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Board of Directors
Executive Board
Colette Meyer, President
A resident of Jupiter Inlet Colony, Colette is an attorney
and has been a founding partner with Meyer & McDonald
in Jupiter since 1998. She was counsel to Donovan, Leisure,
Newton & Irvine in Palm Beach. A graduate of the University
of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, she also is an alumna of
Carlton College in Minnesota. In addition to her Law degree,
Colette also has a biochemical degree. She has been an active
volunteer for various programs at the Lighthouse Center for
the Arts and is the founding sponsor for the Profile Guest
Lecture Series that is in its fifth successful season.
Mason Walsh, Jr.,
Vice President
A resident of Jupiter (and Ligonier, Penn.), Mason graduated
with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Pennsylvania
State University and is a graduate of Harvard Law School.
His past work experience includes the law firm of Reed Smith
in Pittsburgh and the Richard K. Mellon Family and Foundation
and Trust. He also is former Vice Chairman and trustee of
Richard King Mellon Foundation. He has served on the boards
of the Alabama Coastal Land Trust; Wildlife-Wildlands Institute
in Montana; The Nature Conservancy in Washington D.C. (former
Board Chairman); American Farmland Trust in Washington, D.C.
(former Vice Chairman); and Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
He is the recipient of Gulf Oil Conservation Award and The
National Park Foundation's George McAneny Historical Preservation
Medal Award.
Kathleen A. Strother, Treasurer
A resident of Hobe Sound, Kathy is a Private Banker/Certified
Financial Planner with National City and has served in other private
banking appointments. Originally from Mystic, Conn., and a
resident of the area since 1966, her interests include golf,
snow skiing, travel, art, and music. Kathy serves as an active
member of Palm Beach-Martin County Estate Planning Council,
and is a member of the Planned Giving Council for the Jupiter
Medical Center Foundation, Jupiter Medical Center Foundation
Ambassadors, and Executive Women's Golf Association.
Susan Bardin, Secretary
A resident of Tequesta, Susan is Vice President and Director
of Interior Design at PEACOCK + LEWIS, AIA. She holds a bachelor's
degree in Interior Design from the University of Florida and
has provided design services for many corporate, educational,
hospitality, and health-care facilities for over 19 years.
Susan is a licensed Interior Designer in the State of Florida
and a professional member of the American Society of Interior
Designers.
Board Members
Leslie Rogers Blum
Leslie holds a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and also studied
at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. She retired three years
ago from Craftex Mills Inc. of PA, where for many years she was designer and stylist
of high style decorative jacquard woven fabrics sold though Schumacher, Stroheim
and Romann, Scalamandre, Robert Allen and Kravit. She previously worked with
famous textile designer Jack Lenor Larson. Since her retirement, Leslie has
been an enthusiastic painting student of Garri Katz at the Lighthouse Center's School
of Art. Under his tutelage, Leslie won 1st prize in the 2007 Member Student Exhibition
and 2nd prize in that same show in 2008. Leslie designs and paints under her maiden
name Leslie Cauldwell Rogers, and lives in Jupiter with her husband Bob.
David Click
Tequesta resident and local attorney David has
been serving clients in Palm Beach County since 1984 and is one of 350 attorneys
in Florida who is certified in wills, trusts and estates. David is president of
the Yale Club of the Palm Beaches, Scholarship Chairman of the Jupiter-Tequesta
Kiwanis Club, a past director of the Lighthouse Gallery Foundation and a member
of the Planned Giving Committee of Jupiter Medical Center. He is also a graduate
of Leadership in Palm Beach County and a member of the Palm Beach County Sports
Commission. David is a past president of the Cultural Activities Award of the Palm
Beach County Bar Association.
René Friedman
René Friedman, Executive Director of Florida Atlantic University's
Lifelong Learning Society, developed the program on the Palm Beach Gardens
campus, which began in 1997. Today the program has more than 6,500 students
and is located on the Jupiter FAU campus. René was born and raised in Chicago and moved to
Tampa for post-graduate work at the University of South Florida.
René came to Florida Atlantic University from Tallahassee, where for seven years she planned and
implemented programs at Florida State University's Center
for Professional Development and Continuing Education.
Previously she owned and operated a pottery retail business and taught
pottery in Tampa.
René served as chairman of Tampa's Gasparilla Sidewalk Art Festival,
judge of National Scholastic Art Awards for Polk and Hillsborough County and
pre-juror for Arti-Gras. Her board positions have included: Art and Science Museum
in Tallahassee, The Abused Children's Home, Tampa and Tallahassee Marine Institute
and MacArthur State Park.
