SCAS Leadership
Sister Cities Association of Sarasota is managed by Officers and Directors of the Board who are elected at the annual general meeting for a one-year term.
Board of Directors : 2023 – 2024
The Board comprises the President, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice Presidents, City Directors, Assistant City Directors, and Youth Ambassador.
- The Director of Events comes under the umbrella responsibility of the Vice President for Membership.
- The Director of Public Relations and the Editor of the Bridges Newsletter comes under the umbrella responsibility of the Vice President for Communications.
- Committees under the umbrella of the Vice President for Youth and Education include Primary & Secondary Education, Higher Education, and Youth Development.
- The Protocol Chair serves as an advisor to the President, the Executive Board and the City Directors.
- Assistant City Directors are appointed by the President on the recommendation of the City Director.
Sarasota Mayor, Liz Alpert
Honorary Chair
Diana Forman-Friedman
President
Miriam Kramer
Past President
Isabelle Eidet
Board Advisor
Dennis Ciborowski
Treasurer
Ayanna Coleman
Secretary
Vice Presidents : 2023-2024
Vice Presidents serve in the following areas: Arts & Culture, Business & Economic Development, Cities and Candidate Cities, Communications, Membership, Programs and Planning, Sports, and Youth and Education. The Youth Ambassador is an appointed position and is filled by a Sarasota STAR Leadership High School Student.
Wendy Lerner
Arts & Culture
Pauline Mitchell
Cities & Candidate Cities
Open
PR & Communications
Michael Beaugrand
Membership
Adam Hill
Business & Economic Development
Elisa Palma Hancock
Director of Events
Yvonne Holmes
Fundraising
Lena Gryn
Sports
Qiang Fitzgerald
Youth & Education
Open
Programs & Planning
City Directors : 2023 – 2024
City Directors work to facilitate relationships with our Sister Cities and come under the umbrella responsibility of the Vice President for Cities & Candidate Cities. Assistant City Directors may be delegated to represent the City Director on a case-by-case basis, as determined by the City Director.
Dunfermline, Scotland
Pauline Mitchell (CD)
Karen Malesky (ACD)
Diana Stoker (ACD)
Merida, Mexico
Grisell Aleman (CD)
Michael Fehily (ACD)
Perpignan, France
Ivonne Almanza Henry (CD)
Hadda Lamotte (ACD)
Jeannette Simmons (ACD)
Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Open (CD)
Open (ACD)
Tel Mond, Israel
Dr. Fred Bloom (CD)
Alice Cotman (ACD)
Kim Sheintal (ACD)
Vladimir, Russia
Miriam Kramer (CD)
Open (ACD)
Xiamen, China
Kun Shi (CD)
Douglas Sparks (ACD)
Larry Bennison (ACD)
Duane Finger (ACD)
Busseto, Italy
Eleonora Surico (CD)
Dennis Ciborowski (ACD)
Appointed Positions : 2023-2024
Open
Marketing & Communications Intern
Open
Youth Ambassador
Open
Young Professionals Group Ambassador
Past SCAS Board Presidents
City Directors work to facilitate relationships with our Sister Cities and come under the umbrella responsibility of the Vice President for Cities & Candidate Cities. Assistant City Directors may be delegated to represent the City Director on a case-by-case basis, as determined by the City Director.
Dallas Dort 1963–1967
Donald Spivey 1968–1975
Wells Purmort 1976–1987
Julio Claret 1989–1991
Asim Mohammed 1992–1994
Hope Byrnes 1995–2000
Linda Rosenbluth 2001–2005
William Wallace 2006–2007
Carla Rayman 2008–April 2011
John T. (Tom) Halbert 2011–2013
Beth Ruyle-Hullinger 2013–2016
Marianna Janz-Wecke 2016-October 2018
Beth Ruyle-Hullinger October 2018 – May 2019
Toni Duval 2019–2021
Miriam R. Kramer 2021 – September 2023