Deering Estate Foundation Celebrates 20 Years
Director Liede De Valdivielso, Director David Marley Jr., Mary Beth Marley
Trustees Phil Ludovici, Mary Young, Peter England
Susan and Scott Silver
Directors Jocelyn Tenille (great-granddaughter of Charles Deering), Buff March-Bye, Executive Director Mary Pettit, President Walter Flores
Gema Pinon, Robert Jensen, Director of the Elizabeth Orway Dunn Foundation
Director Buff March Bye, Don Bye
Elva Brady, Founder Thomas B. Brad, Tom French Director Lynn French
Councilman Howard Tendrich, Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene Flinn
Dr. Lisa Esserman and past President Howard Tendrich
Naturalist Ernie Lent, Kathleen Lent
Adriana Munoz, Asst. Miami-Dade County Manager Alex Munoz
Palmetto Bay Mayor Eugene Flinn, Councilman Howard Tendrich, Deering Estate Foundation Exec. Dir. Mary Pettit, Commissioner Katy Sorenson, Deering Estate at Cutler Director Bill Irvine, Director of Parks Jack Kardys
Artist Brian F. Call and Deputy Director Jennifer Tisthammer
Dr James Jude, Trustee Sallye Jude, Founders Audrey Ross and Ronald Esserman, Charlene Esserrman
Founder Audrey Ross
Executive Director Mary Pettit with Founders Audrey Ross, Ronald Esserman, Sandra C. Tinsley and Thomas B. Brady
director of Parks Jack Kardys, President Walter flores, President Elect Dan Yglesias, Director Deering Estate at Cutler Bill Irvine
The 2009-2010 Deering Estate Foundation Board of Directors
The Deering Estate Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Deering Estate at Cutler, hosted an intimate celebration in the historic Stone House and the palm-rimmed courtyard, to celebrate its twentieth anniversary. Now a crown jewel of the Miami-Dade County park system, the Estate is a sanctuary for nature’s inhabitants, and a thriving hub of cultural, educational and recreational activities. Under the leadership of Walter Flores, President and Mary Pettit, Foundation Executive Director, the night was designed to pay special tribute to its Founders: Audrey Ross, Patricia Frost, Sandra C. Tinsley, Thomas B. Brady, Donald E. Kubit, Wendell R. Beard, Ronald Esserman, Judith L. George, Homer Q. Kimbrell III, John G. McMillian, George N. Jenkins, Bruce W. Greer, and the late Lynn F. Lummus, for their vision to preserve, protect and enhance the Estate for this and future generations, and for their leadership that served to seed the tremendous growth and progress we enjoy as a community today. Jocelyn Tenille, great-granddaughter of Charles Deering, was a special guest, relating her childhood memories of the Estate and on special occasions sleeping overnight in the Richmond Cottage.
