2015-2016 Year in Review
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PAST YEAR SPONSORS 2015-2016 Platinum Sponsors ($20,000+) Education • Fifteen high schools participated in Great Decisions, a student enrichment program facilitated by faculty members from local colleges and universities. Participants took part in six Student Interactions. Gold Sponsors ($10,000+) Association of Corporate Mayo Clinic • The Admiral Jonathan T. Howe Academic WorldQuest Counsel North Florida Chapter Gary and Nancy Chartrand attracted 50 teams from 20 high schools for a spirited Coastal Construction Products, Advised Fund evening of international trivia that sent the winning Inc. Paul and Nina Goodwin EverBank team from Stanton to the national competition in William and Barbara Harrell Fidelity National Financial/ Washington, D.C. Lambrou Andrews Foundation, Black Knight Financial Services Inc. – Fred Lambrou, M.D. and • More than 120 students attended the second annual FIS Global Pat Andrews The Haskell Company David and Elaine Strickland Kick-Off Dinner & Dialogue and discussed, “Myanmar: Jacksonville University A Fragile State’s Transition to Democracy.” • The International Crisis Management Exercise Silver Sponsors ($5,000+) focused on developments in the Middle East and Adecco Group North America Bob and Sandy Cook challenged participants to develop foreign policy Baptist Health Robert and Sallie Ann Hart recommendations for their acting U.S. Presidents. CFA Society Admiral and Mrs. Jonathan T. Chase Howe • The Ambassador Marilyn McAfee Scholarship Foley & Lardner, LLP Holmes Private Client Group Program provided two awards to area college – Marty Jones Holland & Knight, LLP students in support of their study abroad programs. The Mackowski Family McGuireWoods, LLP Foundation – Dick and Marty Pet Paradise Jones Regency Centers Carolyn Marsh Lindsay 2015 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL EXPENSES* US Assure W. Radford Lovett II Speaker Program VyStar Credit Union Chuck and Nicki Moorer 67% Management Retina Associates, P.A. Russell and Joannie Newton and General – Fred Lambrou, M.D. Fred and Susan Schantz Education Program 19% Cecilia Bryant, Esq. and Jay and Deannie Stein TOTAL EXPENSES: Dr. Richard Lipsey Foundation Trust $698,230 Pete and Marilyn Carpenter 14% Bronze Sponsors ($3,000+) Bringing the World Closer 2015 WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL REVENUE BBVA Compass Ambassador Marilyn McAfee AND SUPPORT* Chubb Group of Insurance (Ret.) Sponsorships Companies Edward and Karen Rogan 58% Membership Dues Jackson Lewis James and Jeanne Winston and Contributions Jax Chamber Contributions, in-kind 27% Ticket Sales Grants 11% Other Revenue Media Sponsors TOTAL REVENUE AND 2% SUPPORT: $705,363 2015-2016 YEAR IN REVIEW 1% 1% 100 Festival Park Avenue Jacksonville, Florida 32202 SPEAKER ENDOWMENT CORPUS*: $612,143 EDUCATION ENDOWMENT CORPUS*: $409,628 (904) 280-8162 *audited financials as of fiscal year end 6/30/2015 [email protected] worldaffairscounciljax.org HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PAST YEAR FEATURED SPEAKERS 2015-2016 Age of Ambition in Innovation and Creativity: Membership the New China The Future of IT • The Council has more than 900 members, of whom EVAN OSNOS STEVE WOZNIAK half are at the Premier level. Washington Correspondent, The New Yorker Co-Founder, Apple Computer • Magellan Society membership (21-40 years) includes more than 80 members. Magellan Society Banking in the Next 25 Years Disruptive Technologies FRANK MARTIRE ED BAKER • Hosted in partnership with GlobalJax, a Global Executive Chairman, FIS Vice President of Growth, Uber Exchange focused on transparency and accountability in Europe’s government with delegates from Albania, Czech Republic, Georgia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Slovokia, Slovenia and Ukraine. • Six young professionals participated in the Mentor Global Hot Spots and Blind Spots India Rising Program, partnering with Council leaders. ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER AMBASSADOR R. NICHOLAS BURNS Foreign Policy Expert and CEO, New America U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political • The Quarterly Saloons brought panels of speakers Affairs (2005-2008), U.S. Ambassador to to discuss topics such as international finance, NATO (2001-2005), Professor, Practice of transportation and logistics and international sports. Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard • Luncheon Ladders provided Magellan Society Kennedy School Members opportunities to meet with Council leaders Corporate Social Responsibility and discuss professional and international interests. LAURA ANGELINI In collaboration with Cultural Fusion, the lunches President, North America & Global Franchise Cyber War expanded to lift the voices of cultural and artistic Development, Johnson & Johnson Vision RICHARD A. CLARKE leaders in the community. Care, Inc. National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter- • The “I Digress…” Socials were held after every Global terrorism (1998-2001) Issues Evening, encouraging in depth discussion of the CEO, Good Harbor Security Risk Management night’s presentation. Strategic Situation in The Middle East GENERAL JOHN ABIZAID, USA (RET.) Speaker Series The State of Our Port Combatant Commander, U.S. Central BRIAN TAYLOR • Our seven Global Issues Evenings speakers provided Command (2003-2007) CEO, JAXPORT valuable insights into many diverse international issues. Every presentation at the University of North Florida was sold-out. World-Class Medical Care • Thanks to partnerships with The River Club and GIANRICO FARRUGIA, M.D. Vice President of Mayo Clinic and CEO Jacksonville University, each of the seven Global of Mayo Clinic in Florida Economic Outlook and Business Luncheons met an important need of our Policy Views business community. DENNIS LOCKHART • With the help of WJCT Public Radio and articles in the President and CEO, Federal Reserve Jacksonville Business Journal and Florida Times-Union, Stalin and Putin’s Rise Bank of Atlanta these speaker series reached far beyond the 9,500 STEPHEN KOTKIN, PH.D. audience members who attended. Acting Director for Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at NATO Princeton University AMBASSADOR ROMAN POPADIUK The World Affairs Council of Jacksonville Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Principal, Morgan Lewis Consulting appreciates the generous support of our Borderless Economics donors who helped make the 2015-2016 ROBERT GUEST season successful. Foreign Editor, The Economist.