JULY 1, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUBJECT: Board of Director Election Results Florida Grant Developers Network (FGDN K-12)
Effective July 1st, 2016—The FGDNK-12 Board of Directors, representing school districts across the state of Florida, will begin serving their elected terms of office as follows: Board Officers; Dell Griffin Quary-(Polk) will serve as President, Michelle Robinson (Pinellas) as Secretary, Jodie Certosimo (St. Lucie) as Treasurer and Robin Ward (Brevard) as Immediate Past President. Board of Directors; Mary Helen Arbogast (Palm Beach) and Stephanie Pollard (Broward), will join Geoff Nordhoff (Lake), Melissa Schwab (Manatee), LuAnne Blankenship (Volusia) and Gina Stafford (Heartland Educational Consortium) as Board Members.
These leaders have exceptional grant development expertise and will guide the Network as it connects grant professionals working in the 74 Florida public school districts. The organization hosts two forums a year where experts present best practices, research findings, and professional-level grant development training. Committees from membership are formed to develop white papers of special interest for distribution to legislators, professional associations, superintendents, and state and federal program officials. See http://fgdnk12.org/?page_id=2
For more information contact:
Teresa Douglas Shipley (Orange)
(407) 317-3200, Ext. 2002748
Teresa.Shipley@ocps.net
Apr 16
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Legislative Presentation
Click the link below to access the legislative power point presentation for the 4/22/16 meeting.
2016 Session Review Presentation
The final agenda for our FGDNK-12 Meeting can be accessed by clicking on the agenda icon below:
The FGDNK-12 Board is traveling to Tallahassee
to meet with program representatives from the Florida Department of Education.
April 22, 2016
10:00 A.M. – 2:00 P.M.
Members are welcome to attend the meeting in person
OR
participate via phone conference during either or both of the following sessions:
10:00 – 11:30 A.M. session one
12:30 – 2:00 P.M. session two
Note:
- There is no meeting registration fee however, if you are attending in person we will need confirmation of your attendance by close of business April 8th. Attendance options received after April 8th will be by phone conference only.
- If you are selecting the phone conference option we will need confirmation of your intention to call in. Details on dialing into the conference are provided on the agenda.
- Click here to complete the registration form
- Click here for the agenda
- If you have questions, comments, or concerns please contact Robin Ward via email at ward.robin@brevardschools.org .
Elections for open Board of Directors positions begins today and will close on Wednesday – April 20th! Be on the look out for a message from the FGDNK-12 listserv for directions on accessing the ballot and casting your vote! The election results will be announced on April 22nd at the Tallahassee meeting.