Board of Advisors
Solomon L. Badger III, Ed.D.
Dr. Solomon Badger returned home to Jacksonville after military service and embarked on a 36-year career in education, serving as dean of student affairs at Florida Community College at Jacksonville where he earned the Outstanding Faculty Award. He was selected by the Jacksonville mayor to co-chair the Jacksonville Insight Visioning Process, leading 1500 volunteers for a year in the development of a long-term vision for the city. Dr. Badger was chosen by the Florida Supreme Court to serve as one of two non-lawyer members of the Florida Bar Board of Governors, and he was recently appointed by the governor to serve on the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees. Among other activities, he has served on the Jacksonville Area Planning Board, the HUD Advisory board, two Charter Revision Commissions, Agape Community Health Center Board of Directors, the NAACP.
Dr. Badger and his wife live in Jacksonville and are the proud parents of five sons.
Wayne Hogan
Wayne Hogan is a board-certified civil trial lawyer and founding partner of Jacksonville law firm Terrell Hogan. His practice focuses on products liability, particularly representing victims of asbestos diseases. Mr. Hogan played a central role representing the State of Florida in its landmark lawsuit against the cigarette industry, which resulted in a $17 billion settlement for the state. His colleagues have recognized him for his professionalism with numerous awards, and he has been named in Best Lawyer\È[®-aXÚ&ÝX TM2ÆVvÂVÅ
Mr. Hogan's commitment to civic involvement has resulted in a long history of investing in health and education initiatives, including endowing dozens of scholarships for students in St. John's County public schools and providing ongoing significant financial and personal support to the Students Working Against Tobacco ("SWAT") program.
Russell Mootry, Jr., Ph.D.
Dr. Russell Mootry is the dean of the School of Social Sciences at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He has been a professor in that department since 1977, teaching a wide range of classes. He has also received grants for work involving improving public transportation, enhancing the employment success of minorities with disabilities, and HIV/AIDS education. He received an Excellence in Research Award from the NAACP.
Dr. Mootry previously served as the president of the Daytona Beach -- Volusia County Chamber of Commerce and received its award for Distinguished Chamber Member of the Year in 1989.
Frank Sanchez
Frank Sanchez is a partner with CM Partners where he works with corpora-tions and governments worldwide managing complex transactions, labor-management negotiations, litigation settlement, facilitation and training. Among his public-sector engagements, Mr. Sanchez headed a team in Medellín, Colombia in an initiative to break the cycle of violence plaguing the country and advised the president of Ecuador in negotiations to settle the 56-year-old border dispute with Peru. Prior to joining CM Partners, Mr. Sanchez served in the Clinton administration in the office of the Special Envoy for the Americas and was later appointed U.S. Assistant Secretary of Transportation. Early in his career, he served under former Florida governor Bob Graham as the first director of the state's Caribbean Basin Initiative.
Mr. Sanchez currently serves as president and CEO of the Patel Foundation for Global Understanding and on the boards of many other not-for-profits organizations. He was the recipient of a Point of Light award from the Points of Light Foundation, a national non-profit that recognizes outstanding community service.
Doug Wiles
Doug Wiles served in the Florida House from 1996 to 2004 and was Minority Leader in his last term. During his service in the House, Mr. Wiles earned a reputation for bipartisanship, fairness, and his willingness to listen to ideas from all sides of an issue.
Mr. Wiles is a retired lieutenant colonel in the Florida Army National Guard, having served more than 25 years. He owns an independent insurance agency in St. Augustine and has earned the national insurance designation of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU).