John D. Clinger
ChairpersonVice President, Clinger, Sizemore & Associates
John D. Clinger is senior vice president of Clinger, Sizemore & Associates, focusing on wealth management, financial advising and portfolio management. He joined Merrill Lynch as a financial advisor in 2000 after serving as a branch manager and commercial loan officer in the banking industry. Today, John is resident director of the Fort Myers office, providing day-to-day leadership for his team and the local office. He has served as a past president and member of the board of directors for the Edison Festival of Light. He is a past campaign chair and current allocation team leader for the United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades & Okeechobee counties.
John has been a Little League coach for more than 25 years, and was inducted into the Fort Myers Little League Hall of Fame in 2012. He and his wife, Rusti, have four daughters; Katie, Emma-Lee, Madison and Abigail.
Member since June 2016
David L. Fry
Vice ChairpersonDwell Florida
David L. Fry is the owner of Dwell Florida, co-owner of Babcock Farms and owner and developer of The Place on First, which will be developed as an eight-story, 125-room hotel in downtown Fort Myers. David has lived in Southwest Florida his entire life and spent over 25 years in real estate-related services, including 17 years with a Florida-based land developer and homebuilder, WCI Communities, during which time he held positions of Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and served as President and Chief Executive Officer from 2008- 2012.
David is a licensed Florida Realtor© and is experienced in land development and community planning, real estate sales, title and mortgage brokerage and amenity/hospitality planning, development and operations.
David serves on the Board of Directors of The Children’s Advocacy Center, Harry Chapin Food Bank and the United Way of Lee, Hendry, Glades and Okeechobee Counties. He chaired the 2015-2016 Campaign and served as the Board Chairman in 2018 and 2019. He and his wife, Monique, have four daughters; Mackenzie, Malorie, Madison and Margaux.
Member since July 2020
Daniel Frate
TREASURERFormer financial services and technology executive
Daniel Frate, a former financial services and technology executive, served for 35 years as a leader of large and complex business units in both financial services and technology. Most recently he was ACI Worldwide’s Group President for its cloud business. ACI Worldwide is headquartered in Naples and creates payment software for the world’s largest banks and merchants. Prior to ACI, Dan managed retail banking and payment business units for several leading banks in the United States.
Throughout his career, Dan has served on several nonprofit boards, including the United Way in Delaware. He also was a Board Member at his alma mater – John Carroll University. Currently he is a member of the Dean’s Council at Purdue University, where he earned his graduate degree.
Dan is co-manager of a family real estate business and acts as a business advisor. He enjoys biking, exercising, sports and traveling. Dan and his wife Laura are originally from Cleveland, Ohio and have lived in Collier County for the past eight years
Member since July 2020
Linda Stuart
SECRETARYLinda Stuart is a retired Director of Compliance for a medium sized employee welfare benefits consulting firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated from Indiana University with a degree in marketing and completed the Employee Benefits program from the Institute for Paralegal Training in Philadelphia. She, and her husband, Russ, established one of the first COBRA compliance administration firms after that legislation was passed.
Linda and Russ began supporting Gleaners Food Bank in Indianapolis. They transferred that passion to HCFB as they became full time Fort Myers residents.
Member since July 2019
Kayla Richmond Miller
BOARD MEMBERAttorney, Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A.
Kayla Richmond Miller is an attorney with Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, P.A., where she practices divorce, marital and family law. Kayla is a Fort Myers native, graduating from Fort Myers High School in 2006. She graduated from the University of South Florida, and received both her law degree and an MBA from Stetson University.
Kayla serves as a Governor for the 20th Judicial Circuit on the Florida Bar’s Young Lawyers Division (YLD) Board of Governors, is Chair for the Health & Wellness Committee for the YLD, and is immediate past president for the Lee County Association for Women Lawyers.
Kayla has been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers® magazine as a “Rising Star” in the field of family law for the years 2016-2019, and named an “Up & Comer” by Florida Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite in 2017.
