PMP/Suncoast Names Board Chair, Development Director

Arts & Culture

The Perlman Music Program/Suncoast (PMP/Suncoast) has announced the return of Fran Lambert as Chair of the Board of Trustees, and welcomed Kurt Rachwitz as the organization’s new development director. Lambert first joined the PMP/Suncoast Board of Trustees in 2011 and served as the Celebration Dinner Gala Chair for the 2011-2012 season. She became board chair for the 10th Anniversary (2013-2014) Season and continued in that role through 2014-2015, when she stepped down. Rachwitz comes to PMP/Suncoast from a life as a migrant worker. He has conducted feasibility studies and fundraising campaigns as senior development counsel in Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, as well as here in Sarasota and in Arcadia, Florida.

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