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Kathryn Vecellio

Kathryn Vecellio

Director

Kathryn has worked full-time as an organizer, fundraiser and development volunteer for dozens of nonprofit organizations, and helped raise awareness and millions of dollars for more than 40 community, charitable and educational organizations.  She has been honored to serve as a trustee for the National Board for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; The Benjamin School; Palm Beach Atlantic University; Palm Beach State College Foundation; the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts; Palm Beach United Way; Norton Museum of Art; Center for Children in Crisis; Center for Family Services; South Florida Science Museum; Palm Beach Literary Society; Junior Achievement; West Virginia Friends are Fun Foundation; Schepens Eye Research Institute and Massachusetts Eye and Ear (both affiliates of Harvard University).

Kathryn has also served on the Leadership Commission for Cleveland Clinic’s Heart and Vascular Institute and, for the past 12 years, on Cleveland Clinic Florida’s Health and Wellness Center Board, the American Heart Association’s Palm Beach County Market Board of Directors, and the National Development Committee for NSDAR. She is a member of Executive Women of Palm Beach, Junior League of Palm Beach (Past President), Jamestowne Society, Colonial Dames of the XVII Century, Colonial Dames of America and Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a Tiffany Circle member of the American Red Cross and founded the Palm Beach Go Red for Women Founder’s Circle. Kathryn also currently serves on the Board of the Four Arts, the Palm Beach Preservation Foundation and is a Board member for Cleveland Clinic.

Kathryn has received numerous prestigious awards for her lifetime of service, including Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser from the Association of Fund-raising Professionals, Philanthropy Honoree at the Leaders In Furthering Education (LIFE), and Palm Beach Atlantic University “Women of Distinction Award” along with the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches “Women In Leadership Award”.  She has also received the Salvation Army’s highest award – The William Booth Award. The list of distinctions goes on, but Kathryn says her greatest honor is knowing that her efforts have helped others.

A graduate of West Virginia University, Kathryn received a – BS in Biological Sciences, a Master’s in Guidance and Counseling and, most recently, a Presidential Honorary Doctorate.  She is an owner and board member of the Vecellio Group, as well as a vice chair of the family foundation.  “Christopher, Michael and I are extremely proud and appreciative of her’, says Leo Vecellio, Jr. ‘Not only for all her philanthropic activities, but for her role with the Group, and, of course, as a loving wife and mother”.

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