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	CREW Orlando is a member organization of CREW Network.

Committees

Communications / Public Relations
Chair: Demrie Graham, Holland & Knight, LLC
Email: demrie.graham@hklaw.com
Phone: 407.244.1114

Co-Chair: Heather Himes, Akerman Senterfitt Attorneys at Law
Email: heather.himes@akerman.com
Phone:407.419.8566

Co-Chair: Mimi Scanlon, R. L Haines Construction, LLC
Email: mscanlon@rlhaines.com
Phone: 407.384.1908

Description: This Committee will be responsible for four newsletters annually; website management; program announcements, including CREW Orlando upcoming event announcements; advertising and public relations.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: 1st Wednesday of each month from 11:30 to 1:00 at various restaurants downtown Orlando.

Community Outreach
Director: Jackie Bozzuto, Lowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor & Reed, PA
Email: jackie.bozzuto@lowndes-law.com
Phone: 407.774.4832

Description: This committee will develop and execute a strategy for increasing CREW Orlando's community involvement, within the local community and the greater business community. The following major events will be organized and managed by this committee: CREW Careers; Habitat for Humanity (Women Build); CREW for the Cure (Breast Cancer Walk).

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: To be determined as needed.

Community Outreach: CREW Careers™
Co-Chair: Valerie Jahn Grandin, Attorneys' Title Fund Services, LLC
Email: vgrandin@thefund.com
Phone: 800.432.9594 ext. 7606

Co-Chair: Anna Long, Lowndes Drosdick Doster Kantor & Reed, PA
Email: anna.long@lowndes-law.com
Phone: 407.418.6226

Description: Committee members will organize and coordinate a career day for high school age girls to educate them about careers in real estate. This full day event includes a hardhat tour of a commercial building that is under construction. CREW women who work in each discipline make presentations describing how their discipline is involved in the building that was toured. The girls will also be given a list of scholarships and internships that are available.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: To be determined as needed

Community Outreach: Habitat for Humanity - Women Build
Chair: Jessica Parker, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Email: jmparker@bakerlaw.com
Phone: 407.649.4683

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: To be determined as needed

Community Outreach: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk
Co-Chair: TBD

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: To be determined as needed

Volunteers don't get paid, not because they're worthless, but because they're priceless. –Sherry Anderson

Finance
Treasurer: Mary Nutt
Email: maryn2qc@aol.com
Phone: 407.488.5915

Description: Committee members will work with the Treasurer to create the annual budget, review event budgets and report the financial status of the organization throughout the year.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11:30 am at the offices of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward &Woodman, PA, Bank of America Building downtown.

Member Services
Director: Libby Wingard, Spectra Contract Flooring
Email: libby.wingard@spectracf.com
Phone: 407.475.1144 ext. 253

Chair: Kelly Eger, Miller Legg
Email: keger@millerlegg.com
Phone: 321.214.3253

Description: This committee will plan and coordinate Member’s Only events (4-6 per year). At the beginning of the year the committee will solicit the membership to identify companies that are interested in hosting and/or sponsoring these events. This committee will also manage the calendar.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: 2nd Monday of each Month from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at Miller Legg’s office, 631 S. Orlando Ave., Suite 200, Winter Park, FL 32789

Member Services: Committee Recruitment
Chair: Liz Root, Bedford Cost Segregation
Email: eroot@bedfordcostseg.com
Phone: 407.478.4037 x 104

Description: This committee (which is part of the member services committee) will liaise with the Membership Committee and work with the directors and committee chairs throughout the year to assist in recruiting members to join committees. Directors and committee chairs will provide Committee Recruitment Chair (“CRC”) with their list of committee members. The CRC will contact current members and new members to assist them in identifying a committee that they would like to join. The CRC will track the committees to make sure the each committee has an adequate number of members.

Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart. –Elizabeth Andrew

Membership
Director: Lydia Wing, Geotechnical and Environmental Consultants, Inc.
Email: lwing@g-e-c.com
Phone: 407.898.1818

Co-Chair: Vicki Berman, Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A.
Email: vberman@deanmead.com
Phone: 407.428.5135

Co-Chair: Valerie Jahn Grandin, Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc.
Email: vgrandin@thefund.com
Phone: 800.432.9594 ext. 7606

Description: Responsible for retaining existing members, recruiting new members, and enhancing the membership experience by demonstrating value. Committee members will also contact existing members that have not yet renewed to ascertain status of whether members will renew and assist with the production of the local membership directory.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: 3rd Tuesday of each month (except for September) from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM at Dean Mead’s office, 800 N. Magnolia Ave, Suite 1500, Orlando 32803

Membership: Ambassador Program
Description:The Ambassador Committee (which is part of the membership committee) will be highly interactive during lunch programs including greeting, introductions and sharing of CREW chapter membership benefits and activities with potential and new members.

