V. Inez Archibald '85
V. Inez Archibald has had a distinguished career in public service and spiritual leadership. Her educational background includes a Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies from Stetson, which she earned in 1985. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Administration from Rollins College, and a Master of Divinity degree from Emory University.
Originally from Tortola's West End, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Inez currently serves as Deputy Governor of the Virgin Islands, a post she has held since 2008. She made history in 2003 when the 15th Legislative Council appointed her as the territory's first female Speaker of the House, a position she held until 2007. Inez served as Acting Governor in 2009. In addition, she is founder and director of J.S. Archibald Trust Services Ltd., the corporate and trust arm of J.S. Archibald & Co., and serves as Managing Director of Jipfa Investments Ltd.
Inez is a former member and chairwoman of the BVI Public Service Commission, and former member of the BVI Judicial and Legal Services Commission, the BVI Income Tax Appeal Board and the Family Support Network Board. She is active in the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas.
Inez served as Chief Executive Officer of J.S. Archibald & Co., one of the oldest and most prestigious legal firms in the BVI and the Caribbean. Her early career was spent in the banking industry, first with the Virgin Islands National Bank and then the National Mid Atlantic Bank/Bank of America in St. Kitts.
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Laurette Koellner '80
Laurette Koellner served as President of Boeing International and Senior Vice President of The Boeing Company until her retirement in 2008 following a distinguished career spanning 30 years in the aerospace industry.
Laurette earned her Master of Business Administration degree from Stetson in 1980 after receiving her bachelor's degree in Business Management from the University of Central Florida in 1977. She began her career in the aerospace industry in 1978 when she joined McDonnell Douglas as an analyst. She moved quickly into positions of increasing responsibility at McDonnell Douglas, and subsequently at Boeing, after those companies merged in 1997.
Laurette's career at the Boeing Company includes a seven-year membership in the company's senior executive leadership team. In her most recent Boeing position as President of Boeing International, she oversaw the company's international affairs, with leadership responsibility for 20 Boeing organizations throughout the world. Prior to this, from 2004-2006, she was President of Connexion by Boeing, the former Boeing business providing leading-edge, high-speed connectivity services to aircraft and maritime vessels via a sophisticated network of global satellites.
During a multi-disciplined career, primarily in finance, Laurette served as Executive Vice President and member of the Office of the Chairman of The Boeing Company and in a variety of diverse roles including Chief Administration Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer.
A recognized financial expert, Laurette is an independent Director of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), and serves as Chairman of AIG's Regulatory and Compliance Committee and as a member of its Compensation Committee. She also serves on the Board of Directors of Sara Lee Corporation and Celestica, Inc.
Laurette is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, serves on the University of Central Florida College of Business Dean's Executive Council and is a member of the Midwest Audit Committee Network sponsored by Ernst and Young.
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Thomas M. Reis '88
Tom Reis is an accomplished artist, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stetson University in 1988, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993.
A double major in Art and Spanish at Stetson, his coursework led him to a study-abroad experience in Madrid, Spain. During his time in Madrid, he lived on the same street where one of his most important artistic influences, Spanish realist and impressionist Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923), had lived years before. Tom also credits portrait painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) as having a significant influence on his own painting style, which Tom describes as "traditional realism influenced by American impressionism."
Tom's illustrations have appeared in TIME, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, Businessweek, Golf Magazine, Barron's, The Wall Street Journal and several other nationally known publications. His oil paintings of people, places and moments in time have been exhibited from New York City to San Francisco to Central America. In fall 2010, they were on exhibit at the Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach, and at the Marietta Museum of Art in Georgia. His painting, "Red Hat," was featured on the cover of the Fall 2010 issue of Stetson's SU Magazine.
Tom's career is a blend of art and business. An undisputed successful professional in a highly competitive field, Tom acknowledges that his success "is built on a liberal arts education." His paintings are represented in many permanent and private collections in galleries across the country. Selections from Tom's permanent collection can be found at The Forbes Galleries in New York City and in Sampson Hall at Stetson University. He is a member of The Society of Illustrators and The Graphic Artists' Guild, in New York City, and The Atlanta Portrait Society in Georgia. |
Jim Shore '77
Jim Shore graduated in 1977 from Stetson with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Juris Doctorate from Stetson's College of Law in 1980. He is General Counsel for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which is a 3,500-member, federally-recognized Indian tribe headquartered in Hollywood, Florida, with reservations totaling 90,000 acres in several parts of the state.
Born in 1945 on what is now the Brighton Seminole Reservation, Jim–along with his two brothers and four sisters–grew up in the woods, where the family raised cattle. They lived under a traditional Seminole home, a chickee, made of cypress logs with thatched palmetto fronds for roofs. He was born blind in one eye and lost his remaining vision in an automobile accident in 1970. Jim's path to General Counsel of the Seminole Tribe of Florida is inspirational.
The first member of the SeminoleTribe to become an attorney, Jim was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1981, and became Deputy General Counsel of the Tribe that same year. He took over as General Counsel one year later. In December 2005, Jim was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Florida State University, and in October 2010, was inducted into the Stetson University College of Law Hall of Fame.
Jim's lifelong commitment to improve the quality of life for the Seminole Tribe has been a powerful testament to his expertise and longevity in the legal field and to his passion for social justice. His skillful and tireless negotiations secured the Tribe's monumental acquisition of the Hard Rock hotel, restaurant and casino operations in more than 50 countries worldwide, including several in Florida. This resulted in the provision of an economic foundation for the Tribe's future housing, education, health care and environmental sustainability.
Jim is active in the community and serves on the Board of Directors for the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation and the Memorial Foundation, an affiliate of the Memorial Healthcare System of Hollywood, Florida.
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