s Graduate School of Retail Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and RMA’s Commercial Lending School at the University of Central Florida. She recently completed a Rutgers Executive Leadership program with Valley’s “Leaders In Action.”

Cami is a proud member of the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida and was most recently 3rd Vice President and served on the Fund Development and Executive Committees. She also serves as on Advisory Council for the Centre for Women and is the past President and Treasurer of ECHO (Emergency Care Help Organization). She served at the Chairwoman for the Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce in 2016. She was Brandon’s Honorary Mayor 2011-2012 and is a proud graduate of the Leadership Brandon (Class of 2000), Leadership Tampa (Class of 2004) and Leadership Tampa Bay (Class of 2015). Cami also served on the Campo Family YMCA Board of Directors and was a member of the Brandon 86 Rotary Club and a member of Brandon Kiwanis.

Cami and her husband Scott live in Tampa and are the proud parents of two grown children, Haley and Ryan. In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her family, is an avid fitness buff, loves to read historical fiction, enjoys fine dining and covets time with her girl-tribe. She and Scott love to travel.

Deirdre Dixon believes that leaders can always continue to develop. After 20 years as an Army officer with combat experience, she decided to apply her knowledge and practical leadership to teaching and designing leadership programs. Dr. Dixon is currently an Associate Professor of Management and Associate Director of the Center for Leadership at the University of Tampa. Deirdre earned her engineering degree from West Point, MBA from Duke University, and management PhD from Case Western Reserve University.  Her area of research interest is in extremis leadership, when the leader’s life is in danger, looking at resiliency and military, police and firefighters. She is a graduate of Leadership Tampa, Class of 2005, and serves on several non-profit boards such as the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida and the Tampa Theater. She also serves as a National Director on the West Point Association of Graduates Board.

Lynn Jackson Dorman thrived as a Junior and Cadette Girl Scout in a small parent-led troop in Baltimore Maryland in the 1970s.  By 1988, she traded her Girl Scout uniform for a US Army uniform and spent the vast amount of her adult life as a military officer until her retirement in 2015.   In 1988, Lynn joined the US Army and served for 27 years retiring as a Colonel.

Professionally, Lynn has served as Executive Officer to the Director for Human Relations Policy for the US Army, Director of Personnel, Director of Diversity, and Director of Compliance.  In her last role as Assistant Chief of Staff for US Army Pacific Command, she led a mentoring and support initiative providing professional development and networking to all Department of Defense women serving in the Pacific Rim.  Lynn is a leader who spent her first career managing, directing and leading change in three distinct areas: diversity program management and leadership, human resource management with a focus in human relations program development, and compliance management fields such as operations, cyber security, and human resource management. 

Lynn’s second career is focused on giving back in a different way.  Currently, Lynn works as a Licensed Mental Health Therapist in Tampa working with those struggling with addiction, grief, marital problems, and issues of adjustment.  Today she works in a local practice focusing on mental health treatment for the city’s ex-offender population.  At the same time, she is working to build her own private practice in St. Pete.  Lynn has a Master of Counseling Psychology degree from Chaminade University of Honolulu, a Master of Education degree with a concentration in Higher Education Leadership and Supervision from Loyola University, and a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Notre Dame University of Maryland. 

Lynn has a profound interest in the mission of women’s service and charitable organizations.  She serves as a member of the vestry at St Andrews Episcopal Church leading the Helping Hands ministry.  She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.  She is a member of the Pierians Inc., a club of women arts enthusiasts, and serves as the President of the national organization’s foundation, which raises and donates money to underserved, minority children who demonstrate talent and interest in the arts.

She and her husband, Edward Dorman, live in South Tampa, FL

Michelene Everett, CMP DES, is a senior meeting manager for American Express Global Business Travel. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Hyde Park Event Design, an event management company based in Tampa Bay. Her events are designed to ensure that attendees will bring their experiences home with them through interaction and immersion.

