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$25 million nonprofit adds two trustees to serve three-year terms

The pair will help guide the institution's vision for the future


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Courtesy. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens announced the addition of Aaron Bellamy to the governing board of trustees.
Courtesy. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens announced the addition of Aaron Bellamy to the governing board of trustees.
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SARASOTA —Marie Selby Botanical Gardens (Selby Gardens) announced the addition of two new individuals to the governing board of trustees.  

Courtesy. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens announced the addition of Renée James Gilmore to the governing board of trustees.
Courtesy. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens announced the addition of Renée James Gilmore to the governing board of trustees.
Courtesy. Beginning July 1, Marianne McComb will serve as board chair.
Courtesy. Beginning July 1, Marianne McComb will serve as board chair.

Aaron Bellamy and Renée James Gilmore will each serve a three-year term beginning July 1. They will help guide the strategic vision for the future of the institution, according to a press release. The Selby Gardens' assets to date total $25,709,018.

Bellamy is a Sarasota native who currently serves as the youth and family advocate manager with the Safe Children Coalition Residential Program. He previously served on Selby Gardens’ Advisory Committee.

Renée James Gilmore is the executive producer of Empowering Voices on ABC7 and a fourth generation Sarasotan. She also owns Saja Group LLC.

Also beginning July 1, Marianne McComb will serve as board chair and Dr. Joel Morganroth will serve as vice chair.

McComb and her husband Bill are leadership donors to the campaign for Selby Gardens’ Master Plan, the release states. 

Dr. Morganroth chairs Selby Gardens’ Finance Committee and he and his wife, Dr. Gail Morrison Morganroth are the visionary donors for the campaign for Selby Gardens’ Master Plan.

Continuing Selby Gardens’ trustees include: 

Courtesy. Beginning July 1, Dr. Joel Morganroth will serve as vice chair.
Courtesy. Beginning July 1, Dr. Joel Morganroth will serve as vice chair.
  • Allison Archbold, esq.
  • Daniel “Pat” Ball 
  • Ariane Dart 
  • Norbert Donelly
  • Jean Weidner Goldstein 
  • Teri Hansen 
  • Marcy Klein 
  • Katherine Martucci 
  • Cornelia Matson 
  • Keith Monda 
  • Mike Quillen
  • Jeannie Russell 
  • Pauline Wamsler 
  • Michael Wilson, esq. 
  • Margaret Wise
  • Jennifer Rominiecki, president and CEO of Selby Gardens

Selby Gardens provides 45 acres of bayfront sanctuaries, which is composed of the 15-acre Downtown Sarasota campus and the 30-acre Historic Spanish Point campus in the Osprey area of Sarasota County.

 

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