Meet the Council

  • Gene Marshall

    Chair: Gene Marshall is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Council for Educational Change, an independent educational non-profit organization serving the state

  • Philip F. Blumberg

    Philip F. Blumberg is founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Blumberg Capital Partners group of companies. Mr. Blumberg is Chairman of the firm's Investment Committee.

  • Charles Blumenkamp

    Charles Blumenkamp has 29 years of Telecommunications experience with Verizon and her predecessor companies.

  • Hugh M. Brown

    Mr. Hugh Brown founded BAMSI, Inc., a full-service engineering and technical services company, in 1978 and served as its Chief Executive Officer until his retirement in 1998.

  • Irv Cohen

    President of American International Lifestyles (AIL), Irv Cohen brings a 30-year record of executive leadership and strategic financial expertise to the company.

  • Scott Curtis

    Scott Curtis is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Council for Educational Change.

  • Douglas C. Davidson

    As the commercial banking market executive for North Florida, Doug Davidson leads a team of banking professionals in managing a loan portfolio and deposit portfolio for clients with annual

  • Dr. Akshay Desai

    Akshay Desai obtained his medical degree from Government Medical College, India.  He achieved his Masters Degree in Administrative Medicine while attending the George Washington Unive

  • Edward T. Foote, III

    Dr. Edward Foote is a Life Trustee member on the Council for Educational Change Board of Trustees.

  • Karen Fryd

    Karen Fryd is the Director of the South Florida Youth Foundation, Inc.  It was fate that took Karen to inner-city schools that she never realized were so close to her home.