Board of Directors

Building Houses,

Building Hope!

Board of Directors

Habitat for Humanity Palm Beach County, Inc. has a highly engaged Board of Directors with

diverse backgrounds and expertise. The Board has a vital leadership role in making

strategic decisions about the immediate and longer-range direction of our affiliate, as well

as identifying and obtaining essential financial support.

Wilton White, President

Wilton L. White graduated with high distinction from the University of Virginia in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He was awarded his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1988. Admitted to The Florida Bar in 1988, Mr. White practices in the areas of real estate and general business law. He lectures on real estate related topics and his community activities include serving as a board member for SunFest of Palm Beach County, the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, and Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County

Michael J. Sabatello, IV, Immediate Past President

Michael Sabatello, a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig in West Palm Beach, works with clients to protect and grow their real estate portfolios by representing them in commercial, residential and corporate real estate matters. He also specializes in representing homebuilders in Florida and in advising developers on the operation and turnover of community associations. For the past year, Michael has been Board President of the Board of Directors of Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County, Inc.

Christopher Andrews, Vice President of Planning

Christopher Andrews is currently the Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor for Merrill Lynch and has over 16 years of investment and financial management experience. Previous to joining Merrill Lynch in 1999 he was a Vice President with J.P. Morgan Private Bank for 3 years, working in Palm Beach and New York. Prior to that he worked for Goldman Sachs in their Equity Derivatives Group in London and New York for nearly 3 years. Prior to that Chris worked as a Financial Manager for Parker Drilling Company International for over 2 years, assigned to several overseas offices in South America and Africa.

Christopher Heggen, Vice President of Retail Store Operations

Chris Heggen earned a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. For eight years he has worked as a transportation engineer with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. in West Palm Beach and is currently an associate with the firm. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Florida and primarily works on the land use entitlements for private land development clients throughout Palm Beach and Broward Counties. He has been active with Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County since 2001.

Carl V. Romano, ESQ., Vice President of Legal Affairs

Carl Romano is an Partner in the West Palm Beach office of Broad and Cassel. He is a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Mr. Romano has experience with commercial real estate loan transactions, including construction and conduit loans. He has also assisted clients with commercial leases, as well as the acquisition and development of properties. Mr. Romano has represented institutional lenders in connection with new money loans, acquisition and development financing, and conduit transactions. He has represented shopping centers and mall developers in connection with the leasing of shopping center and mall properties. Mr. Romano was a Captain in the United States Marine Corps.

Jennifer L. Tighe, Vice President of Property Acquisition & Management

Jennifer Tighe is a ASLA, Principal-in-charge at Land Design South in West Palm Beach. She is responsible for site planning, master planning, and preparation and coordination of government submittals. She coordinates the approval process for developments of regional impact, Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Concurrency, Rezoning, Conditional Uses, and final site plan approvals. As Director of Land Planning Jennifer directs staff in the design and development of all master plans, site plans and submittals to various municipalities in Florida. In addition to working for the largest builders and developers in south Florida, Jennifer also has worked with The Florida Department of Transportation as an eminent domain consultant.

Derek Cooper, ESQ., Secretary

Derek S. Cooper is an associate at Greenberg Traurig, PA. As a litigator, he does a lot of pro bono work for HFHPBC. Derek is a graduate of Florida State University and University of Florida Levin College of Law. Recently Derek got married. He and Lana are now searching for their dream house.

Nigel Fullick, Assistant Secretary

Originally from London, England, Nigel grew up in Michigan but has called South Florida his home since 1975. His experience, leadership, and dedication have earned him numerous awards in the mortgage banking industry. Nigel Fullick is a proud U.S. Army veteran (1972-75) and an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University (1979). An avid snow skier growing up, he raced World Cup for four years. Nigel was an original member of the U.S. Speed Skiing Team (1986-88) and of the U.S. Ski Association Olympic Committee for Speed Skiing. After retiring from ski racing, Nigel spent seven years as President, and then COO, for two national ski companies. Active in the community, Nigel serves on the Board of several nonprofit organizations.

Thomas Walker, Treasurer

Thomas Barclay Walker is a Partner of Tatum, LLC, admitted as an equity partner in 1998. The Partnership is a unique national organization which provides executive level Chief Financial Officer (CFO) services to companies undergoing rapid and significant change, executive services which they generally could otherwise not have access to or afford. He has over 30 years of senior executive management experience in the financial services industry with large, multinational corporations, public and private, as well as entrepreneurial enterprises. He has managed start-up companies, turnaround situations, as well as large corporations with multiple locations, domestically and internationally. He is an NASD Licensed General Securities Principal. He has served as Adjunct Professor of Economics at various Colleges and Universities.

Timothy Burke

Tim Burke is a Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Commercial Bank for National City Corporation in South Florida. Tim joined National City in 1998 and spent time in the Bank's Corporate Banking Training Program as a Credit Analyst, as a Portfolio Manager within National City's Asset Based Lending Group, and time as a Relationship Manager within the Commercial Bank prior to being named to his current position in May 2007. Tim received his bachelor's degree in Economics from John Carroll University and a Master's in Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University. Tim is active in the community, including serving on the Board of Directors for the Chamber of the Palm Beaches, and resides with his wife (Rita) and children (Timmy, Jack) in Palm Beach Gardens.

