New College Foundation Welcomes Two New Board Members
Monica Van Buskirk and Charles F. Raeburn are leaders in
business and the regional nonprofit community.
(Sarasota-Manatee, FL) Sue
Jacobson, chair of the New College Foundation’s board of directors, recently
announced that the organization has welcomed two new members to its board of
directors. Jacobson says that Charles F. Raeburn and Monica Van Buskirk “join a
team of dedicated people who are united in their commitment to support the
mission and needs of New College. We’re honored to welcome them.” The New
College Foundation is the philanthropic organization supporting New College of Florida.
Monica
Van Buskirk is the former president and CEO of the Van Wezel Foundation. During
her tenure there, the organization enjoyed double digit annual growth and won several
leading awards. Van Buskirk’s extensive business experience includes serving as
past president and CEO of Monica’s Best Foods, a multi-line chocolate company
in New York City and Boston. She also served as vice president of marketing for
Godiva Chocolatier, vice president for Pepperidge Farms and Campbell Soup
Company, as well as vice president for Brentano’s Book Stores and MacMillan
Publishing. Van Buskirk earned a bachelor’s degree in honors economics and
marketing from Columbia University and CUNY Graduate School.
Charles
F. Raeburn graduated from New College in 1967 and received his law degree from
Yale Law School in 1970. A strong advocate for liberal arts education, Raeburn
is known for his skills in strategic planning, creative problem-solving and
whole systems thinking. His expertise is in legal counsel with broad
international and domestic experience in healthcare, chemicals, mining,
personal care products and industrial services industries. Raeburn has worked
in the field of mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate governance
and securities compliance for leading U.S. firms, including Pfizer, Inc., Union
Carbide Corporation, and Revlon, Inc.
The
New College Foundation has a dedicated group of board members that serve to
help guide and support the New College Foundation and its efforts to fund and
support New College of Florida. Its board of directors include Sue Jacobson,
chair; Christine Jennings, first vice chair; Charles Hamilton ’64, second vice
chair; Robert Lincoln ’77, treasurer; Sharon Ramey ’65, secretary; and George
Augustin, John W. Bean, Francine Blum, Raymonda Burgman ‘91, Monica Van Buskirk,
Alison Gardner, Karin Gustafson,’64, Glenn P. Hendrix ’76, Steve Jacobson ’71,
Charlene Lenger ’78, David H. Lipsey ’71, Kenneth R. Misemer ’64, George
Quarterman, Charles F. Raeburn ’64, John F. “Jack” Schlegel, Felice Schulaner
’78, Jonathan Smiga ’75, Henry Smyth ’76, Robert Turffs ’74, Thomas White, J.D.
’67, and Nancy Winship. Richard O. Donegan and Elaine Keating are trustee
emeriti.
About
New College of Florida
Located in Sarasota, New College of
Florida educates intellectually curious students for lives of great
achievement. As the legislatively designated Honors College of Florida, New
College offers 35 undergraduate majors and a master’s degree program in data
science. The 110-acre campus on Sarasota Bay is home to more than 800 students
and 80 full-time faculty engaged in interdisciplinary research and
collaborative learning.