A Step Forward Overcoming Obstacles Honorary Chair

2023 Honorary Chair Adria Starkey

Collier County President of FineMark National Bank and Trust, Adria Starkey, 2023 Honorary Chair of A Step Forward - Overcoming Obstacles lunch on March 20, 2023.

Adria D. Starkey’s community involvement is extensive. She is serving her third term on the Florida Prepaid College Board, and serves as Vice Chair, a position appointed by the governor. Starkey is the Chair of the Healthcare Network Development and Community Awareness Committee, and she serves on the Gulfshore Life Advisory Board. She is a Vice President and Board member for the Suncoast Chapter of the International Women’s Forum and serves on the Board of the Forum Club of SWFL. Starkey is a Lifetime Trustee of the Naples Children and Education Foundation. She Co-Chaired the 2014 Naples Winter Wine Festival and served on the Grant Committee of that organization for four years. Starkey serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board for the school of Entrepreneurship at FGCU and served as a mentor for Champions for Learning. Starkey is an Emeritus Trustee of The Shelter for Abused Women and Children and chaired that Board for two years. She was a founding member of Girls Inc., which developed into the Boys and Girls Club of Collier County. Past Directorships also include Artis Naples, the University of Florida Harn Museum, EDC (Economic Development Council of Collier County), The Education Foundation, and the Community School of Naples.

In 2000, Starkey was named Woman of the Year by Gulfshore Life Magazine and Woman of Achievement by The Community Foundation. In 2008, she received the Edison College Leadership in Fostering Education Award, and in 2013 was awarded a Glass Slipper for her commitment to Education by the Champions for Learning organization. Starkey was recognized in the Naples Daily News, 25 Over 50, and inducted into the Junior Achievement of Southwest Florida’s 2018 Business Hall of Fame, Collier County. Florida Trend magazine named Starkey as one of the state’s most influential business leaders in 2021. Naples Illustrated also named Starkey as one of The Naples 100, along with one of Collier County’s most influential business leaders in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Event: A Step Forward Overcoming Obstacles with Speaker Pete Hegseth
Date: Thursday, March 30, 2023
Time: 11:30 AM
Place: The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburon
2600 Tiburon Drive, Naples, FL 34190
Speaker: Pete Hegseth
Honorary Chair: Adria Starkey, Collier County President for FineMark National Bank and Trust
Benefitting: The Parkinson's Association of SWFL
Individual Tickets: $300 (Table of 8 - $2,400)
(Includes lunch and presentation)
VIP Tickets: $500 (Table of 8 - $4,000)
(Includes invitation to pre-lunch private VIP reception)
Registration closes Friday, March 17, 2023
($100 of the individual ticket price is tax deductible)

Individual partnership and corporate sponsorship opportunities are available for 2023
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Contact Mary C. Schoeffel at 239-417-3465
or mschoeffel@parkinsonassociationswfl.org