Board of Directors

The Board of Directors of the Juno Beach Police Foundation is comprised of devoted business professionals and community leaders. They all serve on a voluntary basis and are not remunerated in any way. Since its inception, the Foundation has accomplished various projects focused on helping the Police Department serve the community.

The current members of the Foundation’s board of directors are:

	Thomas F. Murphy President, CEO & Founding Member IBM Corporation (retired)		Lewis P. Wheeler Vice President & Founding Member Rapidigm, Inc. (retired)
	Dr. Joseph A. Rooney Secretary & Founding Member Palm Beach Kennel Club		Jon L. Luther Treasurer & Founding Member Dunkin’ Brands (retired)
	Denise Quimby Director Whitfield & Quimby, P.C. (retired) (retired)		Dawn Hoffman Director & Founding Member Hoffman Partners
	John R. Large Director & Founding Member NextEra Energy		Paul Rothstein Director Copytech (retired)

	Brian J. Smith Ex-Officio & Founding Member Chief of Police, Juno Beach Police Department		Paul R. Fertig Ex-Officio & Founding Member Major, Juno Beach Police Department

“Public safety is our most important value because it makes everything else possible. When we feel safe, we get to know our neighbors. When we feel safe, our kids are free to explore. When we feel safe, our businesses can thrive. When we feel safe, our schools can be woven more deeply into the community. When we feel safe we are more open to accept people who look, worship or act differently than us.

Public safety is our most basic community service and the irony is that the better we deliver the service the less people think about it. The children who walk safely to school, the neighbors who walk to the corner store, the commuter who walks home from the bus or train late at night, the senior citizen sitting safely on their front porch at sunset rarely think that they can only enjoy this kind of life because of the protection provided by their local police officers. In our daily life, we usually think about our police when something has gone wrong… When an officer dies or when he or she makes a mistake.

So it takes a special person to be a police officer—a person who can protect and serve, with strength and compassion, often without that recognition—willingly ready to put themselves in harm’s way so others can go about their daily lives.”

— Former Nassau County (NY) Police Commissioner, Lawrence Mulvey