Board Members

Molly Brantz
	*President/Financial Literacy Coordinator*, received her Master's in Urban Planning (MUP) at New York University where she focused on workforce development and community development. Molly has been involved with a number of non-profit organizations focusing on educating and assisting immigrants in Colorado and Los Angeles. Molly has also spent extensive time in Central and South America working in education and teaching English. Currently Molly works with Community Tampa Bay developing their AmeriCorp program.

Robin Warren
	*Secretary and Co-Founder*, is Executive Director of the Florida Council on Economic Education. Previously, she spent 21 years with Bank of America and its predecessor banks in various roles including Associate General Counsel, Public Policy Executive and Compliance Risk Management Executive. Robin co-chairs the Asset Building Committee of the Wealth Building Coalition of Pinellas County and serves on the Steering Committee for Bank on St. Pete, a program to bank the unbanked in the City of St. Petersburg.

Lola Walker CFRE
	*Vice President*, is a Realtor. Previously, Lola served as development director for nonprofit organizations in the fields of social services and cultural arts. Lola has an MA in Community Service and Administration and 18 years of experience serving community organizations as executive director and development director. She has be a CFRE (certified fund raising executive) since 1995 and is on the board of directors of the Suncoast Chapter of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals.

Stuart Berger
	*Loan Committee Chairperson*, a Clearwater resident since 1991, received his BA in American Studies from Eckerd College and served briefly as a substitute Pinellas County teacher before becoming Director of Development for a major non-profit organization serving Pinellas and Pasco Counties. He has created programs to educate the public about the genocide in Darfur and took the lead in establishing the “Pinellas County Interfaith Environmental Coalition” to promote renewable and alternative energy sources. Stuart is an active and vocal member of several non-profits, and became involved with Project Prosper in December of 2008. In January, Stuart was elected to serve as Loan Committee chair of Project Prosper. Married since 1986, his daughter is a freshman at Florida State University and his son is a sophomore at Countryside High School.


David Schanzer
	*Treasurer*, a 35 year veteran of the travel and hospitality industry, is an honors business graduate from Eckerd College who received their Excellence in Business Achievement award. He developed an internal audit program and spreadsheet program for forecasting and budgeting, and has conducted Budget and Business Planning seminars in the US and Canada for retail branch managers and franchise owners of International travel organizations. A Lifetime Board Member of the Pinellas Unit of the American Cancer Society and co-chaired or an executive committee member of its Relay For Life event, David has participated in their Income Development for more than twenty years.

Miksi McNulty
	*Communicatons Coordinator*, has spent 9 years in the marketing field in various facets from promotion and pricing analysis to account management. She received her Master's in Marketing Strategy and MIS at University of South Florida where she graduated with honors. She has been involved in religious youth programs for the past 15 years along with volunteering her graphic design and website skills to various non-profit organizations. Currently, she is a manager of business development at the Catalina Marketing Corporation.

Kitty Pelster Rawson
	Development, has spent her entire professional career with nonprofit organizations. A graduate of Eckerd College, she has worked for her alma mater, St. Martin’s Episcopal School (Metairie, LA) Prevent Blindness Florida and Family Resources. She recently accepted a position as the development coordinator at Academy Prep St Petersburg. Along the way she earned a certificate in nonprofit management from the University of South Florida. Her first involvement with Project Prosper was as a volunteer; she coordinated financial literacy classes for Project Prosper and continues to be a volunteer instructor. She also volunteers with Business and Professional Women (BPW), serves on the boards of Faith and Action for Strength Together (FAST) and Project Prosper and is an active elder at Lakeview Presbyterian Church.