Bayshore CAPA Board of Directors

Board of Directors
Executive Committee

President
Chick Heithaus – Retired vice president for international sales, distribution and service support systems for Lincoln Foodservice Products and Grindmaster Corporation.  Chairman of SCORE Naples.  President of the board of trustees for Public Radio of Northern Indiana.   Board member and Vice-President – Development and Strategic Planning for Kentucky Opera.

 

Vice President

Steve Kutler -- Past President Bayshore CAPA -- Events Committee -- Retired Texaco V.P. Worldwide Advertising & Sales Promotion (included Texaco Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts, Metropolitan Opera Telecasts and Great Performances on PBS, procured funding for Texaco's Rising Stars Program, and Caramoor Center for the Performing Arts Advisor).  Former NYC Board of Directors Arts & Business Council, past Board Member Naples Philharmonic League, member Naples Philharmonic Choir and Vanderbilt Presbyterian Church Choir.

Vice President
Chellie Doepke – Chair: Events -- Retired Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Flutist, Collier County Schools Performing Arts School Committee Co-Chair, Former Bayshore CRA Advisory Board Member, Premier Plus Realtor.

 

 

Secretary
Dwight Richardson – Chair: Development --Former President of Naples Concert Band.  Secretary Naples Music Club.  Past member Collier County Planning Commission.

 

 

Aurora Wells -- Treasurer --Master’s of Music from the University of Miami.  Past Controller, St. Vincent de Paul Society.  Currently Owner/Operator of Aurora Notes, Inc. a small operation specializing in for-profit and non-profit bookkeeping and all versions of Quickbooks, including Quickbooks Online.  She has worked closely for many years with local auding firms with her various clients who have included Fun Time Early Childhood Academy, United Arts Council, and MS Home of SW Florida.

Directors

Greg Billings -- Development Committee -- A third-generation piano merchant, Mr. Billings is President of Steinway Piano Galleries of Naples, FL, and Madison, WI.  He writes a monthly column, The Customer Whisperer, for Music Inc. Magazine and is the winner of the 2010 American Society of Business Publications Editors Gold Award for best Feature Article.  Founder and Director of The Steinway Piano Society of Southwest Florida.  Board Member of The Museum of Making Music and Board Member QRS Music Inc.  Former Board member of the National Association of Music Merchants.  Author of the P.M.A.I. Piano Dealers Code of Ethics.  He has guest conducted the Southwest Florida Symphony on three occassions.  Billings plays bass and keyboards with local contemporary Christian rock groups and worship teams and is Music director of Throat Culture, the orchestra for the annual Physician's and Pastor's Talent Shows which he produces with his wife, Sara, a Registered Nurse and author.

Kevin Carmichael MS JD LLM CPA – Counsel -- Partner with the Naples office of Salvatori Wood Buckel and Weidenmiller PL.  Teaches Business Law and Cost Accounting at Florida Gulf Coast University, Lutgert College of Business.  Member of Florida and Pennsylvania Bars and Florida Bar Association Tax Section.  1977 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy.  Masters Degree in Accounting from Temple University, a Juris Doctor Degree from Nova Southeastern University and a Master of Laws Degree in Taxation from the University of Miami.  Founding member and director/President of the Board of Directors of the Center for Great Apes in Wauchula, FL.

Linda Cummings -- Classroom teacher for 13 years with experience teaching visual art at the elementary, middle and high school levels. She created the art curriculum for the grades five through eight incorporating interdisciplinary and multicultural education as well as the four components of a discipline-based art education (DBAE). She has a Masters in Art Education and a Bachelor in Art Education with a minor in English Education. At the University of Minnesota, she studied under Dr. Margaret DiBlasio, who worked with the Getty Foundation in Los Angeles to create DBAE curriculum. Linda was Education Director for the Art League of Bonita Springs for two years creating programming involving the visual arts, dance, and theater. She has been the Fine Arts Coordinator fr The District School Board of Collier County since November, 2004, overseeing the curriculum and instruction for art and music for grades K through 12. In addition from 2005 through 2008, Linda, in conjunction with The Philharmonic Center for the Arts, wrote and oversaw a Federal Government Grant: Professional Development for Arts Educators.