As a Corporate Event Professional, Michelene has extensive meeting planning experience from large trade shows and conferences to executive committee meetings. Her industry experience

spans pharmaceutical, medical device, software technology, and non-profit sectors. She is a graduate of the International School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Fairleigh Dickinson University. As an event expert, she currently serves on the Board of Meeting Professionals International (MPI), which is the largest meeting and event industry association worldwide. As the director of strategic alliance, she works with suppliers and event planners throughout Tampa Bay to help them achieve their business goals by sharing strengths and resources. She also serves as the newest board member for Tampa Bay Business for Culture and the Arts (TBBCA).

Michelene has served and will continue to serve her community through action. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, she has led the Fund Development Committee to a highly successful Women of Distinction event in 2023. She has served as President of The Historic Kenwood Neighborhood Association and is currently an active committee member for the St. Pete Arts Alliance Shine Mural Festival, HK Partnership, and Academy Prep (EOD) committees.

Michelene is a native New Yorker but is proud to call St. Petersburg her home where she resides with her husband, Dr. Farhan Malik.

Stephen Ponzillo is an Assistant Vice President & Community Relations Officer with Regions Financial Corporation. Anchored by Regions’ mission to make life better, Stephen is privileged to build partnerships with nonprofit organizations across West, Central and South Florida that allow the bank and its associates to focus their time, talents and financial resources toward causes that empower people through education, financial wellness and inclusive economic growth. 

Prior to joining Regions, Stephen served for 17 years as a leader within high-performing nonprofit organizations in Tampa Bay, as well as in Northern Indiana and Washington, D.C. This included two years of post-graduate service as an AmeriCorps member in both south St. Petersburg and the nation’s capital. He holds a Bachelor of Arts as well as a Masters of Nonprofit Administration (MNA) from the University of Notre Dame. 

A passionate advocate committed to helping children and families overcome obstacles to success, Stephen is honored to champion the next generation of change-makers as a member of our board.  He lives in Hillsborough County with his amazing wife and their precocious daughter Caroline, a proud member of Daisy Troop 1843.

Mary Pat King, CAE, was named CEO of Girl Scouts of West Central Florida (GSWCF) in March 2020. GSWCF serves nearly 18,000 members spanning eight counties: Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Hernando, Polk, Citrus, Sumter and Marion.

Prior to Girl Scouts, Mary Pat spent her career working for national organizations focused on issues most impacting youth, families and schools. She led the conceptual design and launch of numerous National PTA programs including: School of Excellence, STEM + Families, Smart Talk, Connect for Respect, Take Your Family to School Week and Family Reading Experience. For the American Diabetes Association, Mary Pat managed ADA’s youth, family and community outreach programs nationwide, including ADA’s 56 Diabetes Camps, Diabetes Expo, Live Empowered, Family Link and Port tu Familia. She also ran two fundraising events nationwide: Father of the Year Awards Galas and School Walk for Diabetes. At Safe Kids Worldwide, Mary Pat managed the first few years of the Safe Kids Walk This Way program, partnering with FedEx to scale up a three-school pilot of International Walk to School Day in 2001 to 300+ participating schools worldwide by 2004. Mary Pat also worked at two Washington, DC-based public relations firms, where she managed client portfolios focused on mental health and education issues. She began her career as a news clerk and intern features writer for The Watertown (NY) Daily Times.

During the past 20+ years, Mary Pat has helped to raise more than $10 million in corporate and foundation grants; trained hundreds of staff and volunteers worldwide; and volunteered as an expert advisor to numerous nonprofits and federal agencies in the design of community engagement initiatives including: Action for Healthy Kids’ Every Kid Healthy Campaign, Safe Routes to School National Partnership, SAMHSA’s Talk. They Hear You. Campaign, SAMHSA’s National Wellness Week, Ad Council's StopBullying.Gov campaign, WETA’s (PBS) Well Beings initiative, the White House Convening on Marketing to Youth and the Jed Foundation’s Set to Go Program.

