Item Q2
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: July 17, 2002
Division: County Administrator
Bulk Item: Yes ~
No
Department: County Administrator
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of re-appointments of Ray Albury, Henry Rosenthal
and Dennis Taylor to the Matecumbe Historical Board. Approval of David Whitney to replace
Jim Clupper and David Cohn to replace Rachel Lockhart.
ITEM BACKGROUND: The above appointments/re-appointments need to be made to have
a current seven member Board as stated in Resolution 323-1998. If approved, all terms of
new appointments and re-appointments will expire July, 2006.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT / AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval as stated above.
TOTAL COST:
N/A
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY: N/ A
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
AMOUNT PER MONTH
YR
APPROVED BY: County Atty _
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
OMB/PurChas~g ~ Risk Management
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James L. Roberts, CountY Administrator
DOCUMENTATION:
Incl uded
To Follow
Not Required X
DISPOSITION:
AGENDA ITEM # 4' ~...
Monroe County Boards and Committees
Appointment Information
Board or Committee:
Matecumbe Historical Board
Commissioner Appointing Member: BOCC
Name of Member: David Cohn
Address: P.O. Box 1099
Tavernier, FL 33070
Phone Numbers: Work:
Home: 853-0595, Fax: 853-0230
Date of Appointment: 7/17/02
Reappointment:
Date Term Expires: 7/17/06
Name of Person Being Replaced: Rachel Lockhart
Fulfilling the Term of:
Other Information:
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Patty Erickson
From:
To:
Sent:
Subject:
<DADOCTU H@aol.com>
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Wednesday, July 03, 2002 9:20 AM
SOCC attn Patty Erickson, resume on David M. Cohn
David M. Cohn, 10 year resident in Islamorada and Tavernier. Co-owner with wife Nancy, of Art Lovers
Gallery in Islamorada. Retired, former CEO of small paper distribution company in Chicago.
Currently on boards of Rural Health Network, Florida Keys Council of the Arts, DAC IV of TDC, Cultural
Umbrella of District IV, former Board member of Islamorada Chamber of Commerce, Mariners Hospital
Foundation, Friends of the Isla Area State Parks. Member of Upper Keys Rotary, Challenge Days
program for Coral Shores HS, Key Largo Chamber of Commerce.
Candidate for Leadership Monroe. Always caring about our Keys.
40 Ibs overweight. Losing battle/ That's about it.
Cordially,
David M. Cohn
Mail: PO Box 1099
Tavernier FL 33070
305/ 853-0595
Fax: 853-0230
07/03/2002
Monroe County Boards and Committees
Appointment Information
Board or Committee:
Matecumbe Historical Board
Commissioner Appointing Member: BOCC
Name of Member: David C. Whitney
Address: 130 Harborview Drive
Tavernier, FL 33070
Phone Numbers: Work: 451-1887
Home: 664-5700
Date of Appointment: 7/17/02
Reappointment:
Date Term Expires: 7/17/06
Name of Person Being Replaced: Jim Clupper
Fulfilling the Term of:
Other Information:
Biographical Sketch
Dave Whitney
130 Harborview Drive
Tavernier, FL 33070
Phone: (305) 852-4613 or (305) 451-1887; Fax: (305) 451-
2180
e-mail: whitcomm@aol.com
Education
· Graduate Missouri Military Academy, Mexico, Mo.
· Graduate Florida School of Banking, University of Florida
at
Gainesville
· Special Advanced Studies in Economic Issues, Wharton
School,
University of Pennsylvania
Professional
· One of only 4,000 practitioners nationwide fully
accredited (APR) by the Public Relations Society of
American (Specialty - Investor and Financial Relations)
· Former member of Society of American Business and
Economic Writers
. Current active member of Outdoor Writers Association of
America
· Current active member of the Southeastern Outdoors Press
Association
· Current active member of the Florida Outdoors Writer
Association
Honors
. Nominated for Pulitzer Prize, 1993, 1994 and 1995
· Bulldog Reporter's Blue Ribbon Award for Excellence in
coverage of Hurricane Andrew and subsequent redevelopment
of Florida City, 1993
· Group Study Exchange Leader of Rotary International Team
from RI District 6990 (South Florida and Grand Bahama
Island) to RI District 2780 (Kanagawa, Japan), 1993
· Centennial Distinguished Service Award, Missouri Military
Academy, 1989
· Reader's Digest Writer's Award, 1981
. Fellowship from International Press Institute to study
Japanese Economics abroad, 1982
Dave Whitney Bio - Page 2
· Heddon Hall of Honor, Best National Environmental
Education
Program - Save Our Streams, Izaak Walton League of America,
1976
Civic and Community
· Member of the Board of Directors of the San Carlos
Institute, Key
West, Fla., 1998-Present.
· Member of the Board of Directors of Citizens for a Scenic
Florida, Vice President 1998-2001; member of the Advisory
Board to Citizens for a Scenic Florida 2001-Present.
· Director, Islamorda Fishing Club, 2000-Present,
Secretary, 2001-2002.
· Member, Florida Keys Lodge No. 1872, BPOE, 2000-Present.
Esquire 2000-Present.
· Member Tavernier Masonic Lodge 336, F&AM. Master Mason,
Junior Steward, 2001-2002.
· Member Loyal Order of Moose, 1991-Present.
· Member of the Board of Directors, Marathon Economic
Development Council, Vice President 1996-2000.
