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www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com x March 2 — 15, 2023 x 5<br />
Q Gotha<br />
Gotha resident Bill Cowles,<br />
Orange County’s longest-serving supervisor<br />
of elections, announced that<br />
he intends to retire at the end of his<br />
current term, Jan. 6, 2025. He has<br />
been an integral part of the Orange<br />
County Supervisor of Elections office<br />
since 1989. Prior to joining the<br />
elections team as chief deputy, Bill<br />
served 13 years on the staff of the<br />
Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts<br />
of America. He was elected as the<br />
Orange County supervisor of elections<br />
in 1996 and was reelected in<br />
every election since. Bill supervises<br />
the fifth-largest county elections office<br />
in the state of Florida. “It has<br />
been the role of a lifetime to be<br />
trusted by the citizens of Orange<br />
County to conduct secure elections<br />
with the highest standards of integrity,”<br />
Bill said. “After a fulfilling 33<br />
years (which will be 35 years at the<br />
end of the term), first as chief deputy<br />
and now supervisor, it is time to<br />
pass the torch and retire to private<br />
life and enjoy time with my wife and<br />
four grandsons.”<br />
Q Windermere<br />
IN YOURNEIGHBORHOOD<br />
Windermere resident<br />
Martha Harriman,<br />
CPA, was appointed<br />
interim board chairperson<br />
of Dave’s House.<br />
During her one-year<br />
term, Martha will be the<br />
first woman to lead the<br />
nonprofit’s work to end<br />
homelessness for men<br />
and women with serious<br />
mental illness through<br />
the development of<br />
permanent supportive<br />
housing. She succeeds<br />
Adam Schwartz of<br />
Schwartz Coaching &<br />
Advisory Inc., who completed<br />
his three-year<br />
term in 2022. Martha,<br />
a longtime Dave’s<br />
House advocate, previously served<br />
as board treasurer and an executive<br />
committee member for nine years.<br />
During this time, the nonprofit established<br />
best practice accounting<br />
procedures and met solid financial<br />
objectives year-over-year.<br />
Q Woodlands of<br />
Windermere<br />
compiled by Lauren Salinero<br />
Martha<br />
Harriman,<br />
CPA, of<br />
Windermere<br />
is the new<br />
interim board<br />
chairperson for<br />
Dave’s House.<br />
This year, Woodlands of<br />
Windermere’s homeowners association<br />
combined its annual meeting<br />
with the community’s Chili Cook-off.<br />
Residents who attended the meeting<br />
ate delicious food and mingled with<br />
their neighbors. The Chili Cook-off<br />
winners were Heather Mangum,<br />
Heather Mangum (right), Nancy Borkes (center)<br />
and Marjorie Dillingham place first, second and third,<br />
respectively, at the Woodlands of Windermere annual Chili<br />
Cook-off.<br />
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