Mary Pat serves on the Hillsborough Commission on the Status of Women, is a Certified Association Executive (CAE), and is a John Maxwell Certified Leadership Trainer. She is a frequent leadership speaker to community groups, and she is a member of the Florida Society of Association Executives and Girl Scout Staff Association. She has a Master of Science degree in public relations from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse (NY) University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY. Mary Pat and her husband, Eric, live in Palm Harbor, FL with their two children, Mason and Jenna Bea. She is a parent volunteer for her daughter’s Girl Scout Troop.

Linette “Starr” Brookins is an award-winning first-generation attorney, fourth generation Tampa native, and a true servant leader who has excelled in the courtroom, inspired in the classroom, and made a true difference in the Tampa Bay community for over two decades. Not only is Ms. Brookins a tried-and-true trial attorney, she also serves as a Hearing Officer with Hillsborough County. Having seen firsthand how the justice system can favor the fortunate and forget the fragile, Ms. Brookins has worked diligently to instill faith and confidence in the justice system by extending respect and humility to all who appear before her as a Hearing Officer and ensuring that they all feel heard, while also ensuring fidelity to the rule of law.

Ms. Brookins is a devoted community leader and public servant. Currently, she serves as President-Elect of the Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers; Chair of the Young Women of Promise Committee and a Board Member of The Athena Society; Vice President of the Guardian Ad Litem Foundation of Tampa Bay/Hero to A Child; a Teen Court volunteer Judge; a member of Ybor City’s Rotary Club; a Board Member of The Regent and Tampa Bay Tiger Club; and a member of The University of Tampa’s Board of Counselors.

Ms. Brookins is a single mother, after having adopted a teenager who spent much of her life in foster care; she is the proud mom to her fur baby, Franklyn Theodore. Ms. Brookins enjoys spending her free time exploring the world through travel, baking, running, taking Pilates classes, as well as motivating and mentoring young women particularly those at risk or in the child welfare system, and encouraging them to show up in every room as their authentic selves and seeing their true worth.

Kelly Dunne is a passionate sales and marketing professional with 13 years of experience. She graduated from Florida State University and moved to New York City to begin a career in digital advertising sales at Fox News and Turner Broadcasting. After a few cold winters, she decided to move back to her home state of Florida to be closer to family. While working at CBS and Golf Channel, Kelly expanded her skill set to include traditional and digital marketing. Kelly always wanted to live on the West Coast of Florida, and knew through professional connections that Raymond James Financial, headquartered in St. Petersburg, was an exceptional firm.

In 2018, she came to work for Raymond James as a Team Lead for Private Client Group Corporate Marketing. Kelly provided strategic marketing support for PCG Internal Business units including the Advisor Inclusion Networks. While working with the advisors and stakeholders in the Advisor Inclusion Networks, she contributed to the continued success of the diverse Advisor networks and their initiatives.

Kelly is a Senior Relationship Manager for the Advisor Inclusion Networks, working alongside advisors and like-minded individuals to continue the efforts of Raymond James, which continues to be an inclusive and diverse financial services firm.

In her spare time, Kelly enjoys group fitness workout classes, catching up on her endless book list and walking with her French bulldog, Oliver.

Sue Ryan Goodman, DBA, CFA, CPA, is a seasoned financial professional with over 30 years of finance, investment, and accounting experience. After retiring from her New York City investment job in 2013, Dr. Goodman began working with nonprofits and was an interim executive director of one for nearly a year in 2016/17. This led her to write her dissertation on nonprofit governance; however, finance and accounting are her passions.

Dr. Goodman earned her DBA from the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida. Additionally, she has an MBA from Rutgers University and a BS in Accounting from Marquette University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Public Accountant. She is a Lifetime Girl Scouts and currently serves on the board of directors of the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, where she also sits on the Finance Committee. Dr. Goodman is also active in the CFA Society of Tampa Bay.

