Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
2024-2025 Board of Trustees
Thabata Ford
Chair
Vice President, Operations
Pulmonary Baptist Medical Center and Wolfson Children’s Hospital
Jeanne Lightcap
Treasurer
Retired, EVP Finance
PGA Tour, Inc. 1987-2022
Yared Alula
Deputy General Counsel
TMRW Sports
Aaron Ellinger
Executive Coach
Aaron Ellinger Coaching and Consulting, LLC
Dwight Irvin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Florida, Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies
Antonia Knox
Head Start Policy Council Liaison
Dr. Adrien Malek-Lasater
Assistant Professor
University of North Florida, Department of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
Matthew Ohlson, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Taylor Leadership Institute
The Rev. Beth Ranoull
Deacon
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour
Diocese of Florida
Tommie Reilly
Managing Director
CBRE Advisory & Transaction Services
Christine H. Smith
Director
Heart Hospital, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville
Destinee Disher Swanson
Audit-Senior Manager
Grant Thornton LLP
John R. Thomas
Shareholder
Smith Hulsey & Busey
Legacy Council
The ECS Legacy Council is a committee primarily comprised of past Children’s Champion honorees. The purpose of the Legacy Council is to create a lasting reminder of the many generous gifts the various Legacy Council members have given to the community’s children in their own unique and compassionate way. The members will help introduce people in our community to the good work of ECS, assist in hosting the Children’s Champion event, and play a key role in selection of the Children’s Champion honoree each year.
- John D. Baker, II
- Martha Frye Baker
- J.F. Bryan, IV
- Peggy Bryan
- The Hon. John A. Delaney
- Connie Hodges
- Betsy Ross Lovett*
- Mr. Russell B. Newton, Jr.*
- Mrs. Russell B. Newton, Jr.
- Davy Parrish
- Pamela Y. Paul
- The Hon. John Peyton
- Delores Barr Weaver
- Dr. Warner Webb
- Dr. Albert Wilkinson, Jr.*
*Deceased