Audrey Harris
A resident of Abacoa, Audrey is a partner with the law firm
of Jeck, Harris & Jones. She is a member of the Florida
Bar and Illinois Bar and practices in the areas of Estate
Planning and Estate/Trust Administration. She is a member
of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Palm Beach/Martin
County Estate Planning Council, Jupiter Medical Center Foundation's
Planned Giving Committee and served as the LCA Foundation's
President, 1998-2000. Her interests include music, art, gardening,
reading, yoga and travel.
Bruce Heard
A resident of Tequesta, Bruce recently retired as Executive Director of the
Jupiter Medical Center Foundation. He began his professional
fund-raising career 31 years ago as a campaign unit director
with the Dade County United Way, after working as a bank holding
company's marketing executive. He worked for his alma mater,
University of Miami, as a Director of the Citizens Board-the
principal fund-raising volunteer group. He later was Greater
Miami Opera Association's first Director of Development and
later joined Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove as
Director of Development. Bruce has the national designation
of CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) and is past president
of the South Florida Chapter of AFP and past president of
the Palm Beach County Chapter of AFP. He is former president
of the Jupiter-Tequesta Rotary Club; former Assistant District
Governor for Rotary; and past chairman of the Jupiter-Tequesta-Juno
Beach Chamber of Commerce. In 2001, he was the recipient of
the Individual Merit Award from the JTJB Chamber of Commerce.
Donaldson Hearing
A resident of Jupiter, Mr. Hearing is an owner and Vice President
of Cotleur & Hearing Landscape Architects, Land Planners and Environmental Consultants,
and is considered an expert in his field. He also serves as Vice President and Director of Cotleur & Hearing Investments,
a real estate and development company. Mr. Hearing is a Trustee for the Jupiter-Tequesta-Juno
Beach Chamber of Commerce; a board member of Integrity Bank, serving on their Loan
Committee and Funds Management Committee; and is heavily involved with the Bank's
business development. Mr. Hearing is a graduate of the University of Florida.
Barbara J. Kirsch
A resident of Jupiter (and Harbor Springs, Mich.), Barbara
graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. degree.
When she lived in Michigan, she served on the Board and was
Chairman of the Arts Council.
Elizabeth Neuhoff
Beth is a native of Missouri and resides in Jupiter with her husband Geoff. Beth received her B.A. in French and Art History from the University of Oklahoma.
She worked in media for fifteen years, creating non-traditional media campaigns. Currently, she involves herself
in many philanthropic endeavours. Beth serves on the Board of Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation in Chicago and volunteers
with several area non-profits, including the North Palm Beach Chapter of the American Heart
Association, Jupiter Medical Center, Palm Beach Literacy Coalition, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre and
the Marine Loggerhead Center. She is also a member of the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches.
Dr. Anne Cannon Palumbo
A resident of Jupiter Island (and Maryland), Anne is an art
historian who received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland
in 1982. Her career includes: professorial lecturer, Department
of Art, George Washington University; Smithsonian Fellow,
Smithsonian Museum of American Art; and director, Art in Public
Places, Prince George's County, Maryland. She has been a board
member of many non-profits, including: Maryland State Arts
Council, 1994-present; Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
(Annapolis) 2002-present; Art Program, University of Maryland,
University College, 1999-present (Chair 2001-02); Prince Georges
County Arts Council, 1986-99 (chair 1989-90); Prince George's
Community College Foundation, 2001-present. Anne has served
as curator of exhibitions for the Musee des Arts Decoratifs
(Paris), New York Public Library, Smithsonian Associates,
and Emory University. She also lectures and instructs courses
for the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), Smithsonian
Associates, and Lighthouse Center for the Arts.
Ruth Petzold
Born in Michigan, Ruth turned her passion for nature and
photography into her life's work. From wildlife in Africa, to the undersea world of
the Pacific Rim, her love for the natural world has taken her to exotic
and remote parts of the world in pursuit of her subject matter. In the Islands, a new dive site was named after her: "Ruthie's
Ridge". A renowned photographer with many awards to her credit, Ruth's work has
been exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the Vero Beach Musuem
of Art, the Crooked Tree Art Center in Petoski, Michigan and in our own Lighthouse
Gallery. Her work has appeared in the Natural History of Fishes and other scientific
publications with Dr. Eugene Clark. She has won several awards from: the American
Society of Media Photographers; the Crooked Tree Art Center; and a gold medal for
International Underwater Photography in Egypt.
Rosalie Roush
Rosalie Roush grew up in the Boston area and attended
Brandeis University. She has been an active fundraiser and volunteer for the past 20 years in
various cities, assisting social service
agencies including Seagull Industries, schools and a hospital, among others.