Tracy Holt is a Market Leader with LMCU, specializing in helping others achieve financial stability. Tracy is no stranger to the financial industry. She has spent the past 30+ years working in the banking system in New York and Florida. She currently manages the operations and community relations for the Temple Terrace Banking Center. Tracy has held various leadership positions, including AVP of Operations and VP of a Banking Center. Tracy holds a BS in Business Management from Medaille College in Buffalo, NY.


Tracy believes we all have a gift and obligation to give our time and talents. She has worked with several non-profit organizations throughout the Tampa Bay Region. She currently serves on the Board of The Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, the Uptown Temple Terrace Chamber Board, and the treasurer of the Ivy Enrichment Foundation of Tampa Bay. Tracy is also an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated and proud Leadership Tampa Bay Alumna, Class of 21'.

Nancy Hutson is an executive with a wide range of experience and record of success in the theme park, entertainment and event industry. A longtime resident of the Tampa Bay area, Nancy and her family have a long history of serving the community and giving back.

Most recently, Nancy launched her own entertainment company, Full Stop Productions, Inc. producing shows, experiences and events within the live entertainment industry. Her current clients include Mattel, Lions Gate Productions, LEGOLAND, NBCUniversal, MGA, and Dollywood, to name a few.

A respected leader in her field, she is known for her work ethic and attention to detail. Previously, she was the Associate Producer and Director of Entertainment for the Feld Entertainment Studios, the largest producer of arena shows worldwide. She produced the Disney on Ice productions, created a VIP event experience and traveled the world working with performers, technical crews and staffs on show quality and operations. This amazing opportunity for extensive business travel, scouting and researching new products allowed Nancy to develop the appreciation of diverse cultures. She also served as the Vice President of Events and Entertainment for SeaWorld and as the Vice President of Entertainment for Busch Gardens in Tampa where she managed an $18M budget, a direct team of 25 and a department of 300. Her teams developed many award-winning shows and events including Christmas Town and the Food and Wine Festival and also managed nearly 350 one-time events annually, ranging from weddings to fundraisers to youth programming.

Having lived in Tampa most of her life she has remained very active in the community. With her event background, she often serves on fundraising and development committees. With a heart for philanthropy and her background in education, she especially enjoys opportunities to serve youth and education programming. This continues today with her commitment to the University of South Florida teaching Event Management as an adjunct facility member.

Nancy and her husband Mark raised three boys (aptly names for the three musketeers) in Temple Terrace. Active in their church, Corpus Christi Catholic Church of Temple Terrace, they also enjoy paddle boarding, yoga and fostering dogs for Lab Rescue of Florida.

Vanessa Jones is the Senior Director of Learner Services, Training & Operations at Ultimate Medical Academy. Vanessa holds a Bachelor’s degree in social work and a Master’s in public administration. While she began her career in social work, she has been with UMA over 11 years, supporting students in navigating their programs on their pathway to allied healthcare careers. In her free time, she enjoys travelling, volunteering within the community and spending time with friends and family.

Joanne LeBlanc is a Vice President at Colliers and specializes in representing companies to find office space in Tampa Bay. Colliers is a $4.5B global commercial real estate firm and Joanne has worked at the company since 2008.

Throughout her tenure she has closed over $300M in transaction volume for local and multi-market clients. Her services also stretch throughout Florida, nationwide, & globally with the assistance of the Colliers worldwide network.

Joanne has been involved with the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida since June 2023 on the Fund Development Committee. Through her efforts, she assisted in securing TECO as a sponsor for the Women of Distinction 2024 event plus aided with numerous connections and meetings to various companies and potential sponsors.

In her spare time, she participates in her daughter’s Daisy troop’s cookie fundraiser, her son’s softball league, and enjoys running, Zumba, and working out.

