Congratulations to our 2010-2011 KCCI Community Catalysts!
Frank Alarcon, The Henry & Rilla White Youth Foundation, Inc.
Peggy Bielby
Nancy Blum-Heintz, Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Bobby Boone
Somnath Chatterjee, Florida State University
Gary Cummings
Justin Ray Domer, Executive Office of the Governor
Ken Foster
Amity Gay, The Zimmerman Agency
Nita Jackson, Florida Department of Transportation
Charlie Johnson, Wood+Partners
Dia Kuykendall, Visit Florida
Chiquita McKnight, Hancock Bank
Cindy Meredith, Prestige Health Choice
Jason Moore, Tallahassee Memorial Health Care
Ed Murray, TALCOR Commercial Real Estate Services, Inc.
Jeff Peters, State Surgeon General
Jamal Raddar, Sam’s Club
Clayton Randle, JHD Family Office and Foundation/ Rock Creek Capital
Dottie Roberts, Doug Bruce and Associates,LLC
Rob Schiffer, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Floyd Self, Messer, Caparello & Self, P.A.
Jenay Sermon, Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles
Lauren Shoaf, Visit Florida
Enrika Sissle, Sissle Heritage Center, Inc.
Leslie Smith, Envision Credit Union
Robert Sniffen, Sniffen & Spellman, P.A.
Alyce Lee Stansbury, Stansbury Consulting LLC
Alison Voorhees, Capital City Bank
Meghan Walker, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation
Adam Watson, Watson & Associates, PA, CPAs
KCCI stands for the Knight Creative Communities Institute. Following the successful pilot initiative that started Get Gaines Going, the Tallahassee Film Festival and Sustainable Tallahassee, the institute was created and funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in early 2009. It’s housed at the Center for Workforce Development at Tallahassee Community College and has two part-time staff.
In September 2009, 31 community volunteers were selected to serve as the KCCI community catalyst team. This diverse group of individuals was selected on the basis of age, gender, race, professional background, educational experience and their commitment to our community.
In early November, the catalyst team selected three to four new initiatives to work on over the next 12 months. These initiatives were aimed at making Tallahassee a more attractive place to live for young professionals in hopes of retaining those talented graduates of Florida A&M University, Florida State University and Tallahassee Community College.
There are plenty of opportunities for you to have a role in one or more of the new initiatives. Community volunteers will make these projects successful and we’d love for you to be part of our success!
