The Village Square

Founding Members

Allan Katz
United States Ambassador to Portugal
Former Tallahassee City Commissioner
Akerman Senterfitt

Dr. Bill Law
Former President
Tallahassee Community College
President
St. Petersburg College

Board Co-Chairs

Gil Ziffer
Tallahassee City Commissioner
Ziffer Stansberry Advertising & Public Relations

Bryan Desloge
Leon County Commissioner

Board Members

Monesia T. Brown
Of Counsel
Akerman Senterfitt

Rev. Dr. Allison DeFoor
Managing Member
Go Green Strategies

Mary Ann Lindley
Editorial Page Editor
The Tallahassee Democrat

Laurie Dozier
President
Mad Dog Construction

Stacey Getz
Director of Strategic Communications
Taproot Creative

Wendy Abberger
President
Leadership Florida

Michelle Personette
Director
Challenger Learning Center

Neil Skene
Journalist, Attorney, Publisher & Editor
Medaffinity, Inc., Mercer University

Ron Sachs
President & CEO
Ron Sachs Communications

Steve Seibert
Senior Vice President for Strategic Visioning
The Collins Center for Public Policy

Steve Mills, Ph.D.
Assistant Director
FSU Center for Leadership and Civic Education

Alan Williams
Representative, State of Florida

Past Board Members

Lila A. Jaber
Of Counsel
Akerman Senterfit

John R. Lewis
The Tupelo Group

Lyn Stanfield
Strategic Relations Director
Apple Computers

Virginia Wetherell
President
Wetherell Consulting, Inc.

Melvin Gray
Retired Episcopal Priest

Bill Montford
CEO
FADSS

Samuel “Buddy” Streit
President
Boys & Girls Club of the Big Bend

Executive Director

Liz Joyner
(850) 264-8785
liz@ToTheVillageSquare.org