Keith Dameron – Finance Committee -- Vice President & Bank Manager-IberiaBank Marco Island.  Board of Directors Marco Island Chamber of Commerce; Art League, Marco Island Center for the Arts; Marco Police Foundation; Leadership Marco Alumni Board/Chairman.  Former Board of Directors Marco Island Foundation for the Arts.  Member City of Marco Island Art’s Advisory Committee, Tommie Barfield School Advisory Committee, Marco Island Historical Society.

Bill Drackett – Co-Chair:  Building and Site -- Windstar On Naples Bay Board member, President Drackett-Ott Enterprises of Naples and Estero, President Diamond D Investments, President Drackett-Harth Construction.

Frank Friend – Development Committee -- Came to the US from his native UK with Bertrand Frank Associates a New York based management consulting
company (A.C.M.E. member). He left to join The Lovable Company as President
of the International division, which comprised 24 joint venture companies
worldwide. Later he formed FFA Inc., a consulting company, and a separate
company to import and distribute fashion products manufactured by joint venture partners in France and Brazil. Eventually, returning to the UK, he formed
FFAUK, a consulting company, to help US groups establish in the UK/Europe as
well as providing general management consulting services to companies in the UK. Frank also founded a B2B advertising agency, Maxwell Clarke Ltd, which provided internal and external marketing services to several UK blue chip companies such as Virgin, Thomas Cook and Shell.  Frank returned to the US in 2004 where he shares his time between his management consulting company which specializes in Loyalty Management, and his volunteer activities. He is the Director of Education for SCORE Naples and a Director of the Center for Critical Thinking.

Susan Gibbons – Director for Marketing -- Retired from IBM, as Global Program Director, responsible for business partnerships with the largest US and international companies.  Managed the international teams that executed computer-based simulcasts, marketing and communications plans, press relations and IBM product announcement rollouts.  After moving to the US from Switzerland, and IBM relocations throughout the northeast, she lived for twenty years in Manhattan.  As an avid lover of the performing arts, she was a supporter of Lincoln Center, the Met, ballet and especially Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Dwight Oakley - Co-Chair:  Building and Site -- Independent Architect, Past member of the Collier County Affordable Housing Commission and Smart Growth Advisory Committee.  Currently serving on the Bayshore MSTU Advisory Board.

 

William R. O'Neill -- Director for Leadership Council -- Attorney and a partner in the Naples office of Roetzel & Andress, LPA. He is a graduate of Boston College and the University of Virginia School of Law, and holds a Masters degree in English literature from the University of Virginia as well as a Masters degree in Taxation from the New York University School of Law. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. His past and present activities and memberships include: the American, Florida, Collier County and Connecticut Bar Associations; Economic Development Council of Collier County (immediate past Chairman); attorneys for family held enterprises; Big Cypress Wilderness Institute (past board member); United Arts Council of Collier County (past president); Philharmonic Chorale; Leadership Collier; Collier Athletic Club (past president); National MS Society (Founder, Naples MS Walk); Neighborhood Health Clinic (past board member); and the David Lawrence Center Foundation (board member). His interests include kayaking, cycling and theater. Bill writes a bi-weekly column for The Collier Citizen on theater and other entertainment events.

 KP Pezeshkan – Building and Site Committee -- Vice President of Business Development for Kraft Construction Company.  Involvedin the CollierCounty March of Dimes Walk, the Collier County Heart Walk, Habitat for Humanity, Toys for Tots, Education Foundation of Collier and Lee Counties, Guadalupe Children’s Center in Immokalee and Golden Apples for Teachers.  In 2006, he was honored byu Gulfshore Business Magazine as one of the ’40 Under 40′ rising business stars in Southwest Florida.  Serves on the Collier Chamber Board and continues to serve Kraft Construction as Vice President of Business Development and Marketing.  He is married and has two sons.

 Bob Slade – Chairman:  IT -- Secretary and Immediate Past President Paradise Coastmen Barbershop Chorus.  Member North Naples United Methodist Church Sanctuary Choir.  Retired Air Force Lt. Colonel.  Taught high school Junior ROTC and computer networking and technology.  B.S. in Electrical Engineering from South Dakota State University, M.A. in Management from Webster University, and M.A. Ed (Instructional Technology) from East Carolina University.