Member since July 2017
Veronica Larriva, CPA
BOARD MEMBERPartner at McHale, P.A.
Before Veronica was named a partner at McHale, P.A., she accumulated ten years of experience in specialized forensic accounting, litigation support and bankruptcy analysis, focusing on damages analysis, fraud investigation and detection, embezzlement analysis and Ponzi schemes.
In 2014, Veronica earned her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license in the state of Florida. She has a Master of Science in Accounting and Taxation with a minor in Business Management from Florida Gulf Coast University’s Lutgert College of Business, where she graduated with honors.
In January 2017, Veronica received the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (FICPA) “Horizon Award,” which recognizes the brightest young CPAs in the state of Florida. Veronica is a frequent guest speaker at her alma mater’s Forensic Accounting class, where she teaches and provides guidance to accounting students. She also speaks fluent English and Spanish and has an advanced level of Portuguese.
Veronica is an active leader in several local organizations. She is a current officer and past chair (2016-2017) of the FICPA Southwest Florida Chapter, a chair of the FICPA Florida Gulf Coast University Accounting and Tax Conference (2017-2018), and a past committee member of the Young CPAs. Veronica’s professional affiliations also include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
Member since July 2018
Precious Gunter
BOARD MEMBERDirector of Equity, Ethics, and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator, Florida Gulf Coast University
Precious holds a B.S. in Human Resource Management from the University of South Carolina and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from North Carolina Central University School of Law where she served as a Senior Editor of the Law Review. After obtaining her law license, she was an Adjunct Ethics Instructor for Virginia College and worked as a Staff Attorney for Legal Aid of North Carolina for almost five years. She is currently the Director of Equity, Ethics, and Compliance and Title IX Coordinator for Florida Gulf Coast University. She is the designated Chief Compliance Officer for the University overseeing the University’s compliance and ethics program as well as adherence to state and federal discrimination laws based on protected categories including sex, race, age, disability, religion, etc. She also coordinates trainings to promote education and awareness throughout the university community and chairs the following three committees: Title IX Committee, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, and Compliance Liaison Committee.
Member since July 2019
Raymond A. Schmitt
BOARD MEMBERRetired, JPMorgan Chase
Raymond A. Schmitt recently retired after a 33-year career at JPMorgan Chase. Earlier in his career, he worked in a variety of product roles within the Investment Banking Division, including corporate finance, bankruptcy and restructuring, interest rate and currency derivatives, debt capital markets and private placements. Ray finished his career within the Commercial Banking Division, serving on its operating committee and overseeing several global product areas, including asset-based lending, equipment and lease finance, trade finance, ESOP advisory, syndicated finance, treasury sales, and treasury product management.
Ray received an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his master’s degree in business administration from Columbia University.
Member since July 2020
Carolyn Tieger
BOARD MEMBERPrincipal, Tieger Public Affairs
Carolyn Tieger, a Washington D.C. communications veteran, is considered one of the top public affairs strategists in the country when it comes to tough legislative issues, corporate and industry crises, litigation, and issues management. She spent four decades in the nation’s capital, serving Congress, the White House, international public relations firms (Burson-Marsteller and Porter Novelli), and as an owner of her own business. Carolyn moved to Naples in 2009 and after finding retirement boring she founded Tieger Public Affairs.
She currently serves as a member of the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Board of Trust. Carolyn has established a Public Affairs Communications chair at Grady and provides ongoing mentoring to students. Additionally, she has served on the national Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association and led major fundraising efforts for Alzheimer’s research nationally and locally. A former national Trustee for the Sigma Kappa Foundation, she co-chaired a highly-successful campaign for the organization.
Locally, she is a Trustee and Chairman of the Communications Committee for the Shelter for Abused Women and Children. She has also served on the boards of Greater Naples Leadership and Collier Child Care Resources and as a member of the Harry Chapin Food Bank Collier County Action Group. Additionally, she has held senior positions in a number of local political campaigns.
