Naples Winter Wine Festival est. 2000
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Naples Children Education Foundation
Naples Children Education Foundation

TRUSTEES
Adria & Jerry Starkey
Jerry is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Real Estate Partners International, LLC. Over the past 30 years he has developed hundreds of planned communities and built over forty thousand homes, 65 high rise condominiums, fifty golf courses and several luxury hotels, resorts and marinas. Additionally he has built and operated companies engaged in mortgage banking, title insurance and real estate brokerage. Jerry serves on the board of Florida Gulf Coast University and is a member of The Florida Council of 100. He has been a member of the State Bar of Texas since 1985. Jerry is a member of the PR Committee for the NCEF.

Adria is President of The Naples Trust Company and has enjoyed a 30 year career in the financial services industry. She was previously the SW Florida President for Wachovia and a former executive of First Union Bank and Northern Trust. Adria has been active in the Naples community for over twenty years and currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Shelter for Abused Women and Children, and is a member of the NCEF Grant Committee. Adria’s previous board service includes the University of Florida Harn Museum National Council, The Community School of Naples, Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, the Education Foundation of Collier County, Collier County Economic Development Council (Chairman), and SW Florida Regional Planning Council (Gubernatorial Appointment). In 2008 Mrs. Starkey was awarded the Edison College Leadership in Fostering Education Award.