Florida Studio Theatre has announced the appointment of Judge Charles E. Williams and Mrs. Gaele Barthold to its Board of Trustees. Judge Williams currently serves as the Chief Judge of the 12th Judicial Circuit, which includes Sarasota, Manatee and Desoto Florida counties. His recent awards and honors include the Manatee County NAACP Public Service Award, the Sarasota County NAACP 2014 Public Service Award and the Sarasota County Branch NAACP’s 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2017, he joined the board of Embracing Our Differences. Barthold, retired attorney, served as the Philadelphia Deputy District Attorney for Law, a Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney and a member of Cozen O’Connor, argued and litigated many cases before the United States Supreme Court and the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. She is an Underwriter of this season’s Mainstage and Stage III series and serves as the chair of FST’s Advocacy Leadership Committee. 

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