Brian Cich

Brian C. Cich is the Senior Vice President for Development at Rendina Companies. Mr. Cich oversees land development activities for projects in Rendina Companies' Eastern Region. Mr. Cich has significant experience with all phases of project development, including planning, land acquisition, zoning and development approvals. Prior to joining Rendina Companies, Mr. Cich was a partner with a law firm in Canton, Ohio where his practice included real estate law, commercial loan and financing transactions, condominium law, land use, zoning, commercial leasing, and development transactions. He holds a bachelor's degree from The Ohio State University and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Robert Cutler

Robert "Bob" Cutler was in the office equipment business in Philadelphia. After working for Savin Corporation, he founded Office Consultants, Inc. which sold, serviced, and supplied copiers, fax machines, and computers. Bob retired in 2001 and moved to Florida. He was a volunteer at the Habitat Affiliate for nearly 3 years before joining the Board of Directors. He is the Chairman of our Family Selection & Support Committee. Bob enjoys working with the Habitat Partner Families towards their goal of home ownership. In his spare time, he enjoys fishing, golfing, and hanging out with the grandkids.

Robert Frein

As Senior Vice President and Asset Manager for Kitson Communities, Bob participates in the due diligence and planning process of all of the company’s residential real estate projects; and then is ultimately responsible for successfully marketing these properties to both builders and consumers. For the past twenty-six years Bob has managed four major residential planned communities in northern Palm Beach County (PGA National, Old Marsh Golf Club, BallenIsles, and Ibis Golf & Country Clyb), and has earned the respect of many of the nations largest builders and developers. Bob graduated with a BA from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, NY and a Masters degree in Educational Communications from Syracuse University. Bob has two adult sons and lives with his wife Karen on a small ranch in northern Palm Beach County.

Brad Jankowski

Brad Jankowski is an Associate and Fiduciary Officer with the JPMorgan Private Bank in Palm Beach, Florida. He joined JPMorgan in Palm Beach in January 2007. Currently, Brad works directly with Private Bank clients throughout the Florida region regarding estate and trust administration matters.Brad graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in January 2006 where he earned his J.D., and is a member of the Bar of the State of Florida. He also graduated from Tulane University in May 2000 where he majored in Accounting and Information Systems. Brad is an avid tennis player and enjoys participating in community service endeavors.

JenniLynn Lawrence

JenniLynn Lawrence is a commercial litigator who has practiced in Florida since 1998. She has broad experience litigating commercial cases primarily focusing on real estate and contract disputes, employment matters and water rights. Prior to private practice, JenniLynn served as a senior staff attorney for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Elizabeth Marshall-Beasley

Elizabeth Marshall-Beasley is a registered landscape architect with

an undergraduate degree in Urban Politics, Policy and Planning from

Princeton University and a Master of Landscape Architecture from Florida

International University, where she earned membership to the Honor

Societies of Sigma Lambda Alpha and Phi Kappa Phi. Libby was

recently re-appointed by Florida’s Governor to an additional four year

term on the State’s Board of Landscape Architecture, which regulates the

profession. She is a distinguished lecturer in practice with the Graduate School of

Architecture at Florida International University, and serves as a professional

representative to the United States Veteran’s Administration Therapeutic and

Rehabilitative Design Task Force.

Jack Norris

Jack Norris is an Emmy award winning television producer with over 18 years of experience in the field of video production. He is employed as a Video Production Manager at Palm Beach County Fire Rescue. He has worked there for over 12 years and was named "Employee of the Year" in 2007. He and his staff produce award winning distance learning programming for emergency responders and community education programming that air on Palm Beach County's Governmental Channel 20. He has been involved with Habitat for Humanity locally for several years and has also participated in Habitat's Global Village Program by traveling to foreign countries to build affordable housing. He considers performing manual labor on the houses to be most gratifying part of his volunteer

work with Habitat.

Richard Rendina

Richard M. Rendina is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Rendina Companies. Mr. Rendina assumed this position under a succession plan put in place by his father, Bruce Rendina. Through this plan, Mr. Rendina has gained invaluable knowledge and experience working in positions of increasing responsibility. By growing up in the business through his previous internships at Rendina Companies, Mr. Rendina acquired significant medical real estate leasing, development and property management experience. Mr. Rendina also brings years of experience as an Analyst for Lehman Brother’s Banking Development Group, which sources all private equity and investment banking opportunities that come in through Lehman’s Private Client Division. His responsibilities included researching new business development, managing the banking referral database and analyzing more than 1,000 business plans a year. Mr. Rendina graduated

from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Business degree, majoring

in Management and Entrepreneurship.

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James Bramuchi, Founder, Emeritus Board Member

James "J.B." Bramuchi is the founder of Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County, Inc. He served in WWll and in the Korean War, and graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in civil engineering. Prior to starting the affiliate in 1986, JB was a self employed General Contractor in Palm Beach County. Retired now, J.B. spends his free time serving on the Board of Directors and leading volunteers onsite. When not motivating volunteers, JB can be found traveling the country with his wonderful wife, visiting his 7 children and many grandchildren.

Howarth Lewis, Emeritus Board Member

The Reverend Canon Howarth "Hap" Lewis is the Deacon in Charge at St. George’s Episcopal Church, & the CEO of St. George Community Center Inc. in Riviera Beach, Florida. Hap is also the Principal at the architecture firm of Lewis & Associates. His Architect record of over twelve hundred projects, totaling almost two billion dollars of value, ranges from single family residences, commercial projects, health care, institutional and correctional projects. Notable projects include: Columbia JFK Medical Center, St. Mary's Hospital, and Good Samaritan Hospital. Hap has served on the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County for 17 years.

Kenneth A. Weda, Emeritus Board Member

Ken Weda earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree at the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, and a Master’s Degree in Hospital Administration from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He was employed in various capacities at Good Samaritan Hospital for many years, retiring as President. He is a Past President of the Florida Hospital Association and was a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He was the Volunteer Administrator for Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County for seven years and has continued to serve on the Board and volunteer in various capacities. He has actively served in many ways in his church, with particular interest in missions and finances. He has

been seasonally employed as an office manager in tax offices and is now a

tax preparer during tax season each year.

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