Carolyn is a journalism graduate of the University of Georgia. She lives with her husband Elliott Brown and their Welsh terrier, Miss Kirbie.
Member since July 2020
Mark Fiebrink
Board MemberMark and his wife Dianne reside in Naples, Florida.
Mark has served in actuarial, financial management and general management positions in the property casualty insurance industry. His last position with Liberty Mutual Insurance was President of Wausau Insurance Companies. He is currently the Board Chair of Jewelers Mutual Insurance Group. Mark is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
Mark graduated from The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with majors in mathematics and physics. He served on the UW-Whitewater Foundation Board and as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board for the College of Letters at Sciences at the university. In 2016 he received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the university.
Mark has served on the boards of a number of nonprofits. In 2016, he was elected to the Board of Trustees for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s Mission Investment Fund.
Member since July 2021
Maura Matzko
BOARD MEMBERMaura Matzko has been a resident of Punta Gorda, FL. for twenty-one years and has been married to her husband, Rick for fifty years. They have one daughter, Mary Kate and a wonderful grandson. Prior to retirement in 2011 she worked as a retail banking executive for financial institutions in Ohio and Florida and worked 15 years with the American Bankers Association as a trade association executive in Washington DC.
The move to Florida afforded the opportunity for community involvement. Maura has served on the Virginia B. Andes Community Clinic and Pharmacy as a Board Member and President between 2005-2010. As a Board Member and Board Treasurer for the United Way of Charlotte County from 2010-2016.
She served on the Harry Chapin Food Bank Board of Directors between 2012 -2018, and the Charlotte Local Education Foundation since 2018 holding the positions of Treasurer and President. She also is currently mentoring a high school student in conjunction with Take Stock in Children, a scholarship program for economically disadvantaged students. She is delighted to rejoin the Harry Chapin Food Bank Board of Directors.
Member since July 2021
Michele Hylton-Terry, MPA, FRA-RA
Board MemberMichele Hylton-Terry is an accomplished and innovative strategic redevelopment professional with successful administrative experience, spearheading the redevelopment of City of Fort Myers designated redevelopment areas. Ms. Michele Hylton-Terry is the Executive Director of the Fort Myers Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), where together with her staff they implement multiple redevelopment area plans, in order to improve the economic and social conditions of the community.
Ms. Michele Hylton-Terry is deeply committed to our SWFL community as expressed through her civic activities, she serves on the Florida Redevelopment Association Board of Directors, the state association providing support to CRA’s around the State of Florida. She has been an active member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Fort Myers Alumnae Chapter since 2017. Her commitment to education is demonstrated by her Board Membership on the Basic Learning Skills Foundation and Hodges University. Ms. Michele Hylton-Terry’s heart for the community is shown by her service to the United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades, where she serves as a Cabinet Member. Ms. Michele Hylton-Terry thrives in dynamic and changing environments while remaining focused on improving our community in all aspects of her life.
Member since July 2021
Pat Nevins
BOARD MEMBERRetired Business Consultant & Registered Engineer
Pat Nevins has more than 37 years of experience related to general management consulting and engineering consulting. Prior to retiring, he served as principal for more than 18 years at the firm Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson), a global management consulting company. He joined Towers Perrin in 1984 and managed numerous million-dollar consulting projects to improve operations effectiveness, and developed major business processes to enhance overall performance for Fortune 500 companies in several industries.
Prior to joining Towers Perrin, he worked for 15 years in the consulting engineering and construction industry. He served as senior project engineer managing the overall electrical engineering design of several power plants.
Since retiring in 2006, he has spent several years assisting the non-profit food bank industry, including the Harry Chapin Food Bank, as a volunteer business consultant.
Pat has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a law degree from DePaul University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer and a retired member of the Illinois Bar.
Member since July 2022