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

Xochitl Napoles

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 

Peter Anderson

Business & Economic Development

Pauline Mitchell

Cities & Candidate Cities

Shea Davis

Programs & Planning

Ayanna Coleman

PR & Communications

Michael Beaugrand

Membership

Eleonora Surico

Director of Events

Yvonne Holmes

Director of Fundraising

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Open

Youth & Education

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Open

Sports

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

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Pauline Mitchell (CD)

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Karen Malesky (ACD)

Merida, Mexico

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Grisell Aleman (CD)

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Michael Fehily (ACD)

Perpignan, France

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Ivonne Almanza Henry (CD)

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Michael Beaugrand (ACD)

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Hadda Lamotte (ACD)

Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

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Open (CD)

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Open (ACD)

Tel Mond, Israel

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Dr. Fred Bloom (CD)

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Alice Cotman (ACD)

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Kim Sheintal (ACD)

Vladimir, Russia

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Miriam Kramer (CD)

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Open (ACD)

Xiamen, China

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Kun Shi (CD)

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Douglas Sparks (ACD)

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Larry Bennison (ACD)

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Duane Finger (ACD)

Busseto, Italy

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Eleonora Surico (CD)

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Dennis Ciborowski (ACD)

Appointed Positions : 2023-2024

Bianca Moreno

Marketing & Communications Intern

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Open

Youth Ambassador

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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.

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Dallas Dort 1963–1967

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Donald Spivey 1968–1975

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Wells Purmort 1976–1987

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Julio Claret 1989–1991

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Asim Mohammed 1992–1994

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Hope Byrnes 1995–2000

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Linda Rosenbluth 2001–2005

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William Wallace 2006–2007

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Carla Rayman 2008–April 2011

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John T. (Tom) Halbert 2011–2013

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Beth Ruyle-Hullinger 2013–2016

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Marianna Janz-Wecke 2016-October 2018

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Beth Ruyle-Hullinger October 2018 – May 2019

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Toni Duval 2019–2021

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Miriam R. Kramer 2021 – September 2023