Directors
The Galt Mile Community Association is administered by a Board of Directors and an Advisory Board. The Board of Directors is depicted and briefly biographed in this section.
Board of Directors
Fred Nesbitt is a chronic volunteer. Fred was elected to the Playa del Mar Board of Directors where he served as Treasurer and President. When appointed to the Galt Mile Community Association Advisory Board, the entire neighborhood started benefiting from his networking skills. A veteran of successful campaigns to rescue the Galt Mile Reading Center and thwart the proposed construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas plant off the Galt Mile Beach, Nesbitt has proven a workaholic dynamo. Not surprisingly, his peers soon shifted Fred’s wheelhouse from the Advisory Board to the GMCA Board of Directors and named him Treasurer, charging him with guardianship of the neighborhood checkbook. Changing hats as required, Fred also applies skills honed in Washington D.C. to citywide challenges, by serving on several Fort Lauderdale Advisory Boards (Fire-Rescue Bond Issue Blue Ribbon Committee, Budget Advisory Board and Cemetery System Board of Trustees). The GMCA Directors elected Fred as their President in 2021.
Paul Sarelakos
Vice President
Secretary
Ed Hashek
Treasurer
Jim Madgett
Director
Born and raised in Canada and armed with a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from McGill University, Jim has lived in Canada, Oman and the USA. Jim and his wife moved to the Fountainhead in 2014, becoming permanent year-round residents. Jim has been active on the Fountainhead Board of Directors, as well as the Building & Grounds Committee, and serves as a representative to the Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Town Commission, and Galt Mile Community Association. He is in charge of their Engineered Life Safety System (ELSS) project. Jim enjoys bringing the values of his work experiences to the GMCA, along with information and opportunities from his perspective as a resident of Lauderdale-by-The-Sea. Jim was elected to the Galt Mile Community Association Board of Directors in 2023.
Cornelia Cave
Director
Since her involvement in Southpoint’s committees in 2013 and then the next nine years as a board member, Cornelia has helped to provide direction for her community.
Professional trained as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Cornelia has earned a BS, MA, MS, and PD. Besides her speech pathology role, Cornelia was often given the leadership role of chairperson on mandated committees. In addition to a successful career in a school setting, she had an active private practice and ended her SLP career as a graduate professor training students in clinical practices.
Cornelia has been a member of the Galt Ocean Mile Association since 2014 and most recently has spearheaded coordination of the CPR/AED training with the Ft Lauderdale Fire/Rescue. She was elected to the Galt Mile Community Association Board of Directors in 2025.
Mary Barry
Director
Born in Binghamton NY, spent my adult years in Maryland, retired to Fort Lauderdale in 1998 Attended the University of Maryland obtaining my degree in Business/Economics. have been a unit owner at Coral Ridge Towers South for 30 years. Commnity activities I have chaired social outings, Building BBQ’s Ice Cream Socials and TOYS for TOTS Annual Holiday Party. As a Board member, I have served as a Director, Board Secretary, current President. Most challenging part encountered in my position is the Concrete Restoration Project of our building built in the year 1966! Uncovering many obstacles such as code violations, inspections and questions from shareholders will we ever get finished. The end results a building we are proud to call home. It is with great please to be part of the GALT MILE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. I am up for the challenge to bring our communities together by forming partnership with local businesses and our residents to enhance our Galt Mile neighborhood.
John Morale
Director
Elected to the Board of Directors at the Royal Ambassador in 2005 and currently serve as its President. As a member of the Galt Mile Advisory Council, I have been active in issues relating to building insurance, legislation, and protecting our associations from over regulation by the state. Spent more than 40 years in the Investment/Corporate Banking primarily in Financial Services at Scotiabank (“BNS”). Currently a Trustee of the Fort Lauderdale Police and Firefighters’ Retirement System, responsible for managing a $1.2bn pension assets while continuing my work in debt and equity origination for Investment Banking clients.
Prior to joining BNS, was a Senior Financial Analyst at The Federal Reserve Bank of New York and a Treasury Analyst at Automatic Data Processing. Graduate of Seton Hall University (B.S. Finance/Economics), NYU (M.B.A. – Finance) and St. John’s University (M.B.A. – Economics), maintained Series 7, 63, and 79 Investment licenses and is Board Certified in Financial Analysis.
OSCAR KRAEHENBUEHL
DR. ALEX LEEDS
EARL LIFSHEY
DICK TYMESON
ROBERT ROZEMA
JAMES GILL
FRANCIS CASIER
ROSE GUTTMAN
LEAH GLICKFIELD
PIO IERACI
ERIC BERKOWITZ
RALPH HAMAKER
EARL LIFSHEY & GMCA LEADERSHIP ACCEPTING PLAQUE FOR GALT OCEAN MILE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
