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Meet the Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Lucia Barone, Board Chairman

Lucia Barone, Board Chairman has been a resident of Naples since 1991. Formerly of Short Hills, New Jersey, she is a graduate of Seton Hall University with a degree in education. In her desire for involvement with pro-life work, she began her service with Collier Pregnancy Centers, Inc. in 1992 as a volunteer client advocate where she saw first hand the growing need in the Naples community to do more to support women in crisis and protect the unborn. She joined the Board of Directors in 1993 and has served in various positions and committees. She is also the CPCI liaison for the Collier Community Abstinence Project where she is involved in providing abstinence education to area middle and high school age teens. She is a founding Board member of Laity for Life, a Catholic lay organization that provides spiritual and moral support for those active in the pro-life movement. Her husband of 30 years, B.J., is a real estate developer. They have three adult children.

Constance M. Burke, Director

Constance M. Burke, Constance M. Burke joined Collier Pregnancy Centers, Inc.  as a board member in 2007. She was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky and graduated from the University of Louisville with a BA in English and a J.D. in 1992 from the University of Louisville School of Law. Connie moved to Naples in 1993 and practices law in Naples, Ft. Myers and Punta Gorda. She attends St. Agnes Catholic Church. Connie is a member of the Florida Bar and Collier County and Lee County Bar associations. Connie is married to Joseph Boff, a real estate developer and consultant; they have four children, David, Rachelle, Siena and Christian. Connie and Joe spend summers in upstate New York and are active in thoroughbred horse racing and breeding.

Kim Donahue, Secretary

Kim Donahue, R.N.,B.S.N. was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. After college she worked as an RN at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also spent time working as a home health nurse. Kim is married to Greg and they have four children. Kim is a full time wife and mother. She is grateful to have a chance to help Collier Pregnancy Centers, Inc. continue the great work of helping mothers and babies.

Chris Kroeger, Treasurer

Chris Kroeger, Treasurer has been involved in respect life ministries for over 16 years and is committed to helping pregnant women who find themselves in a crisis situation. Chris has an undergraduate degree in accounting and a masters degree in theology from St. Vincent DePaul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach, Florida. In addition to serving on the Collier Pregnancy Centers, Inc. board, Chris teaches in the CCF program at St. Isabel Church. She also assists her husband in his executive search business. Chris and her husband Tom live on Sanibel Island. They have a daughter and three grandsons.

 

Maureen C. Donahue Murphy, Director graduated from Boston College in 1985. Immediately following, she taught preschool at the Seton day care center in Jamaica Plain, near Boston, where she had previously volunteered throughout her college career. Following this, Maureen worked at NWW in Massachusetts, an organization which enables mentally retarded adults to live independent, productive lives. In 1987, Maureen married Jim Murphy and moved to Naples shortly thereafter. Since that time, they have been blessed with six wonderful children and Maureen has been pursuing the vocation of wife and mother, her most fulfilling roles ever! Maureen served on the board of the National Family Foundation for 4 years. She was a volunteer counselor at EPS (now Collier Pregnancy Centers, Inc.) for 5 years before she took a board position, which she has held for the past 15 years. Recently, Maureen and her daughter, Ann, started a club called “Knitting for Life” whose members knit blankets for the babies whose lives are saved at CPCI. Maureen also serves as an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist at St. Ann Church.

Maureen C. Donahue Murphy, Director

Michael Ryon, graduated from Florida State University in 1979, with a degree in Finance, and received his CPA in 1987. After graduating from college, Michael worked with several Fortune 500 firms in Houston, Texas and St. Louis, Missouri before returning to Florida in 1991. Michael has two children, Christine and Jamison. In addition to serving on the Board of ,Collier Pregnancy Centers, Inc. Michael is active with the Naples Gulfshore Rotary Club, and served as its president for the 2004-2005 Rotary year. Michael attends Centerpoint Community Church.

Michael Ryon, Vice Chairman

Michael Timmis, Director

Michael Timmis, Director graduated from Marquette University in 1988. Following graduation he spent 7 years in Uganda, East Africa where he started a number of projects to serve the poor in the spirit of Jesus. Those projects include a hospital, a dairy ranch, a primary school and a boarding high school for orphans. These projects are ongoing and currently serve over 1,000 people daily. He returned to the States in 1995 and earned his MBA from the University of Michigan. Since 1997 he has been involved in the TImmis Family Foundation. The Foundation has projects in both the United States and abroad. He is the founder of Evergreen Coaching. In his practice, he serves as a personal and executive coach to Christian executives and entrepreneurs. He also sits on the boards of One by One Leadership Foundation and Christlife. He is the founding Committee Chairman of Young Life Naples and a Regent of Ave Maria University. Michael is an avid hunter and fly fisherman. He has been married for 16 years to Laura Timmis. They have 4 children and live in Naples, Florida.

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