Author: connie
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Originally from Brussels, Belgium, Frank Verpoorten spent the previous 13 years in New York, until two years ago when he was convinced by Kathleen van Bergen, CEO and president of Artis—Naples, to come to Naples, primarily because of her vision for the Baker Art Museum. He moved to Naples with his wife and two sons.…
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Bill Barker—previously the publisher of the Tampa Tribune and president of Tampa Media Group, Inc., Scripps affiliates—along with Manny Garcia—previously the executive editor of el Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language daily in Miami, part of the Miami Herald group, a Scripps affiliate—spoke to the NPC members at the March 27 luncheon. Barker, now publisher and president…
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“He’s a person with a theme in his life, and that theme is caring for others,” were the words that Randy Jones, NPC VP/Programs, spoke when he introduced speaker C. Scott Campbell, Market Chief Executive Officer, Physicians Regional Healthcare System, at the February 27, 2014 NPC Luncheon at the Hilton Naples. Campbell, speaking to…
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Mei-Mei Chan (pronounced “Me, Me”), president and publisher of The News Press Media Group, told her “Coming to America” success story to the 72 Press Club of Southwest Florida members and guests in attendance at the January 23 luncheon meeting at the Hilton Naples. “Destinations are important,” said Chan, “but the journeys are of more…
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At the Nov. 21st NPC Luncheon Meeting, movie producer K C Schulberg shared his plans to shoot a local movie in May and June in Everglades City. The movie, “A Dream Last Night,” is based on magical realism, and is, in a way, a tribute to his grandfather B P Schulberg and his grandfather’s 1957…
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Ms. van Bergen told the NPC members and guests the story about why she was not able to keep her initial speaking engagement with NPC on Jan. 24, 2013. She flew into Brussels that day to meet with Andrey Boreyko, the conductor she wanted to bring to Artis-Naples as the new Music Director for…
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Oscar Santiago (Golden Gate HS 2011), one of our Press Club of Southwest Florida Scholarship Students, attended the June 20th NPC Mixer and shared some of his recent activities. In May he attended the Florida Model Legislature as a member of the Press Corp. In June he presented the Florida College System Student Government Association…
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Thirty hours. That is how long it takes to get from RSW Airport, Ft. Myers, FL, to Kabul, Afghanistan. Mimi Gregory, past president of the Naples Council of World Affairs, began her May 23 NPC luncheon talk by describing her recent one-week trip to Afghanistan. She was invited to be part of an eight-person delegation…
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At the April 25th luncheon meeting at the Hilton-Naples, NPC members heard from a panel of four FGCU Journalism students and their professors about Journalism classes, 2013-style. The panel included three Journalism majors, all juniors: Andrew Friedgen (Opinion Editor-FGCU’s Eagle News and current recipient of the NPC Endowed Journalism FGCU Scholarship), Kahlan Rosenblatt (soon to…
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