Board of Directors
Volunteers Dedicated to Serving their Community
OFFICERS
Carl Flick
Chairman
Carl A. Flick, Chairman is an urban planning consultant, professional photographer, and painter with over 25 years of municipal & county planning experience. He is the founder of Synergistic Solutions, LLC, a company primarily focused on property management in two states. He has traveled extensively and photographed over 90 countries on six continents. He is President of the Northwood Shores Neighborhood Association and has written extensively about the area’s history. Carl has served as Neighborhood Renaissance Board Chairman since 1999 and serves on the Executive, Real Estate, and Governance Committees.
OFFICERS
Timothy Coppage
Vice-Chairman
Principal, The Coppage Company
Timothy Coppage has over 30 years of executive experience with the private sector, not for profits, quasi-public corporations and government agencies. He has served as President of the East Hartford Chamber of Commerce, Vice President of Housing Development for the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority and Deputy Commissioner for Housing at the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development. He currently serves on the Palm Beach Gardens Planning and Zoning Commission and provides consulting services for the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Mr. Coppage was elected to the Board in January 2016 and serves on the Real Estate and Audit Committee.
Bette Anne Starkey
Secretary
Bette Anne Starkey, Secretary has served as a board member for over 20 years. Bette Anne is a Northwood Shores resident and past President of its Neighborhood Association and Secretary/Treasurer of the Northwood Coalition of Neighborhoods. She is an associate with The Mitchell Group and previously worked in sales/marketing for Cross Match Technologies. Following her years as assistant to U.S. Congressman Paul G. Rogers (FL) in Washington, DC, she served as government affairs associate in the medical device industry. She serves on the Executive and Governance Committees.
Joey Aaron Eichner
Treasurer
Joey Aaron Eichner, Treasurer is President and Founder of Aaron Group, a full service real estate company. Joey has over 35 years of experience in the real estate brokerage, property management, construction management and development industries. Before founding Aaron Group, Joey was President of Catalfumo Companies where during his 16-year tenure, he was responsible for over $2 Billion in development projects. Those projects included some of the most notable developments along the PGA Boulevard corridor in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida where he transformed more than 300 vacant acres of prime commercial property into a vibrant mecca of professional office and quality high-end retail. Joey joined the board in 2014 and serves on the Executive, Governance, Real Estate and Audit Committees.
MEMBERS
Jean Bayol
Community Land Trust Homeowner
Palm Beach County School District
Jean Bayol is a Neighborhood Renaissance Community Land Trust homeowner, resident of Northwood Pines and was elected to the board in 2008. He is actively involved in neighborhood crime watch. Mr. Bayol currently works as an ESOL Coordinator at the Middle School level in the Palm Beach School District. He also serves as a committee member exploring the implementation of the first Palm Beach County Public School District’s English-Haitian Creole dual-language program to promote equity and equal access to first-class education. He is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Haitian Creole.
OFFICERS
Julie Hyatt
Property Administrator
Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
Julie Hyatt was elected to the Board in 2008. She is a Neighborhood Renaissance Community Land Trust homeowner and resident of Northwood Legacy neighborhood. She works as a Property Administrator for Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. (JLL), assisting with the management of various commercial office buildings in Palm Beach and Broward Counties. Ms. Hyatt is fluent in English, Spanish and Jamaican Creole (Patois). She is a member of the Navy Mothers’ Clubs of America.
Diane McNeal Peterson
CEO of Dynamic Financial Strategies
Diane Peterson McNeal, CEO of Dynamic Financial Strategies joined the board in 2017. She has over 40 years of experience in the financial services industry in the Florida market. Diane has a depth of knowledge and experience in commercial and commercial real estate lending, as well as private banking. She earned a BBA in Finance and Marketing from Adelphi University, and an Executive MBA in Risk Management and Legal Compliance from Florida Atlantic University. She is an Executive Board Member of the Town of Palm Beach United Way, an emeritus board member and past president of Opportunity Inc. Early Learning Center, and a Board Member of Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Foundation, Inc. Diane serves on the Real Estate and Audit Committee.
Monclaude Nestor
Senior Vice President, Market Manager, PNC Bank – Community Development Banking Group
Monclaude Nestor is a Senior Vice President and Market Manager in PNC Bank’s Community Development Banking group where he leads community development lending, investment and outreach efforts throughout the state of Florida.
Mr. Nestor has over a decade of banking experience and has held the role of Vice President and Relationship Manager within PNC’s Community Development Banking group where he specialized in providing financial solutions and strategies to improve low-to-moderate income neighborhoods and the quality of life for low-to-moderate income people. Prior to that, he was a Commercial Credit Analyst with T.D. Bank where he focused on underwriting commercial loan requests to customers in various industries including contractors, importers/exporters and real estate investors.
Mr. Nestor joined Neighborhood Renaissance as a board member in 2023. He also serves on the boards of the Housing Leadership Council of Palm Beach County, Florida Housing Coalition, Urban League of Palm Beach County and the CDFI Taskforce Board of Habitat for Humanity of Broward.
He is a graduate of Florida International University where he earned a Master of Science in Finance, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Marketing.
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