Community Foundation Announces Southwest Florida’s Top 30 Nonprofit Executives for 2021

Dr. Carol Rae Culliton is the founder of The Brotherhood of Heroes Military Museum and Resource Center in Cape Coral.

The Community Foundation, formerly known as the Cape Coral Community Foundation, is a global center for generosity and one of the most active charitable foundations in southwest Florida. The Community Foundation is the voice and choice of 4,700 nonprofits in southwest Florida with a total workforce of 32,500 people with annual sales of $ 3.6 billion.

Each year, the Community Foundation honors and celebrates the 30 best non-profit leaders in southwest Florida. The influential and inspiring leaders are among the most effective decision-makers and power influencers in the region.

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Running a nonprofit, let alone innovating new ideas, is a big job. Mastering this balance between sustainability and change is why these 30 leading nonprofit CEO power influencers need to be recognized and honored.

Each of the influencers has been identified and endorsed by peers as a top performer and community builder who performs their duties with integrity and honesty and who has a significant impact in Southwest Florida.

With a proven track record in the nonprofit sector, these exceptional top performers dedicate their time, talent, and treasure to leading transformative change to enrich the community. This honor was launched by the South Florida CEO Network, a Community Foundation initiative, and the Nonprofit Education Grantmaking Fund as part of a larger vision of recognizing, recognizing, and nurturing a culture of regional generosity among nonprofit leaders.

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The non-profit executives highlighted here have distinguished themselves as initiators, innovators and executives. An important standard to be selected is that the award winner must be a day-to-day executive. In many cases that year was 24/7/365 day in and day out and it was still going.

The 2021 award winners were selected from a group of around 200 top executives. Surveys were sent to corporate and community leaders to determine who should be on the list this year. This is not a lifetime achievement award. The executives must have had influence in the past 12 months. Each award winner will receive a special recognition award featured in media releases and news agencies, and will attend a private VIP reception sponsored by Regions Bank.

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Dr. Larry Antonucci, CEO of Lee Health

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The private invitation-only awards ceremony will take place on December 9th, 4pm to 6pm at the Luminary Hotel, 2200 Edwards Drive, Fort Myers.

Here is the full list of the Community Foundation’s Top 30 Nonprofit Executives in 2021:

• Dr. Michael Martin, President, Florida Gulf Coast University

Dr. Michael Martin, President, Florida Gulf Coast University

• Dr. Roger Nutt, President, Ave Maria University

• Paul Hiltz, President, NCH Health System

• Dr. Larry Antonucci, President, Lee Health

• Dr. Samira Beckwith, President of Hope Healthcare

• Dr. Carol Rae Culliton, Founder, Resource Center & Museum of the Brotherhood of Heroes

Erin McLeod, President, Seniors Friendship Centers

• Erin McLeod, President, Seniors Friendship Centers

• John Nadeau, President of Goodwill Industries, SWFL

John Nadeau

• Norma Adorno, President, Area Aging Agency, SWFL

• Dawn Montecalvo, President of the Guadalupe Center

• Noemi Perez, President of the Immokalee Foundation

Noemi Perez, President, Immokalee Foundation

• Richard Leber, President, Harry Chapin Food Bank

• David Erickson, President, ECHO

• Jeff Metzger, President, New International

• Lara Fisher, president, Grace Place for Children and Families

• Jaime Suanez, Executive Director, Rist Family Foundation

Jamie Suanez

• Lee Ellen Harder, Executive Director, Big Arts Sanibel Island

• Maggi Feiner, President, FISH of SANCAP

• Megan McCarthy Beauvais, President of the Boys & Girls Club of Naples

• Dan Shoemaker, President, Reciprocal Ministries, International

• Abdul Muhammed, President, Quality Life Center

• Laura Ragain, Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House of SWFL

Laura Ragain, Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House of SWFL

• Ryan Orgera, President of the Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation

• Linda Oberhaus, President, Refuge for Abused Women and Children

• John Martin, General Manager, Florida Repertory Theater

• Stefanie Ink Edwards, President, Community Cooperative

• Angela Melvin, President of Valerie’s House

Angela Melvin is the founder and president of Valerie’s House.

• Angel Cerritos, Executive Director, Bonita Springs YMCA

• Lynne Thorp, Executive Director, The Dubin Center

• Jennifer Cellitti, General Manager, PACE Center for Girls, Lee County

Michael Chatman is President and CEO of the Community Foundation, the global center for generosity, and can be reached at cccf@capecoralcf.org and on Twitter @michaelchatman. The Community Foundation is located at 1405 SE 47th Terrace, Unit 2, Cape Coral. For more information, call 239-542-5594.

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