Tuesday, July 31, 2012
WE MEET AT RIVER CITY BREWING COMPANY
Lunch begins at noon - Meeting begins at 12:30 p.m.
Meet Mike Weinstein
Mike Weinstein was elected
to the Florida House of Representatives in 2008 serving District 19. He serves
as a prosecutor and the Executive Director for the State Attorney’s Office.
Previously, Mike was
President of Take Stock in Children, a position he formally accepted on
September 2, 2003. Take Stock in Children is a scholarship and mentoring
program that has purchased more than $90 million in scholarships, serving more
than 13,000 low-income children in Florida.
Prior to joining Take Stock
in Children, he served as president and CEO of the Jacksonville Super Bowl Host
Committee, a private, an organization responsible for developing, organizing
and implementing Jacksonville’s plan for Super Bowl XXXIX. Weinstein led the
team responsible for developing the city’s successful bid application for the
2005 game.
With more than 30 years of
financial and management experience, Weinstein has devoted much of his
leadership and expertise to the public sector. In 1996, he was appointed by
Mayor John Delaney to serve as executive director of the Jacksonville Economic
Development Commission, an agency comprising 12 divisions dedicated to economic
development.
Operating with the
corporate philosophy that economic development molds and shapes our community’s
future, his leadership negotiating with private companies brought Jacksonville
more than $2 billion in private capital investment and created or retained more
than 20,500 jobs from 1996 – 2001.
Prior to this position,
Weinstein served as Director of the Administration and Finance Department under
both the Austin and Delaney administrations. In this capacity, he was
responsible for an operating budget of $129 million and a staff of 586
full-time employees, labor negotiations, and the development of the River City
Renaissance Bond initiative. He also participated in negotiations and
management of the city’s stadium lease, which led the National Football League
to award Jacksonville the 30th NFL expansion franchise.
Weinstein also spent 15
years in law management as the executive director of the State Attorney’s
Office, and six years as a college lecturer, where he published several
articles on management. He was also a partner at Harris, Guidi, Rosner &
Mordecai, P.A., where he specialized in government and environmental issues.
Weinstein earned a Bachelor
of Arts in political science from Hartwick College in New York, a Masters of
Science in criminal justice from California State University and a Juris
Doctorate from the University of Florida. He has also completed two years of
Doctoral Studies in criminology at Florida State University.
A strong proponent of equal
higher educational opportunities, Weinstein is a Trustee of Florida Community
College at Jacksonville and previously worked with Florida A&M University
to raise money for scholarships for Duval County students.
He is also a member of the
Police Athletic League and Florida’s First Coast Crime Stoppers. He is a
graduate of the 1985 Class of Leadership Jacksonville and served on the board
of the Air Service Development Task Force. He serves on the Board of the
Salvation Army. He was a member of Downtown Rotary and volunteers his time with
the Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. (JCCI) and the North Florida Chapter
of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
He and Sara, his wife of
over 34 years, have three children, Scott (Meg), Daryl (Mandy) and Danielle
(Aaron) and three grand-children. Mike and Sara are active members of Christian
Family Chapel in Mandarin.
Recap of the July 24th Meeting
Mark Your Calendar
Rotary Leadership Institute - August 4th: Rotary Leadership Institute Training
at Orange Park - St. Johns River Community College from 7:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m. Register on line and support our Leadership Development goals
at http://www.rlitraining.org/
Rotary Foundation Seminar - August 18th: Rotary Foundation Seminar at the Thrasher Horne Center in Orange Park on College Drive. Breakfast and lunch are provided and the club pays for anyone who would like to attend.
Rotary Foundation Seminar - August 18th: Rotary Foundation Seminar at the Thrasher Horne Center in Orange Park on College Drive. Breakfast and lunch are provided and the club pays for anyone who would like to attend.
Recap of the July 24th Meeting
Greeters:
Dinkins Grange & Doug McCullough
The
Pledge of Allegiance: Toula Wootan
Prayer: PP Lee Mercier
Introduction
of Guests: PP Gary Wilkinson
Received a Blue Badge: Lynn Betros
Family of Rotary - Member
Update: Mary Alice Phelan
Web Site Update: Joe Miller
Guest
Speaker Introduction: PP Robert Harris
Speaker: John Delaney
John Delaney, President of the University of North Florida, spoke about the state of UNF.
