- March 23, 2017
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Stacy Ridenour and Tom Koski
John McIntyre and Sarasota School Board Chairwoman Caroline Zucker
Jack Brill, Sarasota Office of Business and Economic Development Director Jeff Maultsby and Greg Elwell
Mimi Cirbusova and Linda Termine
Patrick Wright and Jim Shirley
Argus Foundation' s Christine Robinson, Chamber of Commerce Chairman George McGonagill, Superintendent Todd Bowden, Chamber President Kevin Cooper, Argus Vice President Jeffrey Charlotte and Education Foundation' s Jennifer Vigne.
Tim Shaw and Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce board member Tom Roberts
Sarasota County School Board member Jane Goodwin and George Mazzarantani
Alex and Mark Morin
Sam Lowry and Stephen Fancher
Art hardy, Sonia Figaredo-Alberts, Karen Rose, Heidi Anderson and Roy Sprinkle
Kimberlie Buchanan and Angie Oxley
Sarasota County School Board member Bridget Ziegler
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County Mark Huey and Sarasota Chamber of Commerce Vice President Brittany Lamont
Tom Buchanan and Jonathan Miller
Superintendent Todd Bowden laughs while Senior Vice President for Community Investment for Gulf Coast Community Foundation Jon Thaxton introduces him.
Superintendent Todd Bowden addresses guests.
Sarasota County School Board Chairwoman Caroline Zucker laughs during Superintendent Bowden' s address.
Argus Foundation Executive Director Christine Robinson welcomes Superintendent Todd Bowden.
Jon Thaxton, the senior vice president for community investment for Gulf Coast Community Foundation, said he was going to read from a script first and then tell members of the Argus Foundation, the Education Foundation of Sarasota County and the Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce what he really thought about Sarasota County Public Schools Superintendent Todd Bowden.
The three groups gathered March 1 at the Sarasota Opera House to welcome Bowden to his new role as leader of the public school district. He was sworn in earlier that day.
Thaxton gave a small synopsis of Bowden's background at Suncoast Technical College, and then he paused.
"Doctor Bowden gets it," Thaxton said before handing the microphone to the new superintendent.
Bowden thanked the Sarasota County School Board members in attendance for selecting him for the job.
"I'm standing here because Sarasota is unique. Sarasota is special," Bowden said. "Our board realized that we needed someone that knows our community ... and that's why I'm standing here today."
