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<strong>2016</strong> BOARD<br />
OF DIRECTORS<br />
President – Mark Lawrence<br />
Simply Yards Landscaping<br />
Mark Lawrence<br />
Board President<br />
To all that celebrate our Clubs with me,<br />
Following two very strong Board Presidents can be intimidating, regardless of the<br />
size of the organization, or mission, especially when both had worked hard to provide<br />
leadership that resulted in our Clubs doubling in size in just two years! I have<br />
been fortunate that during my board service with the Boys & Girls Club of Skagit<br />
County, my peers have time and again demonstrated passion and advocacy at<br />
an inspirational level of engagement. Thank you to Annette Booth and Stephanie<br />
Hooper, and those they followed, who built the foundation of an amazing agency<br />
that now serves more than 1,700 annually in our local communities.<br />
Even with such significant leadership to model after, I have been blessed with<br />
the ability to benefit from additional development opportunities through Boys &<br />
Girls Clubs. In May, my wife Jackie joined me in New Orleans, LA with several<br />
other Board members, as we attended the 110th National Conference of Boys<br />
& Girls Clubs of America. We attended sessions on Leadership, Board Development,<br />
Strategic Planning, and much more. However, it was the General Sessions<br />
that really touched us in a meaningful way.<br />
Not only were the keynote speakers superb, providing meaningful and<br />
thought-provoking messages, it was hearing from Club kids from all over America,<br />
seeing a dance troupe perform from a local Club, and witnessing the result<br />
of the collective impact of more than 4,000 Clubs just like ours, reaching 4 million<br />
youth each year, that touched Jackie and me personally. We are truly part<br />
of something special, and very much honored to be.<br />
Attending another gathering this fall, with more of a regional focus, I had the<br />
opportunity to dig deeper with other board members, and through those discussions<br />
and in comparing operational information, learned that our Club staff are<br />
simply awesome, our Board top notch, and that the Boys & Girls Clubs of Skagit<br />
County is quite healthy and instituting best practices in every way. Where others<br />
may struggle, we shine, and so your important investment in our organization<br />
is truly getting the best return on investment possible. In fact, at the Regional<br />
Conference, we were twice honored in front of a full room of our peers. Our Board<br />
received a League of Eagles award, and for the second year in a row, our Clubs<br />
earned a Gateway to Impact Award from Boys & Girls Clubs of America.<br />
Thank you for joining us in this journey as we work to change lives in Skagit County,<br />
Mark Lawrence<br />
Owner, Simply Yards Landscaping & Design<br />
Vice President – Mike Gubrud<br />
Mike Gubrud Farmers Insurance Agency<br />
Vice President – Kelly Tuohig<br />
Tesoro Corporation<br />
Treasurer – Becky Taft<br />
Skagit Bank<br />
Secretary – Carrie Wallace<br />
Skagit Bank<br />
Past President – Stephanie Hooper<br />
Bayside Specialties<br />
Past President – Annette Booth<br />
Booth Insurance/Allstate Insurance Co.<br />
Member – Pat Barrett<br />
Barrett Financial, LTD<br />
Member – Dr. Carl Bruner<br />
Mount Vernon School District<br />
Superintendent<br />
Member – Raymond Goda<br />
DreamchasersRV of Burlington<br />
Member – Tom Pasma<br />
Tom L. Pasma Auctioneers<br />
Double S Quarter Horses, Inc<br />
Member – Tina Asp<br />
Image360<br />
Member – Danielle Martin<br />
Rodan + Fields Dermatologists<br />
Member – Holly Shannon<br />
Carson Law Group<br />
Member – Jennifer Fix<br />
Peace Health<br />
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