Broward County School Board Leasing Corp elects directors and officers, ratifies actions since Nov. 14, 2023

The Broward County School Board Leasing Corporation unanimously approved the minutes from its prior meeting, elected its directors and officers and ratified actions taken since Nov. 14, 2023, during a short governance session called to order by the chair.

The chair read a slate of directors and officers and asked the board for nominations and votes. The board approved the following directors to serve until their terms expire: Mara Bowman; Rebecca Thompson; Sarah Leonardi; Laurie Alhadeff; Jeff Holness; Brenda Pham; Nora Rupert; Allen Zeman; and Deborah Hickson. The chair then proposed officers and the board elected Deborah Hickson as president; Sarah Leonardi as vice president; Howard Hepburn as secretary; and Ivan Peron as treasurer and assistant secretary.

A motion to approve the minutes of the last meeting (held Nov. 14, 2023) was moved and seconded; members voiced “aye” and the chair announced the motion carried. The board also voted to ratify all acts of the corporation’s officers and directors since that Nov. 14 meeting; the chair recorded that the ratification was approved unanimously. No individual roll-call vote totals for each member were recorded in the transcript.

The meeting opened with the chair confirming that board members were present and that notice of the meeting had been published. With no other business, a motion to adjourn was made, seconded and the chair declared the meeting adjourned.

The transcript records the motions, the slate of names presented by the chair, and unanimous voice votes; it does not record detailed roll-call tallies or additional discussion on the listed items. The meeting covered routine corporate governance actions tied to the Broward County School Board Leasing Corporation and did not include substantive policy debate or public comment.