Bob Parsons was the President, CEO and Chairman of a specialty construction products company covering the northeast region of the US. More recently, he is a founding board member of Crossover Mission and in charge of our capital campaign project for our new building.

Mr. Parsons has been instrumental in coordinating the building project for our new Crossover center.

Frederick (Rick) McCarthy has been a teacher and coach throughout most of his career, dating back to 1968 college graduation. His dedication to education and its clear relationship to athletic achievements has been central to all that he has accomplished over these last 62 years.

He continues to extend his support to the youth of Indian River County, having joined the board as well as the academic enrichment staff at Crossover Mission.

Thomas Piper attended the University of Virginia, Class of 1963 and completed the Harvard Business School summer program in corporate financial management in 1972. He had over a 50 year career in the financial industry beginning with Hayden, Stone including New Court Securities, the European Rothschild’s family office in New York and Managing Director at Dillon Read & Co. which was merged into UBS.

He and his wife Ann are moving residence from Rowayton, CT to Vero Beach where they have been homeowners for over 10 years. He is also a Trustee of the Vero Beach Museum of Art and a member of their Finance Committee and Endowment Trust Board.

Buff Penrose was the Vice President of Ogilvy & Mather and an Independent Consultant to private companies, schools and non-profit organizations focusing on Communications, Branding, Capital Campaign Development and School Admissions.

Currently she is the Vice President of the John’s Island Community Service League as well as serving on our board here.

Jeremy Odom is currently the owner of 4 out of the 5 McDonalds here in the Vero Beach area. He is a big supporter of our Travel Basketball Team, supporting regular “Bucket Drops” to raise money for our players to travel.

He also supports our student-athletes with free meals every now and then which they greatly appreciate!

Milo has 21 years of law enforcement experience and during that time he earned his Bachelor Degree from Indian River State College (currently enrolled at UCF, Master’s Program). Currently the Captain of Uniform Patrol Operations for Indian River County Sheriff’s Office.

He’s affiliated with several non-profits throughout the state of Florida and serves on several board of directors. He’s an adjunct instructor at Indian River State College (15 years), where he teaches several disciplines regarding to the Criminal Justice profession.

Becki spent 10 years in corporate marketing, with most of that time working for The Limited Corporation, where she lead nation campaigns for one of its clothing brands. In 2003 Becki and her family moved to Florida and she left the corporate marketing world. She joined the Real Estate industry and is currently a Realtor for They Keyes Company.

Becki is also a tutor and mentor for Crossover and has volunteered for many charitable organizations and held leadership roles in the Junior League of the Palm Beaches.

Patrick Shook retired in 2020 after a 37-year career with Marriott International. A high school summer job became a career that involved senior management roles in operations and sales and marketing.

Most of his career was spent with Marriott’s resort hotels located in the Caribbean, Mexico and Latin America. Patrick enjoyed many years as a youth and high school boys lacrosse coach in Minnesota. He and his wife Ellyn reside in New York City.

Lisa was born in Rockville, MD and lived in the Washington DC area through high school. She attended Boston College and graduated with a BS in Accounting in 1986.

She worked for Champion Recruiting Associates in Bethesda, MD as a recruiter and has been involved with the following organizations:

-Volunteer tutor at the Washington School for Girls in DC (2012-2017) DC -Served on the Capital Campaign Committee WSG 2015-2017. DC

-Member of the Executive Board of The Shepherd Foundation (2013-present) MD -Member of the Suburban Hospital Foundation Board (2019-2022) MD

-Member of the Yellow Ribbon Fund Board (2018-present) MD