Ashley Nessler is a Customer Segment Manager in Preferred Banking Controls, Operations and Supervision team at Bank of America. Ashley is responsible for leading strategy development, partner integration, process simplification and risk reduction for over 3900 financial centers. In her role, Ashley is focused on improving the end-to-end process for complex account services and requests.

Prior to this role, Ashley developed and improved credit enablement programming through new program strategies for Small Business sales teammates and the Small Business Administration (SBA) team. In 2020, Ashley led an organization of 400+ campus hires, with Enterprise Independent Testing efforts for the Paycheck Protection Program.

Ashley joined Bank of America in 2003 as a professional teller during her second year in college. The majority of Ashley’s professional experience is attributed to her journey through the Consumer and Small Business Banking, including leading sales associates, leading large-scale transformation initiatives and driving performance goals.

Ashley is passionate about diversity and inclusion and led the creation of LEAD for Women in Greater Tampa Bay. Ashley serves as the Enterprise LEAD for Women Co-Enterprise Leader, an employee network at Bank of America. LEAD for Women is comprised of over 65 chapters and 44,000 + members worldwide. Ashley serves on the Investing in Women Council for Bank of America to support women at Bank of America. She is active in the Tampa Bay community by serving as a board member for Centre for Women, committing more than 75 hours each year. Ashley was the Bank of America Diversity & Inclusion Award winner in 2017.

Ashley has a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Saint Leo University. In her spare time, she enjoys yoga, photography and traveling. Ashley resides in Tampa, Florida, with her family, and is a new mother to her first daughter, Palmer.

Marion Rich has been a resident of Pinellas County, Florida for 38 years. She grew up in Massillon, Ohio and graduated from the University of Cincinnati with undergraduate and graduate degrees in Communication Arts and Film Studies.

Marion was a Professor of Communications at St. Petersburg College for 10 years. She began her community volunteer work in 1990 with the Junior League of Clearwater Dunedin. Her training through the Junior League led her into the next 30+ years of volunteer leadership in the Tampa Bay region. Marion currently serves in leadership positions on several nonprofit boards including: 211 Tampa Bay Cares (20 years/past board chairman), Morton Plant Mease Health Care Board of Directors, Pinellas Community Foundation Board of Governors, Girl Scouts of West Central Florida and the Dali Museum Guild. Previously she served on the governing boards of the Junior League of Clearwater Dunedin (past president), Film Foundation of Tampa Bay (founder and past chair), Morton Plant Mease Heath Care Foundation (past Board chair), Big Brothers Big Sisters of Tampa Bay and Ruth Eckerd Performing Arts Center.

Outside of the Tampa Bay region, Marion currently serves on the Board of Trustees for Film at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Marion was the leader of her daughter’s Girl Scout troop for 12 years. The troop spent five years producing a documentary about famous women who were Girl Scouts across the country. Marion continued her involvement with GSWCF by serving on the Board Development Committee, chairing the council’s 100th Anniversary Celebration, chairing Women of Distinction for three years and serving as Second Vice President on the Board of Directors and Chair of the Fund Development Committee.

In 2002, the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida recognized Marion as a Woman of Distinction; the same year she received the Greater Clearwater Chamber of Commerce Ms. Clearwater Award. In 2017, she was inducted into the GSWCF Women of Distinction Hall of Fame.

Jule Doran Salem spent her formative years in Sarasota, FL before moving to Tampa to attend the University of South Florida where she received her Bachelors in Finance followed by a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Tampa. She currently serves as Managing Director of Salem Solutions, a nationally recognized workforce management firm that specializes in call center staffing.

While in Sarasota, she actively participated in Girl Scouts and 4-H. She enjoyed equestrian sports where she won numerous awards in hunt seat equitation and jumping.

