Meet Our Team

A goal of Cathy’s is to consistently, and with the highest degree of compliance quality, grow this United Way to heights it’s never reached before, including the achievement of a new UWW Metro ranking and an excess of $4M in revenue, along with, of course, pristine, accurate, and compliant audits and 990 documentation.  

Ken grew up in Plymouth, Massachusetts. He moved to Chicago in the early 90’s to become more involved in professional, non-equity theatre.

Ken was a founding member of the Collaboraction Theatre Company and managing director of the Pyewacket Theatre Company. He was fortunate to work with Francis Ford Coppola’s team, at American Zoetrope, to acquire the rights to produce the world premiere of Mr. Coppola’s “The Conversation,” which Ken also directed. Ken was nominated for the best director Joseph Jefferson Award for Jeff Daniels’ “Boomtown.”

At the MacArthur Foundation, Ken worked in human rights and girls’ secondary education as well as volunteering as the Chicago-based coordinator of the Uganda Fund, a fund to help girls in northern Uganda thrive.

Unusual facts: There is a photo of Ken standing in front of the Brandenburg Gate, on top of the Berlin Wall. In 2012, Ken attended a human rights discussion, in a 300-person auditorium, where, in attendance, were Nobel Laureate guests Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Wałęsa and the Dali Lama. Very cool!

Having earned a degree in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations, working in real estate, marketing, management consulting, philanthropy and non-equity theatre, Ken, our office manager, brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and willingness to learn to our United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties. 

Tracey spent 24 years with the US Army rising to the rank of Lt. Col with successive assignments in various military assignments. He then was employed for the next 24 years in several positions in post-secondary education ranging from Campus Director, Vice President International operations, Vice President Brazilian operations, Regional Financial Director and Faculty member. Has also established and developed campuses in Orlando, Brazil, and India. He and his family currently reside in Howey in the Hills.

A graduate of Eustis high school, Veronica also has an AA from Lake Sumter State College. Her non-profit background includes multiple local agencies and her experience in grant writing is growing exponentially. When not writing grants or pursuing additional funding opportunities for our United Way, she enjoys family time and spending the precious moments with her three children and hubby on their local farm.