Education:   

• MBA in finance and accounting (1979)
• Graduate student in Philosophy, focusing on ethics at USF.  

Employment: 

• Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Lykes Bros. Inc.   (a family owned business involved in an agricultural {citrus, cattle, ranching}, insurance, and land entitlement)
• President Lykes Land Investments (real estate division)
• President of EcoAsset Solutions (carbon and environmental consulting division)

Over 25 years experience as CFO and in upper management, including strategic planning, finance and accounting, human resources, legal department management, information technology, insurance, office management.

• Adjunct Instructor at SPC since 2005, teaching both the basic Applied Ethics course (1600) and the Professional Ethics course (1631). 

Community and academic involvement:

• Chair of the SPC Applied Ethics Center Advisory Board
• Chair of the University of the University of Tampa Center for Ethics Advisory Board 
• Big Brothers of Pinellas (I am a "big" with a little brother)
• The Beth Waters Friendship Fund (supports the Spring of Tampa Bay, Athena and Faces of Courage)
• Board of the Audubon of Florida
• Board of Governors of the Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriting Association
• Board of Florida Research Consortium