Joan Wood – Marketing Committee -- Vice-President and Senior Producer of Like Magic Entertainment, Inc., where she wrote and produced an Emmy-nominated educational series, KIDSTV for the ShowTime Network.  Director and Supervising Producer for National Geographic Children’s Television and Geokids.  Other contributions:  Saturday Night Live; Sesame Street; Three, Two, One Contact; Ms. USA and Ms. Teen Pageants.  Supervised and wrote the wrap-a-rounds for a special event concert for The Whiteweld Foundation:  “A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald” with Patti Austin and The Count Basie Orchestra.  She has worked with acting students at the Sugden Theater, The Marco Players, The SW Florida Talent Agency and with many of her own private students.

Lori Beshears -- Lori continues in her 12th year performing with the Naples Concert Band as principal trumpet. During this period, she has served in multiple Board positions, including past President. Lori has been a private banker in Naples for the past 11 years with over 20 years in the financial service industry. She has also served on the Board of the Education Foundation of Collier County and is presently volunteering for other arts related committees.

 

Brian Holley -- Executive Director of Cleveland Botanical Garden.  Extensive media experience as a television and radio host as well as a lecturer and garden writer.  Member of the Policy Advisory Board of the Economic Development Council of Collier County.  Served on Board of Directors of Holden Parks Trust, Board of Directors of ParkWorks, Founding Director of Cleveland Cultural Coalition, and Founding Director of the Cleveland Biodiversity Alliance.  Graduate of 1998 Class of Leadership Cleveland and graduate of Greater Naples Leadership Class XIII.

Gina Lostracco – Officer of Fifth Third Bank, with the responsibility of managing the Naples Lakes and Verona Walk Financial Centers.  Has been with Fifth Third since August of 2006 when she relocated from Niagara Falls, New York, to Naples with her husband and two daughters.  She is currently a member of the Naples Philharmonic League and the Fifth Third Bank’s Women’s Network.  Prior to moving to Southwest Florida, she worked for Citibank NYS for 15 years.  She has received various awards for her involvement in the community including the President’s Award for Financial Education in 2005.

Susan A. Mainwaring – Born in Michigan, but grew up in Ohio. She studied at New York’s Elmira College where she discovered a love of Spanish. After living with a family in Spain and another in Mexico – she gained a Masters in teaching Spanish. She lived for two years in Mexico City teaching at the American School, where she lived, learned and spoke Spanish except while teaching 3rd grade. Subsequently, Susan worked in Columbus, Ohio, planning and escorting groups to Spain, France, Mexico, Hawaii, on cruises, etc.

After this agency was sold and downsized, she went to work in sales for her father’s appliance distributorship covering Columbus and central Ohio. After five years in the field she returned to Cleveland to run the company during her father’s illness and to stay on after his death. Finally, she sold the company and moved back to Columbus to become wife and companion to the love of her life. He liked winters in Naples and, in 1991 they moved here full time.

Following her husband’s death, Susan worked for Classic Chamber Concerts, where she had many years of working with the arts community and other area non-profits. She became involved with the United Arts Council of Collier County and serves on their board of directors as well as the Executive Committee as secretary. Susan is active in her church, The Naples Garden Club and The League Club as well as being a Class VI graduate of Greater Naples Leadership.

Born in Michigan, but grew up in Ohio. She studied at New York’s Elmira College where she discovered a love of Spanish. After living with a family in Spain and another in Mexico – she gained a Masters in teaching Spanish. She lived for two years in Mexico City teaching at the American School, where she lived, learned and spoke Spanish except while teaching 3rd grade. Subsequently, Susan worked in Columbus, Ohio, planning and escorting groups to Spain, France, Mexico, Hawaii, on cruises, etc.

After this agency was sold and downsized, she went to work in sales for her father’s appliance distributorship covering Columbus and central Ohio. After five years in the field she returned to Cleveland to run the company during her father’s illness and to stay on after his death. Finally, she sold the company and moved back to Columbus to become wife and companion to the love of her life. He liked winters in Naples and, in 1991 they moved here full time.

Following her husband’s death, Susan worked for Classic Chamber Concerts, where she had many years of working with the arts community and other area non-profits. She became involved with the United Arts Council of Collier County and serves on their board of directors as well as the Executive Committee as secretary. Susan is active in her church, The Naples Garden Club and The League Club as well as being a Class VI graduate of Greater Naples Leadership.

