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Sandy Council- president

Bruce Marsh

        
Professor Emeritus, USF. Taught there from 1968. Recieved two awards for outstanding Undergraduate teaching, 
and several grants for individual research. Established the Electronic Media Program, in the School of Art 
and Art History, in 1988. Chaired the School of Art and Art history, 1989- 1991.  Retired 2003. Extensive 
career in Painting, with numerous exhibitions and  work in Museum collections, including the St. Petersburg 
Museum of Art, Tampa Museum of Art, Orlando Museum of Fine, and the National Gallery in Washington. 
A three time recipient of the State of Florida Individual Artist Grant. Numerous projects in creating large 
scale paintings for public spaces, including the Orlando International Airport, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center 
in Houston, Bell Telephon in Atlanta, General Telephone in Tampa, and the Celebration Health Center, Kissimmee 
Florida, among many others. A Current Public Art project is a 40 foot wall of images for the new City of 
Tampa RiverWalk Park.

Ron Wolfe

A resident of Hillsborough County since 1980 and a resident of Ruskin since 1996, Ron was the founder of 
a successful manufacturing business in Chicago, Illinois. He sold his business to a NYSE listed 
corporation to enable his relocation to Florida. Ron is a student of business and has a Master’s degree 
in Business Administration, with a minor in Marketing. He provides a variety of business services to 
Tampa Bay area businesses as a business consultant, with emphasis placed on business planning.
He specializes in helping persons who need to start, buy, sell, grow, organize, finance, value or 
liquidate a business.

A community activist, Ron has participated and served as an officer or board member of a number of 
volunteer organizations in SouthShore, which are too numerous to list. He wrote 135 weekly community 
service columns in the Observer News titled The Voice of Ruskin from May 20, 1998 until December 28, 2000 
and then 107 weekly columns titled The Voice of SouthShore from August 8, 2002 until September 23, 2004.

A. Mac Miller
Arthur McA. ("Mac") Miller, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Literature at New College of Florida in Sarasota, FL. For thirty years a writer and editor of poetry, he is also a Lieutenant Colonel (USAR, ADA).

Allen Witt
Dr. Witt received his BA Newberry College, his Masters from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and a Doctorate from the University of Florida. He began his career as instructor at Lake City Community College teaching Speech, Drama, and Journalism. He has held positions in both the public and private sectors over the years. Dr. Witt now serves as the Dean of Academic Affairs of the Hillsborough Community College's SouthShore Center since it opened its doors in the summer of 2008.

Dolly Cummings
Dolly Cummings is Camp Bayou's Manager and Nature Center Education Director. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook and has taken several professional development courses ranging from Project Learning Tree, Wild, and Wet to graduate courses which include facilitating GLOBE protocols and activities. She is an authorized instructor for the UF/IFAS Florida Master Naturalist Program, member of the League of Environmental Educators of Florida (LEEF), North American Association of Environmental Educators (NAAEE) and is a habitat ambassador for the National Wildlife Federation. She has more than 15 years experience working with children in non-formal environmental education settings.

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	Sandy Council- president
	Bruce Marsh Professor Emeritus, USF. Taught there from 1968. Recieved two awards for outstanding Undergraduate teaching, and several grants for individual research. Established the Electronic Media Program, in the School of Art and Art History, in 1988. Chaired the School of Art and Art history, 1989- 1991. Retired 2003. Extensive career in Painting, with numerous exhibitions and work in Museum collections, including the St. Petersburg Museum of Art, Tampa Museum of Art, Orlando Museum of Fine, and the National Gallery in Washington. A three time recipient of the State of Florida Individual Artist Grant. Numerous projects in creating large scale paintings for public spaces, including the Orlando International Airport, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Bell Telephon in Atlanta, General Telephone in Tampa, and the Celebration Health Center, Kissimmee Florida, among many others. A Current Public Art project is a 40 foot wall of images for the new City of Tampa RiverWalk Park.
	Ron Wolfe A resident of Hillsborough County since 1980 and a resident of Ruskin since 1996, Ron was the founder of a successful manufacturing business in Chicago, Illinois. He sold his business to a NYSE listed corporation to enable his relocation to Florida. Ron is a student of business and has a Master’s degree in Business Administration, with a minor in Marketing. He provides a variety of business services to Tampa Bay area businesses as a business consultant, with emphasis placed on business planning. He specializes in helping persons who need to start, buy, sell, grow, organize, finance, value or liquidate a business. A community activist, Ron has participated and served as an officer or board member of a number of volunteer organizations in SouthShore, which are too numerous to list. He wrote 135 weekly community service columns in the Observer News titled The Voice of Ruskin from May 20, 1998 until December 28, 2000 and then 107 weekly columns titled The Voice of SouthShore from August 8, 2002 until September 23, 2004.
	A. Mac Miller Arthur McA. ("Mac") Miller, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Literature at New College of Florida in Sarasota, FL. For thirty years a writer and editor of poetry, he is also a Lieutenant Colonel (USAR, ADA).
	Allen Witt Dr. Witt received his BA Newberry College, his Masters from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and a Doctorate from the University of Florida. He began his career as instructor at Lake City Community College teaching Speech, Drama, and Journalism. He has held positions in both the public and private sectors over the years. Dr. Witt now serves as the Dean of Academic Affairs of the Hillsborough Community College's SouthShore Center since it opened its doors in the summer of 2008.
	Dolly Cummings Dolly Cummings is Camp Bayou's Manager and Nature Center Education Director. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook and has taken several professional development courses ranging from Project Learning Tree, Wild, and Wet to graduate courses which include facilitating GLOBE protocols and activities. She is an authorized instructor for the UF/IFAS Florida Master Naturalist Program, member of the League of Environmental Educators of Florida (LEEF), North American Association of Environmental Educators (NAAEE) and is a habitat ambassador for the National Wildlife Federation. She has more than 15 years experience working with children in non-formal environmental education settings.