· Member of the Board of Trustees, Florida Keys Land & Sea
Trust, 1987 -1996. Life Member - Chairman of Development
Officer Search Committee, Nominating Committee, Member of
Strategic Planning Committee, Secretary 1991-1992, Member
of Finance Committee, 1992-1993, President 1993-1995.
· Moderator (Lay Leader) 1990-1992, Vice Moderator, 1992-
1994, Chairman of the Board of Trustee, 2000-Present, Coral
Isles United Church of Christ Congregational and
Evangelical Reform, Plantation Key, Fla.
· Charter Member Key Largo, Fla., Rotary Club (Paul Harris
Fellow). Program Chairman 1992-1994. President-elect
Marathon, Fla., Rotary Club, 1998-1999, Rotary Club Board
of Directors, Rotary Foundation Chair, Senior Active
Member, Key Largo Rotary Club, 2000-Present.
· Secretary of the International Fellowship of Fishing
Rotarians, 2000-Present. Editor of the Mullet Wrapper,
quarterly newsletter of the International Fellowship of
Fishing Rotarians, 1999-President.
· Director, Friends of the Islamorada Area State Parks,
1990-1995
· Chairman, Gusman Center for the Performing Arts, Miami,
1986-1988
· Director, Northeast Florida Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Abuse, Jacksonville, Fla. 1980-1982
Dave Whitney Bio - Page 3
· Founding Director, Gateway Community Services,
Jacksonville, Fla.,
1979-1982
· Director,
Washington,
· Director,
1972-1976
· Member National Eagle Scout Association, 1951-Present
· Life Member National Rifle Association
· Life Member Izaak Walton League of America
· Life Member Florida Keys Land & Sea Trust
· Life Member AmVets
· Member of the Veterans Council of Monroe County, 2000-
Present.
· Member, American Legion Post 333, Key Largo, Fla.
Izaak Walton League of America Endowment,
D.C., 1978-1981
Iowa Water Quality Institute, Des Moines,
Inc. ,
Iowa,
Employment History
· Owner, Publisher and Editor, The Independent (Whitney
Communications, Inc.), Key Largo, FL 1999-Present.
· Editor, Cuba Free Press - published monthly in English,
bi-monthly in Spanish with monthly inserts in Russian,
1998-2000.
· Executive Director, Pigeon Key Foundation, Marathon,
Fla., 1995-1999.
· President Dave Whitney & Associates, Inc., owners of the
Islamorada Free Press, Ocean Reef Free Press, Island
Navigator and Florida Keys News Service, Islamorada, Fla.,
1987-1995
· Founder, General Manager and Editor, Islamorada Free
Press (Nominated for Pulitzer Prize in 1992, three Pulitzer
Prizes in 1993, one Pulitzer Prize in 1994, two Pulitzer
Prizes in 1995), 1987-1995
· Editor, Ocean Reef Free Press, 1990-1995
· Publisher and Editor, Island Navigator, 1994-1995
· Owner, Editor, Florida Keys Angler magazine, 1988-1991
· Vice President/Financial Division, CommGroup, Inc., Boca
Raton, Fla.
1982-1985, and 1986-1987
· Vice President/Marketing, CenTrust Savings Bank, Miami,
1985-1986
· Business Editor, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville,
Fla., 1977-
1982
· Business Editor, WTVJ- PBS, Jacksonville, Fla., 1978-1980
· Correspondent, Wall Street Journal, Southeastern United
States, 1977-1981
Dave Whitney Bio - Page 4
· National Program Director, Izaak Walton League of
America,
Washington, D.C., 1974-1977 (Featured on ABC's "Good
Morning,
America" and National Public Radio's "All Things
Considered; "wrote, narrated and appeared in Environmental
Protection Agency-produced film "America's Voices on
America's Waters")
· Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Iowa
Department of Environmental Quality, Des Moines, Iowa,
1974-1975
· Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, Iowa Employment
Commission,
Des Moines, Iowa, 1971-1974
· Writer, Photographer, Editor, Weekly Outdoors Columnist,
The Associated Press, Des Moines, Iowa, 1968-1970
· News Editor, The Ocala Star-Banner, Ocala, Fla., 1966-
1968
· Managing Editor, The Florida Horse Magazine, Ocala, Fla.
1963-1966
· Reporter, Photographer, The Florida Times-Union,
Jacksonville, Fla. 1960-1963
· Home Office Life Underwriter, American Heritage Life
Insurance Co., Jacksonville, Fla., 1959-1960
· Home Office Life Underwriter, Prudential Insurance Co.,
Jacksonville, Fla., 1958-1959
· Intelligence Analyst, U.S. Army Security Agency, Far
East, 1955-1958
Publications
· Author, The Ephemeral Bliss of the Free Fall, 1st Books
Library, 2001; Kickers, Carbines & Cookpots, 1st Books
Library, 2001; Ernie Pyle, American Legion Okinawa, 1958;
Environmental Information and Education Resource Guide,
Iowa Department of Public Instruction, 1974; Contributor,
Monroe County Environmental Story, Monroe County, Fla.,
1991, Good Dreams, Bad Dreams, an anthology, published in
1995, Contributor, Maverick Management, An Unconventional
Guide to Success, 1998.
· Articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, New
York Times, The Economist, Sun-Times of Canada, Outdoors
America, Outdoors Life, Sports Afield, Field & Stream,
Financial World, Florida Trend, Triangle Publications,
Trailer Life, and many regional publications.
Dave Whi tney Bio - Page 5
Additional biographical data appears in: Who's Who in the
South and Southwest, Who's Who in the World - DOB: Sept. 6,
1936