FAU Foundation

Board Members

The Florida Atlantic Foundation Board lends their leadership, expertise and time to further the Foundation’s mission. They work diligently so the Foundation remains a trusted fiscal steward of donors’ gifts and wishes.

The 2023-24 Executive Committee

Foundation Board Chair
Chair, Executive Committee
Principal, Evergreen Partners
Oakland Park, FL
2016-present
Chair, Real Estate Committee
Managing Partner, Mainstreet Capital Partners
Boca Raton, FL
2021-Present
Chair, Investment Committee
Managing Director, Wealth Management, UBS Financial Services Inc.
Boca Raton, FL
2020-present

The 2023-24 Directors

Chief Operating Officer/Partner at Phil Smith Automotive Group
Pompano Beach, FL
2023 – Present
President and Co-Founder of the Palm Beach Investment Research Group Inc.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2022-present

Limited Purpose Directors

Ex-Officio Members

Voting and Non-voting Campus Representatives

Directors Emerita, Emeritus

An Honorary Title Bestowed by the Board on a Past Member

Lois Pope, 2001
William French, 2003
Brian Utley, 2004
Kathleen Assaf, 2005
Ronald Assaf, 2006
Eleanor Baldwin, 2006
Marjorie Pearlson, 2006
Phil Smith ’69, 2013
Jacqueline Becker, 2016
Ira Gelb, 2016
Elizabeth Zinman, 2016