Auxiliary Board Members

FOUNDING BOARD MEMBERS

Barbara Camasso
Owner of “Born to Shop” - an upscale designer resale shop
Barbara was born and raised in southern New Jersey and worked as a Senior Bank Teller for 5 years. She has been married for 33 years and moved to Florida in 2003. As part of her business today she buys and sells designer goods and is an expert personal shopper. Her hobbies include travel (especially cruising), sports, music and exercising.
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Ann D’Auria
BankAtlantic
Ann has been a personal banking specialist at BankAtlantic since 1992. She loves to give back to her community and volunteers her time with several organizations including the Starlight Children’s Foundation, Children’s Home Society Auxiliary, Cystic Fibrosis and the Boys and Girls Club.
She is so dedicated that she has been honored with the Volunteer of the Year award in 2010 from Starlight and the Heart of the Community award from Volunteer Broward. She is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University.
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Ellen Devine
Executive Assistant to the President and CEO of Bluegreen Corporation
Ellen joined Bluegreen in 1995 and today she is now the Executive Assistant to the President and CEO of Bluegreen, which now includes more than 45 resorts. Ellen's responsibilities also include managing rewards and recognition for the company and overseeing the corporation's philanthropic activities.
Ellen played a pivotal role in the creation and development of the BEAR (Bluegreen Employee Action Resource) Team and its employee-based charitable work that benefits Christel House, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the American Red Cross and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. More than $ 1 million has been raised for these organizations under Ellen's leadership.
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Michelle Johnson
Senior Communications Analyst for Coventry Health Care of Florida

Michelle Johnson spearheads the company’s social responsibility initiatives, managing Coventry’s annual grant program, sponsorships, donation drives and other community partnerships. Her responsibilities also include internal and external communications and media relations.

Prior to joining Coventry in 2004, Johnson was the communications manager for the Broward/Palm Beach region of the National Conference for Community and Justice. She is a member of the board of directors for Partners in Education and a 1997 graduate of Hampton University, where she received a B.A. in Mass Media. Johnson resides in Miami with her husband. 
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Maria Meyer

Maria Meyer is a native of Washington, D.C. She and her husband Kyle raised their two daughters in Northern Virginia.  In 1999 they moved to Fort Lauderdale when relocating a business.  Maria received her undergraduate degree from University of Maryland and her MBA from Marymount University.

Maria is the Managing Member of Creative Capital Solutions, LLC.  Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Creative Capital Solutions, LLC is a private company that invest entrepreneurial capital in small growth companies.   Previously, she was with Nextel Communications as a Senior Director of Marketing and Learning Solutions. Maria, also, was a Senior Director of Marketing for HCA and HIA.

She is on the Executive and Friends Boards of Jack and Jill Children’s Center and is a board member of the Forum on Women’s Health, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. 
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Susan B. Tischler
Prudential Florida Realty
Susan Tischler was raised in New Jersey and attended Lafayette College as a Biology/Education major.

She taught biology for 6 years at Highland Regional High School in Blackwood, NJ. She also worked at the US DOJ Drug Enforcement Administration for 22 years as a Special Agent assigned to Newark, NJ; San Diego, CA; Assit. Country Attache Bern, SZ; Group Supervisor Miami, FL; Assit. Special Agent in Charge New Orleans, LA; and Head of Office of Professional Responsibility, Plantation, FL. Currently she has worked with Prudential Florida Realty for 6 years.

She volunteers her time at Gilda's Club South Florida, Volunteer Broward and Habitat for Humanity Palm Beach.
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