Other community leadership roles included serving as a director
for her children’s school board and serving on a congregational board. She
is married to Dr. William R. Roush, a chemist affiliated with Scripps Florida.
They have two children: Rebecca, who is a PhD student at Harvard Medical School and graduate of
Wellesley College, and Jacob, who is a graduate of the Benjamin School and now attends
Lawrence Univeristy. They have lived in Bloomington, Indiana and Ann Arbor, Michigan and now make their home in North Palm Beach.
President's Advisory Board
Susan N. Spencer, Immediate Past President,
Chair
A resident of North Palm Beach, Susan has held executive
positions in public relations, fundraising, advertising, corporate
infrastructure, services and marketing. She specializes in
start-up, high-growth situations, turnarounds, and people
management. She was CEO of one of the New York/Connecticut
area's first federally qualified HMOs. She held management
positions for Citicorp/CitiBank, including Area Director of
New York City Branch Banks, Global Marketing Director, and
Senior Re-engineering Executive. Her civic involvement includes
service as director or member of many boards, including Emerson
College, YWCA of New York, Westchester, and Southern Connecticut
Business Associations, Treasurer Surprise Lake Camp, Volunteer
at Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach. She has been a Reading Specialist
for Head Start children for the past 7 years and is a graduate
of Emerson College.
Charles Frankenthal
A resident of Tequesta (and Wisconsin), Charlie's business
career included management positions in marketing, manufacturing
and banking. He served as Vice President and Senior Accountant
Director with Needham, Harper and Steers, Inc., responsible
for marketing and advertising of various national brand consumer
products and services. He was president of a fine-furniture
manufacturing firm that produced antique reproductions and
contracted case goods for major national furniture marketers.
He later joined the senior management team of a $100 million
Midwest community bank and helped grow it to a $1 billion
diversified financial holding company. His arts passion was
actively developed when Sears gifted a vacated 130,000 sf
city store to the Rockford Art Association. He helped formulate
a plan to convert the facility into cultural center. The result
is the multi-disciplinary Riverfront Museum Park, housing
the Rockford Art Museum, Children's Discovery Center, a public
radio studio and other non-profits. He is a graduate of Yale
University and Stonier Graduate School of Banking.
Emmet F. (Duke) Byrne
A resident of Palm Beach Gardens (and Harbor Springs, Mich.),
Duke was raised in a large Chicago family and graduated from
Georgetown University's Business School in 1959 and Chicago's
Loyola University Law School. A career in the paper and packaging
industry led him to Arlington, Virginia, Birmingham, Minnesota
and Fort Wayne, Indiana where he owned Taylor-Martin Paper
Co., Inc. Upon merging it with Ris Paper Co. in 1988, Duke
moved to Palm Beach Gardens and with his wife and enjoys boating,
golf and family visits. Duke's civic and philanthropic interests
include Association of Retarded Citizens, Easter Seals and
the March of Dimes.
Sheldon Lenahan
A resident of West Palm Beach (and Canada), Shelly
is a graduate of the University of Buffalo and Rutgers University.
He is a former Senior Vice President, member of the Directors
Council and Certified Financial Planner-all with Smith Barney.
Has been active in civic and charitable organizations and
recently retired as Director of the Children's Guild in Buffalo.
Shelly is a member of both St. Edward Catholic Church and
St. Ignatius Loyola Cathedral and an avid tennis player. He
is also a Director for the Palm Beach Fellowship of Christians
and Jews.
Dr. Kristen Olson Murtaugh
A resident of Delray Beach, Kristen is Vice President for
the John D. MacArthur Campus of Florida Atlantic University,
located at Abacoa in Jupiter. She has a B.A. degree in French
and Italian from the University of Toronto, and her M.A. and
Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University.
Prior to joining FAU in 1992, she was Executive Director of
Governor Cuomo's School and Business Alliance, a statewide
industry-education partnership for at-risk youth in New York
State. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the
Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition and the Jupiter-Tequesta-Juno
Beach Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of FAU's Commission
on Diversity and chairs the Commission's Mentoring Committee.
Kristen is an avid photographer, gardener and birder.
Geoff Neuhoff
Geoff Neuhoff is a Washington, D.C. native and now a resident of Jupiter with
his wife Beth. Geoff is CEO of Neuhoff Communications, a company
that owns radio and television stations in the midwestern and
western U.S. Geoff is very active in the broadcast industry and a member
of the Radio Advertising Bureau, The Idea Bank, Illinois Broadcasters,
Idaho Broadcasters and the American Business Club. Geoff supports many local charities
and has served on the boards of the Southern Illinois School of Medicine
and Air Rendezvous. He is a graduate of the University of Denver.
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