Board of Directors & Staff
Board of Directors
Dr. Maggie Labarta
Chair
Retired, Nonprofit Administrator
Ester Tibbs
Vice Chair
Retired, Social Services Administrator
Bryan Reyes
Treasurer
Pivot CPAs
Michael G. Potapow
Immediate Past Chair
Owner – Lake Area McDonald’s
Dorothy Thomas
Secretary
Southwest Advocacy Group
Star Sansone
Director at Large
Salter Feiber, PA
Corinne LaRoche
Director at Large
James Moore & Co.
Aidan Augustin
Feathr
Sam H. Goforth
Retired, Wells Fargo
Eric Godet
President/CEO Greater Gainesville Chamber
Tony Jones
City of Gainesville
Kay Ayers
Retired, AvMed
Kim Bosshardt, Esq.
Bosshardt Title Insurance
Dr. Paul Broadie
Santa Fe College
Cynthia Curry
City of Gainesville
Linda Kallman
Kallman Enterprises
Jacki Levine
FORUM Magazine Florida Humanities
Ed Poppell
University of Florida, Vice President Emeritus
WJ Rossi
Koss Olinger
Melanie Shore
Seacoast Bank
Breck Weingart
CPPI
Terry Van Nortwick
PRO iNK
Staff
Barzella Papa
President and CEO
B.Papa@cfncf.org
Lesley Banis
VP of Community Engagement
LBanis@cfncf.org
Nancy Parks
Director of Donor Services
NParks@cfncf.org
Mercedes Petrus
Operations Manager
MPetrus@cfncf.org
Dr. Theresa Beachy
CNE Organizational Strategist
TBeachy@cnencf.org