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The Board
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The Florida Prepaid College Board has seven members including the Chief Financial Officer of Florida, the
Attorney General of Florida, the Chancellor of the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida,
the Chancellor of the Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education of the Florida Department of Education,
or their designees, and three members appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.
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Florida Prepaid College Board Meetings
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Hoepner – Theodore J. (Ted) Hoepner was
appointed to the Florida Prepaid College Board by
Governor Jeb Bush in 2005 and is the current Chairman of
the Board. Mr. Hoepner recently retired from SunTrust
Bank, Inc. with 38 years of service. During his past
five years with SunTrust, he served as Vice-Chairman.
Previously, he served as the President, the Chairman and
the CEO of SunTrust Banks of Florida. Mr. Hoepner earned
his Bachelor of Arts degree from Carleton College and
completed graduate programs at Harvard and New York
Universities.
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Vice
Chairman Duane Ottenstroer
– Duane L. Ottenstroer was originally appointed to the
Florida Prepaid College Board in 2001 as the designee for Florida Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher. In
2007, Mr. Ottenstroer was appointed as the designee for Attorney General Bill McCollum and serves as the Vice-Chairman
of the Board. Mr. Ottenstroer serves on numerous corporate, charitable and community boards. He is actively
involved in higher education policy as a board member for Jacksonville University and the University of Minnesota
Carlson School of Management. Mr. Ottenstroer has a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Minnesota.
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Marianne
F. Edmonds – Marianne F. Edmonds was
appointed to the Florida Prepaid College Board in 2007
as the designee for Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex
Sink. Ms. Edmonds is a senior managing director inSt.
Petersburg for Public Resources
Advisory Group, a national financial and investment
advisory firm providing in-depth financial advisory
services to state and local governments, authorities and
agencies, and other not-for-profit entities. Ms. Edmonds
has worked as an investment banker and financial advisor
to governmental clients for 25 years. She received a
bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Northwestern University and an MBA from The
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She
is a member of Leadership Florida.
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Will Holcombe, PhD
– Dr. Will Holcombe is Chancellor for
Florida’s Community College System, the primary access
point to higher education for more than 800,000
students. Dr. Holcombe has more than 30 years of
experience in educational leadership and collegiate
administration. Holcombe, who completed his undergraduate studies at Baldwin-Wallace College, earned both his Master’s
in Education and Ph.D. in College Administration from the University of Florida. A former U.S. Marine Corps Captain, Dr.
Holcombe began his teaching career at Ford Junior High School in Brook Park, Ohio. Holcombe later joined Florida's Community
College System, serving as an English professor at Santa Fe Community College and Broward Community College, where he eventually became president in 1987.
Holcombe has also served as Vice President of Brevard Community College, provost and academic dean for Broward's Central Campus and
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Mark Rosenberg, PhD
– Dr. Mark Rosenberg, Chancellor
of the Florida Board of Governors, serves as a member of the
Florida Prepaid College Board. As Chancellor, Dr. Rosenberg is
responsible for
the strategic planning and direction
of the State University System, composed of
11 public universities enrolling more than 280,000 students.
Previously, Chancellor Rosenberg was Provost and Executive Vice
President for Academic Affairs at Florida International University. Chancellor Rosenberg
is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Miami University of
Ohio. He received his doctorate in political science and
a graduate certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from
the University of Pittsburgh.
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Erin B. Sjostrom – Erin B. Sjostrom was
appointed to the Florida Prepaid College Board by Governor
Jeb Bush in 2005 and reappointed by Governor Charlie
Crist in 2007. With 15 years experience in banking
and financial services, Ms. Sjostrom currently serves as Executive
Vice President at ProBank. Prior to joining ProBank,
she was Vice President at Capital City Bank and Senior
Vice President with Gulf Atlantic Financial Group. Ms.
Sjostrom has held various commercial banking positions,
and previously served as the Director of the Florida
Department of Management Services, Division of
Retirement. Ms. Sjostrom earned a bachelor's degree in
management from Tulane University.
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Pamela “Pam”
Stephany – Pamela Stephany was appointed to the
Florida Prepaid College Board by Governor Charlie Crist
in 2008. With 30 years experience in the
investment and financial services industries worldwide, Ms. Stephany most
recently worked with Credit Suisse Private Advisors as Deputy
Manager North America, before her retirement. Prior to joining
Credit Suisse, she was Senior Vice President for
Bank Julius Baer, and Vice President at Bank
of Boston where she worked and lived in Southeast Asia
and South America. She currently serves in civic,
community and charitable organizations, including Leadership Broward
and the Broward Library Foundation. Ms. Stephany is a
graduate of the Georgetown University School
of Foreign Service with a bachelor’s degree in
international finance and commerce.
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Thomas J. Wallace - Executive Director F. Philip Blank, Esquire - General Counsel
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