Past President’s Council/ Scholarship Selection Committee
Chair: Pat Werner, WELBRO Building Corporation
Email: pwerner@welbro.com
Phone: 407.475.1050 ext. 1025

Description: Past President's Council is comprised of past president's of CREW Orlando and has the oversight of the chapter's endowment program at Valencia Foundation. The PPC primary responsibility is the oversight of the scholarship selection process and distribution of our chapter's scholarship funds for students at Valencia Community College. The PPC chair is appointed by the PPC members of the committee with the committee reporting directly to the board of directors.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: Quarterly and as needed to review scholarship applications and make determinations on recipients

Programs
Director: Jessica Parker, Baker Hostetler LLP
Email: jmparker@bakerlaw.com
Phone: 407.649.4683

Co-Chair: Anne Deason, Grubb & Ellis/Commercial Florida
Email: adeason@commercialfl.com
Phone: 407.481.5411

Co-Chair: Steve Cohen, American Momentum Bank
Email: scohen@americanmomentumbank.com
Phone: 407.367.4317

Description: This committee will plan and coordinate the monthly luncheon programs for the 12-month period from February through January. General topics are set at the beginning of the year and the committee provides input on possible speakers/panelists, moderators, and discussion points for each program. Committee members are typically responsible for developing one or two programs. Committee members will work closely with Programs Director or Chair to coordinate with speakers/panelists; work on program discussion points and visuals; and coordinate any speaker/panelist follow-up communications such as thank you letter. CREW Members with access to top tier professionals are encouraged to participate. The Programs Committee also works closely with the Sponsorship Committee to help identify and align sponsors with the appropriate monthly program.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location:  2nd Tuesday of each month at Baker & Hostetler’s office, 200 South Orange Ave., Suite 2300, Orlando 32801. First meeting scheduled for 1/13/10 to set regular meeting times.

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Special Events
Director: Pam Carman, Barton Malow Company
Email: pam.carman@bartonmalow.com
Phone: 407.352.8880

Description: This committee is responsible for planning three events: The Golf Tournament, the annual Celebration of Champions; and a third event to be determined by the Board.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location:  To be determined as needed.

Special Events: Golf Tournament
Chair: TBD

Description: Committee members will coordinate golf tournament by identifying date, negotiate contract with golf course, solicit sponsorships and sell foursomes. Committee also solicits for goodie bag items and door prizes. And participate in many volunteer positions the day of the golf tournament – May 14th, 2010 at MetroWest Golf Course.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: Location of meetings to be determined. Time of meetings will be lunch time on the following dates: 9 Dec. 2009, 13 Jan., 10 Feb., 10 March, 14 April, 28 April.

Special Events: Celebration of Champions
Chair: TBD

Description: Committee members will identify a date during the month of November for the annual meeting to recognize the current board, announce the new board and present annual awards. Coordinating the event includes selecting the date, determining a budget, identifying a location, coordinating with caterer, designing invitation, managing the award nomination process and procuring the awards.

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: To be determined as needed

Sponsorship
Director: Mindy Boehm, Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc.
Email: mindy.boehm@cushwake.com
Phone: 407.541.4391

Chair: Erin Johnson, Lykes Insurance, Inc.
Email: ejohnson@lykesinsurance.com
Phone: 407.644.5722

Description: Main objective is to secure Platinum, Gold and Silver sponsorships for CREW Orlando. This committee will secure sponsors through CREW memberships and referrals. Committee members will work closely with the Membership Committee to identify/target sponsors. Some members of the Sponsorship Committee will work with the President-Elect to coordinate the renewal of Existing and Former Sponsors and identify new partners for the next year. Other members will be assigned sponsor relationships and will be responsible for managing the sponsor benefits for their assigned sponsors

Meeting Dates, Time and Location: 3rd Thursday of each month at 11:45 – Dubs Dread Tap Room