After receiving her undergraduate and graduate degrees, Jule’s interest in pursuing a career in business continued to grow while serving as a finance and accounting leader for Coca-Cola, Hovnananian Enterprises, XPO Logistics and Vastec. In 2012, she set out to build Salem Solutions with a focus on her vision of humanizing call center staffing and delivering exceptional solutions to both the clients and candidates they serve.

Concurrent to her role at Salem, Jule serves as CFO for Enable America, a non-profit whose mission is to increase employment for Veterans and individuals with disabilities. She is also a Board Member of the City of Tampa Mayor’s Alliance for Persons with Disabilities, as well as a member of the University of Tampa, Board of Fellows, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, American Staffing Association, HR Tampa, Tampa Bay Chamber and Staffing Industry Analysts.

Jule lives in Tampa with her husband, Richard, and their two dogs, Riley and Lilly.

Yvette Segura is a community leader with more than 37 years of experience in the financial services industry. Yvette is the immediate past Chairwoman for the Tampa Bay Chamber, serving as chair in 2021. She recently retired from USAA after 33 years of leadership, most recently as the Regional Vice President in Tampa. In that role, Yvette was the senior officer for USAA in Tampa, Florida, serving as the representative to regional civic, industry and military organizations.

Yvette was recognized by Florida Trend’s Florida 500 - Florida’s Most Influential Business Leaders in 2020 and 2021 and The Tampa Bay Business Journal Power 100 in 2020 and 2021.

Yvette has served the community in a multitude of roles, providing her leadership experience to several organizations including the Tampa Bay Economic Development Corporation, the Tampa Bay Partnership and the University of Tampa Board of Trustees. She remains active in the community by serving on the University of South Florida Muma College of Business Executive Advisory Council, Feeding Tampa Bay’s capital campaign committee and the Stageworks Theatre advisory council. She also proudly serves on the One Tampa Foundation executive board of directors, selected by the Mayor of the City of Tampa.

In addition to these roles, Yvette is active with the military community. She served two terms as an Honorary Commander at MacDill AFB. During this time, she attended the prestigious Air War College and was identified to represent the Tampa Bay community as a civic leader to the Air Mobility Command. Yvette is a member of the MacDill civic leader council. She is an active volunteer in the community, sharing her time and experience with college students and young professionals in the community.

Yvette has worked in the insurance industry since 1984. Throughout that time, she held a variety of leadership positions including Vice President of Claims, international and domestic operations. Yvette holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Business Administration. She has attained the CPCU and CCLA designations. She has attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s insurance risk management program.

Yvette and her husband, Randal Collette, enjoy boating around the Tampa Bay area and traveling as often as possible.

Lavinia “Vinnie” Vaughn has been a Girl Scout volunteer for many years, serving Girl Scouts of Suncoast Council and Girl Scouts of West Central Florida as a troop leader, consultant and cookie program organizer for the Smiling Sisters Community. She has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2012.

Vinnie chaired the Long Range Program and Properties Task Force, who completed an assessment of all of our property assets and recommended a long-term plan for enhancement to meet current and future programming needs.  She serves on the council’s Properties Committee and has been invaluable to property transactions, providing legal and practical advice to council and the committee.

Vinnie lives in Tampa and works at Carlton Fields, P.A. as an attorney and shareholder specializing in commercial real estate, finance and business law.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Spanish from Montclair State University, a Master of Arts in French from the University of Richmond and a Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond.

Kelly Williams-Puccio is the Executive Director of Publix Super Markets Charities. Kelly has a B.A. in Business Management from Florida Atlantic University. She began her Publix career in 1979 while still in high school. She spent more than half of her career in Human Resources including several years as Director of Associate Relations. She has been responsible for managing the Foundation since 2012.

Kelly is a graduate of Leadership Lakeland and the recipient of Publix’s Mr. George Community Service Award, Junior Achievement’s Bronze and Silver Awards, and Girl Scouts of West Central Florida’s Appreciation Pin, Honor Pin and Heart of Gold Award.

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