Kathleen A. Long, Ph.D., APRN, FAAN
President
Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., 1980
Wayne State University
MSN, 1970
Catholic University of America
BSN, 1968

Dean and Professor of the University of Florida College of Nursing; President of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing; Fellow, American Academy of Nursing; Member, Board of Directors, Shands HealthCare (1996-99).

John (Ed) Poppell
Vice President
University of Florida
M. Ed., 1978
Florida State University
BS, BA, 1971

Recent accomplishments include: Vice President for Business Affairs (UF); Associate Vice President for Administrative Affairs (UF); Assistant Vice President for Administrative Affairs (UF); Assistant to the Vice President for Administrative Affairs (UF); Associate Controller (UF);  Recent involvement with: University Athletic Association, Inc. (Board Member & Treasurer); University of Florida Foundation, Inc. (Board Member & Treasurer); Shands Teaching Hospital, Inc. (Finance Committee, Audit Committee); University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. ( Board Member, Finance Committee, Audit Committee); United Way ( Board Member, Treasurer, Past President); Eastside Task Force, Revitalization of East Gainesville; Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization (Member, along with 7 City Commissioners and 5 County Commissioners);  Town/Gown Neighborhood Task Force (Co-Chair, issued Report on the Protection and Restoration of Neighborhoods surrounding UF; Southern Association of Colleges and University Business Officers (Board Member); National Association of State University and Land Grant Colleges (Business Officers Executive Committee); Council of Administrative and Financial Affairs (Chair)

*State approval still pending

Gerald (Jerry) T. O'Neil, Ph.D.

Secretary/Treasurer

Nova-Southeastern University    Ph.D.; 1980    Doctor of Public Administration    

Nova-Southeastern University   MPA; 1976   Master of Public Administration    

Florida Atlantic University   MPA; 1972   Master of Public Administration    

University of Miami   BA; 1961   Business Administration  

Current Accomplishments Include: Gubernatorial Appointee to the North Central Florida Planning Council; Past: Adjunct Professor at the University of Florida in the Department of Health Services Administration Graduate School; 14 years in Executive positions with AvMed-Santa Fe Healthcare Systems; Chair, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce; Beacon Council Trustee; American Hospital Association; Past President and Chariman of the Board of the Florida Association of Health Maintenance Organization; American Society for Public Administration.

*state approval still pending

Steve M. Dorman, MPH, PhD, FASHA, FAAHE
Board Member
University of Tennessee
PhD, 1984
MPH, 1982
Lee College BS, 1979

Recent accomplishments include: Dean, College of Health and Human Performance (UF); University of Florida Community Campaign Chair 2007 & 2008; Eta Sigma Gamma, Warren Schaller Award, 2007; American School Health Association, William Howe Award, 2007; President, American Association for Health Education, 2008-2010; Member, Creekside Community Church Board of Elders, 2008; Member and Fellow, American School Health Association; Member, Eta Sigma Gamma Health Honorary Society; Member and Fellow, American Association for Health Education; Member, Service Unit Oversight Committee (UF); Member, Budget Allocation Model Committee (UF); Member and Chair, National Health Education Standards Review and Revision Panel; Volunteer, American Cancer Society; Executive Committee, American Association for Health Education, 2006-2008; Board Member, Coalition of National Health Education Organizations, 2004-2006; Reviewer Journal of School Health, American Journal of Health Education, American Journal of Health Behavior.

Marilyn L. Tubb
Board Member
Agnes Scott College
BA, 1965
University of Florida
MA, 1972

Recent accomplishments include more than 30 years as a healthcare community relation executive as the Vice President of Community Affairs, Shands HealthCare; Sr. Vice President, AvMed/SantaFe HealthCare; Marketing and Communications, North Florida Regional Medical Center. Awards received include: 2007 Chamber of Commerce “Chairman’s Award”; 2007 Girls Club Grill Award; 2007 Gainesville area “Woman of Honor Award”; March of Dimes “Lifetime Achievement Award”; “Heart of the Girls Club Award “; “Richard McLaughlin Achievement Award” from the State of Florida’s Economic Development Council; “J. Wayne Reitz Leadership Award” from the Council for Economic Outreach; March of Dimes “Volunteer of the Year” Award; and the Girl Scouts’ “Women Who Make a Difference” Award; Business and Arts Award; and Alachua County “Woman of Distinction”. She has served as Chair, Alachua County Economic Development Advisory Committee; Past Chair Gainesville Community Foundation; Past Chair, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Past Chair, Gainesville Community Foundation; Co-chaired the Market Gainesville Partnership; Past Chair, Gainesville-Alachua County Regional Airport Authority; 2006 Co-Chair, “Opportunity 2010 Campaign” for the Council for Economic Outreach, raising nearly $3 million for economic development in the community; Founder and Coordinator, Healthy Community Initiative in Alachua County; 2003 Co-Chair, Well City USA Campaign, which earned Gainesville the “Well City USA Award”; March of Dimes (Past Chair of Board, WalkAmerica Honorary Chair, Board Member State of FL Chapter, Board Member for the National Office of Volunteers, and most recently chairing the 11-state Southern Region); Founding Director for Florida Citizens Bank; Board Member Chamber of Commerce, Board Member Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Board Member American Red Cross and the Girls Club Foundation. She is a member of the Gainesville Women’s Forum, the Rotary Club of Gainesville, PEO, Junior League, and she also helped develop the Advantage Program for Oak Hammock Members between Shands HealthCare and Oak Hammock at the University of Florida.

