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2019 VOLUNTEER
INSTRUCTORS &
GUEST SPEAKERS
NOLEN BAILEY
CPS Investment Advisors
STACY BUTTERFIELD
Polk County Clerk of Courts
& County Comptroller
BETSY CLEVELAND
Polk County Supervisor of
Elections Office
STEPHANIE COLON
Prime Meridian Bank
TAVIA CONNER
City of Haines City
PAM CRAVEN, Ph.D.
Learning Resource Center
HOST LOCATIONS
ORATHAI NORTHERN, Ph.D.
Polk State College
Bok Tower Gardens
BONNIE PARKER
Citizens Bank & Trust Catapult
SARA BETH REYNOLDS
Polk County Public Schools CNP
Central Florida Media Group
MARTHA SANTIAGO, Ed.D.
Commissioner, Polk County
BoCC Concord Coffee
GEORGE TINSLEY
Tinsley Family Concessions, Inc. Florida Southern College
ASHLEY TROUTMAN
Northwestern Mutual Harrison School of the Arts
Florida Polytechnic
University
Gourmet Goodies
DEENA WARE
Town of Dundee JA Finance Park
PHIL WEGMAN
Furr & Wegman Architects, P.A. LEGOLAND Florida Resort
Lakeland Regional Health
MADE
PATRICK FAGAN
Citizens Bank & Trust
DERIC FEACHER
City of Haines City
CHANDRA FREDERICK
Polk County BoCC
ABDIEL GONZALEZ
5th and Hall
STACY HEACOCK-WEEKS
Heacock Insurance
CHRISTINA INGRASSIA
Florida Southern College
JAMES KEENE
City of Haines City
JEN LAY
Keller Williams Realty, Inc.
JOSH LEWIS
Morgan Stanley
LORI MARTINI
GiveWell Community
Foundation
HONORABLE DANA MOORE
10th Judicial Circuit Court
TRACY MOUNCEY
Tracy Mouncey and
Associates
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Polk County BoCC
C A P S TO N E E X P E R I E N C E
C R E AT I V E A R T S I N D U S T RY
Careers in arts & entertainment took
center stage when students visited
Harrison School of the Arts for an
in-depth look into the world of sound
engineering.
G OV E R N M E N T &
P U B L I C SA F E T Y
An entire day was devoted to exposing
students to the many and varied
career opportunities in county and city
government and law enforcement.
The itinerary included a visit with Polk
County Commissioner, Dr. Martha
Santiago. Students then were assigned
roles and took part in a mock County
Commission Meeting.
The day-long capstone experience
began with a visit to Finance Park
in Tampa. Students were randomly
assigned various scenarios related
to personal income and financial
decision-making. They were tasked
with establishing banking services
and managing expenses such as
housing, transportation, insurance,
furnishings, and health care, as well
as making investment decisions.
Polk County History Center
Polk County Sheriff’s Office
(Support Services Hangar)
Polk State College
Ritz Theatre
Rochelle School of the Arts
Southeastern University
SUN ‘n FUN
TOP LEFT: Bonnie Parker of Citizens
Bank & Trust assisted with the student
learning exercises during the visit to
Finance Park.
SunTrax
VISTE
TOP RIGHT: At the Polk County Sheriff
Aviation Unit students learned the role
of aviation in law enforcement and
the tactical vehicles that are used in
protecting citizens.
BOTTOM: Polk State College Lakeland
Campus hosted the concluding capstone
activities. Leadership Polk Alumni
volunteered to review resume’s and
perform mock interviews with students.
I truly enjoyed interviewing ‘my’ girls and
having open discussion with them.  Even
though the intent was for me to teach them,
in reality we learned a lot from each other.
— LORI MARTINI, Chief Philanthropic
Officer, GiveWell Community Foundation
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