Pictured: Brock Leach (left) with Bart Lowther of Mariash Lowther Wealth Management. Photo by Wyatt Kostygan.

Each year, SRQ Media invites the community to nominate individuals with hearts of giving who have made a significant impact with local nonprofit organizations — from volunteers and board members to individual staff members and donors. Tuesday, December 5th, attendees happily joined together to recognize our annual Good Hero Philanthropic Award recipients at the SB2: Philanthropic Agenda and Good Hero Awards Luncheon at Michael’s on East in Sarasota. We are delighted to feature each of the twelve honorees in our Wednesday Philanthropic edition of SRQ Daily.

The first Good Hero we are recognizing is Brock Leach, Board Chair of Children First, who says, “The best gift one can give to another is the gift of opportunity.” After 24 years working as an executive for PepsiCo, serving as CEO of its Frito-Lay North America and Tropicana Products divisions and then as the corporation’s Chief Innovation Officer, he became an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister invested in the worlds of social justice and nonprofit work. Mr. Leach provides his innovation, financial, and governance experience to further the missions of nonprofit organizations locally and globally. As a member of and current Board Chair for Children First, what truly matters to Mr. Leach is that we recognize our interdependence with one another and work to realize our full human potential together. Congratulations Brock on your well-deserved recognition.

Pictured: Brock Leach (left) with Bart Lowther of Mariash Lowther Wealth Management. Photo by Wyatt Kostygan.