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The Hillsborough Education Foundation: Executive Committee

The Hillsborough Education Foundation Executive Committee acts on behalf of the Board of Directors to address important and/or urgent issues that cannot be held until the next scheduled Board meeting. This committee also directs the general development activities of the Foundation while ensuring that all Board members are actively involved in raising funds for the organization.

The membership of the committee is made up of Foundation officers and Board members who have been selected at-large.  Current members of the Executive Committee are:

Chair
Mike Poland
Partner/Assurance and Advisory Business
Ernst & Young, LLC

Vice Chair
Christine C. Smith
Public Affairs Manager
Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC

President
William E. Hoffman
President, Hillsborough Education Foundation

Treasurer
John Brannan
Certified Public Accountant
Dwight Darby & Company

Secretary
R. Duane Johnson

Vice President, Trust Administrative Officer
Northern Trust Bank of Florida, NA

Past Chair
Gordon L. Gillette
President
Tampa Electric & People's Gas


Legal Counsel
Kevin H. Sutton
Attorney-at-Law
Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A.

MaryEllen Elia
Superintendent
Hillsborough County Public Schools

Jennifer Faliero
School Board Member
Hillsborough County Public Schools

Members-At-Large

Luis Garcia
Certified Public Accountant
Garcia & Ortiz, P.A.



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