by Gabrielle Davis
July 2011
The Florida Bar Foundation is pleased to announce the 2011-12 officers and directors of the Foundation's board, who took office July 1.
Please click on their names to read more about them.
2011-12 Foundation officers:
Michele Kane Cummings, president
Maria E. Henderson, president-elect
John Patterson, first vice president
Honorable Emerson Thompson Jr., second vice president
John A. Noland, immediate past president
2011-12 designated Foundation directors:
Mayanne Downs, immediate past president of The Florida Bar
Scott G. Hawkins, Florida Bar president
Gwynne A. Young, Florida Bar president-elect
Daniel H. Thompson, Florida Legal Services president
Directors reappointed to three-year term:
Matthew Brenner
Douglas Halsey
Damian Thomas
Newly appointed Foundation directors:
Honorable John P. Kuder
David Rothman
Hala Sandridge
View the entire listing of the Foundation's directors and officers
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