Sam Goforth
Board Member
Emory University
1969
University of Florida
BA, 1971
University of Florida
Florida Executive Program, 1980
Wachovia Bank
Executive Leadership Program, 1997

Recent accomplishments include American Heart Association, Community Leadership/Corporate Div. Chair/Walk Chairman; Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, Board Member; Florida Museum of Natural History, President/Board Member; Matheson Museum, Board Member; WUFT TV - PBS, President/Board Member; University of Florida Foundation, Stewardship Chair/Tigert Fund Member/Division Chair/Board Member; Rotary Club of Gainesville, Member; University of Florida Research Foundation, Board Member/Audit Chairman; Alliance for Economic Development, Board Member; Enterprise North Florida/North Fla. Tech & Innovation Corp., Board Member/Treasurer; March of Dimes, Walk Chairman; Florida Leadership Program and Foundation, Board Member; Council for Economic Outreach, Opportunity 2010 Co Chair; United Way of Alachua County, Campaign Cabinet.

James W. DeFord, M.D.
Board Member
University of Florida
BS, 1961
University of Florida College of Medicine
MD, 1965

Recent accomplishments include Clinical Associate Professor of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine; Private Practice of Gastroenterology, Founder, Digestive Disease Associates; President, Medical and Surgical Affiliates; Hospital Appointments, Alachua General Hospital; Hospital Appointments, North Florida Regional Hospital; Hospital Appointments; Shands at Live Oak; Member, Board of Directors, AvMed, Inc.; Member and Secretary of the Board, Santa Fe HealthCare, Inc.; Jodi DeFord Brasfied Memorial Scholarship, Culver Girls Academy.

E.L. Roy Hunt
Board Member
Vanderbilt University
BA
University of Mississippi
JD
Yale University
LLM

Distinguished Service Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Florida Levin College of Law; National Historic Landmarks Committee in Washington; Florida advisors to the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Past president of the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation; Past chair of the legislatively created Historic Preservation Advisory Council; Past president of the Florida Natural History Museum Associates, the University Gallery Guild, and Florida Arts Celebration; Emeritus board member of the University of Florida Performing Arts Center.

Michael Marsiske, Ph.D.
Member
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Berlin, Germany
Post-doctoral fellowship, 1992-1995
Psychology and Human Development

Penn State University
Ph.D., 1992
Human Development and Family Studies
MA, 1990
Human Development and Family Studies

University of Toronto
BS, 1987
Psychology

Associate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology in the College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida; former Associate Director for Research of Institute on Aging (2000-2003), University of Florida; Chair of the National Institute on Aging's (NIA) Behavioral and Social Research Review Committee; Training Director of NIA-funded predoctoral training grant, "Physical, Cognitive, and Mental Health in Social Context," University of Florida; Editorial board of two journals, Psychology and Aging, and Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition; Fellow, Gerontological Society of America; Executive Board Member, American Psychological Association Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging).

Don Padgett
Member
University of Florida
BS, 1980

Donald A. Padgett, P.A.; Padget, Maige & Mathews, P.A.; Deloitte, Haskins and Sells; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Board of Trustees for Community Presbyterian Church; Board of Trustees for City of Neptune Beach Police and Fire Pension; past President of Leadership Jacksonville; Safari Club International North Florida Chapter; past President St. Johns River City Band; Youth Leadership Jacksonville Founding Director and Treasurer; Fundraising Committee for United Way; Junior Achievement; Robert E. Lee High School Restoration Committee; Funding Chairman of Beaches Fine Art Series.

Ester Tibbs
Member
Atlanta University
MSW, 1976
School of Social Work

Alabama A&M University
BA, 1974
Sociology

District Administrator, Department of Children and Families; Acting District Administrator, Department of HRS; Deputy District Administrator, Department of HRS; Subdistrict Administrator, Department of HRS; Human Services Program Administrator, HRS; Management Fellow, HRS; Unit Director, North Florida Evaluation & Treatment Center (NFETC), HRS; Clinical Social Worker II, NFETC, HRS; Field Instructor, Florida State University, School of Social Work; Social Work Intern, VA Hospital, Gainesville, Florida; Guardian ad Litem, Alachua County Court; Altrusa Club of Gainesville; Gainesville Women's Forum; United Way of Alachua County, Past President; Region IX Workforce Development Board; School Readiness Coalition; Shands Health Care Board; Gainesville Healthy Community Initiative, Past Co-Chair.

Margaret P. (PEG) Nattress
PCA President 2008
Northwestern University
MS, Audiology 1965
BS, Speech Pathology/Audiology 1951

Peg Nattress was born and raised in Mishawaka, Indiana. She worked as an Audiologist for the Delaware State Board of Health and was on the faculty at the University of Florida for 13 years. She is currently a member of the Alachua County Public School Foundation and the Gainesville Women’s Forum. She was a member of the Alachua County School Board for 8 years and 2 years as the Chairman of the School Board. Past Member of the United Way Board of Directors and received the Volunteer of the Year award from the United Way of North Central Florida.

Catherine Ferguson
Oak Hammock CEO

William Woods University
MBA, 2007
University of Colorado –Boulder
BA, Sociology, 1980

Licensed Nursing Home Administrator State of Texas, 1984 State of Missouri, 2005

A decade of experience in CCRC operational support including strategic planning, new construction, Board policy, budgeting and property management in Florida and Missouri. Served as Nursing Home Administrator for many years in Texas.