Management/Collaborations

Management 

CEO/Executive Director: Gene Jones

CEO Term Start: Sept 2015

CEO Email: flveterans@aol.com

CEO Experience: Florida Veterans for Common Sense Fund Inc. does not have an Executive Director, CEO, or any paid staff.  The name listed as CEO is the Board President.

Number of Volunteers: 50

Organization has Strategic Plan:  A strategic plan outline has been developed in consultation with the Community Foundation of Sarasota County.  The organization is operating in accord with the outline although the plan is under constant review and revision.

Collaborations

Florida Veterans for Common Sense Fund, Inc. is the charitable arm of Florida Veterans for Common Sense, Inc. which together have collaborated with the following:

  • 12thJudicial Circuit Court Administration (Judge Lee Haworth)
  • 12thJudicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office
  • 12thJudicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office
  • All Faiths Food Bank
  • American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Flag Day)
  • American Troubadour Project (Bill Schustik)
  • Eddie McKeithen Nursery
  • Florida Native Plant Society of Sarasota, Inc. 
  • Goodwill Industries
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Jewish Family and Children Services of the Suncoast
  • Kiwanis Club of Sarasota
  • Manasota Track Club
  • MSC Foundation
  • Nations Group, The
  • Rotary Club of Sarasota Bay
  • Salvation Army
  • Sarasota Audubon Society
  • Sarasota County Bar Association
  • Sarasota County Extension Office
  • Sarasota County Health Department
  • Sarasota County Veterans Commission (FLVCS is a Member Organization)
  • Solutions to Avoid Red Tide (START)
  • Suncoast Science Center
  • Turning Points
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
  • University of Florida IFAS
  • Veterans for Common Sense
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sarasota (Flag Day)
  • Venice Area Audubon Society
  • Vietnam Brotherhood
  • WSLR, Fogartyville Café

 

Awards

Award Awarding Organization Year
Distinguished Service Award by a Layperson to the Legal Community Sarasota County Bar Association 2012

 

Nondiscrimination Policy: Yes

Whistle Blower Policy: Yes

Document Destruction Policy: Yes

Directors and Officers Insurance Policy: No