Steve Monder – Executive Director Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops for 31 years: the longest tenured chief executive of any American orchestra. Steve forged the CSO/Pops relationship with Telarc International producing 120 recordings, established the Cincinnati Pops, formed the collaborative agreement that created full time employment for CSO musicians, built and opened Riverbend Music Center, co-produced 9 nationally televised PBS broadcasts, established Music and Events Management Inc. a revenue producing subsidiary, Presenter of Tall Stacks and other community events, expanded the CSO education program and diversity outreach through “Classical Roots: Spiritual Heights” series in African-American churches and the CSO Multi-Cultural Awareness Council.

William Noll – Artistic Director of Classic Chamber Concerts, Conductor for Opera Naples, Executive Director of Entertainment for The Ritz-Carlton Resorts of Naples.

 

 

 

Gale Scott – Conductor/Music Director of the Naples Concert Band for 20 years.  During that time, she played a major role with the City of Naples in the planning and construction of the original band shell in Cambier Park and was instrumental in the fundraising and completion of the $1.2 million renovation of the shell and surrounding facilities in 2002.  Currently serves as Conductor Laureate of the band.  Master’s Degree in conducting and performance.  Directed concert, marching, and jazz bands in Seattle area.  Has served as adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor.  Continued involvement in various charitable activities in Collier County with special emphasis on promotion of music and arts in the community.  Conductor with Windjammers Unlimited, a national organization for the preservation of circus music.

Stuart Shelton –Jazz pianist. He has been an active part of the music scene in Naples for over 20 years, appearing somewhere almost 7 nights per week during season. He is known for his technique and dexterity, inventiveness and sense of swing. He also heads one of the best recording studios in Naples. Almost any area jazz player who has recorded a CD has done it at Shelton Studios. Recently, he has become a concert promoter as well, heading a sold-out jazz extravaganza at various venues in Collier County.

Beth E. Thompson -- Chief Instructional Officer for the School District of Collier County.  This year is the beginning of her fortieth year in public education.  Her initial degrees are from the University of Evansville,Evansville, Indiana and are in elementary education with an additional area of concentration in exceptional student education.  Additional coursework has been completed at the University of South Florida and includes courses in elementary education and exceptional student education..  Most recently, she completed the Educational Leadership Program through Florida Gulf Coast University.  She holds Florida certification in early childhood, elementary education, English Speakers of Other Languages, specific learning disabilities, and educational leadership.  Her community involvement past and present has focused on serving the children of Collier County.  She currently serves on the Education Council for the Golisano Children's Museum of Naples.  She has served on the Board of Directors for Grace Place for Families and Children and the Golden Gate United Methodist Ministries Council.  She also served on the Education Advisory Committee for The Boys and Girls Club.  She was a member of the First Book-Collier County Founding Board and currently serves on the Advisory Board for this organization.

Wendy Willis -- A native of Michigan, teaches and performs on both modern and historical flutes and recorders. She has served on the faculties of numerous colleges and universities, most notably the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary’s College (Indiana), and has been a guest lecturer in baroque flute at Florida State University. She has performed with orchestras throughout Michigan, Indiana and Florida including the Naples Philharmonic and the SW Florida Symphony.

Willis currently performs with Opera Naples, the Fifth Avenue Chamber Orchestra, Flute Cocktail, Fleur de Lys (Indiana) and Coconut Baroque (Miami), two historical instrument consorts dedicated to the performance of baroque music on period instruments. In addition to her private studio of flute and piano students, Willis is the director of the music program at St. Elizabeth Seton School, and directs the handbell choir at North Naples United Methodist Church. Willis holds a Masters of Music in historical performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and completed an additional year of study at the Royal Northern College of Music in England.

Bob Zottola – Trumpet and flugel horn player whose versatility across many musical genres has found him at Lincoln Center with The American Ballet Orchestra, at the World’s Fair with Benny Goodman, with Quincy Jones and on a four month World Tour with Chick Corea.

His multi-faceted musical abilities were polished accompanying stars such as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Stevie Wonder, Mel Torme, and Peggy Lee along with a long list of Broadway productions culminating in a 16-year run with LesMiserables.

Bob’s latest project is creating recordings for Music Minus One, a New York company, that originated the Classical, Jazz and Pop play or sing-a-long concept that morphed into the hugely popular Karaoke.

In Memoriam

Erich Kunzel – Internationally acclaimed conductor and recording artist, Cincinnati Pops Conductor, former Naples Philharmonic Conductor, and winner of the 2006 National Medal of Arts Award.