About the Advisory Board

Eddie Alicea - APAB/APPOA Liaison, ARC Review Committee

Kathleen Almulla - APAB Founder

Chari Daignault - Webmaster

Ken Kish - Treasurer

Armando Rodriguez - COPS Chair

David Smith - Newsletter Publisher

Jim Foulks - Beautification

Brenda Kolbrich - Neighborhood Watch Coordinator

John Sangenito - 2009 APAB Chair

Eddie Alicea is a Varying Exceptionalities teacher at Avalon Elementary by day and an adjunct professor of Exceptional Education at Barry University by night. Prior to working at Avalon Elementary he worked for 8 years at Passport Charter, the first charter school in Orange County, where as a founding member he served on the school’s Board of Directors. Originally from Yonkers, New York he has resided in Orlando since high school where he attended Boone. He also went on to attended college locally, going to Rollins and then UCF for his undergraduate and graduate degrees. A self-professed roller coaster fanatic, he enjoys living in the “vacation capital of the world” and is proud to call Avalon Park home.

Kathleen founded the Avalon Park Advisory Board in 2002 and still attends all meetings serving wherever she is needed and was the first homeowner elected the Avalon Park Property Owners Association in 2004 where she served for 18 months. By day, Kathleen is Vice President/Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch in Winter Park where she helps many individuals build their wealth and by night, she is chauffeur extraordinaire to three children, Jeane, Nasser and Sharif.

Chari Daignault is a Senior Systems Analyst for 3H Technology Federal Corp., working for the Department of Homeland Security. A prior US Marine, she has lived in the Orlando area for the past 19 years, after moving here from Hawaii. She is an avid gardener, trail hiker and home improvement enthusiast. During the rest of her "spare" time, she tests camping, hiking, and backpacking products for BackpackGearTest.org. She chose to build a house in Avalon Park with her partner due to its unique, small-town community feel and has called it home since May of 2006.

Ken and his wife Gail have lived in Avalon Park since October of 2003. They are the proud parents of 2 grown men Mark and Steven. Ken owns and manages a souvenir apparel and promotional products business, which has kept him busy since 1999. In June of 2005, he founded the Avalon Park resident volunteer group named Keep Avalon Park Beautiful (KAPB). This group meets approximately once a month and picks up litter from around the common areas of Avalon Park. Ken is now the Chair of the Beautification Committee and looks forward to many great years living here in Avalon Park.

Armando "Manny" Rodriguez, married to Carmen for 20 years. We have a Brady Bunch family with five children including Daniel, age 7, the only one still at home. After retiring as an Engineering Associate with 30 years service at AT&T, we decided to leave New York and moved into Avalon Park in December, 2002. Having served as an HOA Board member in Staten Island, New York, for six years, I thought I could help out on the APAB. I've served as Head of the Beautification Committee, Treasurer, AP Citizens-On-Patrol committee and as the Chair of the Enforcement committee. Currently I'm an investor, landlord, Realtor and Real Estate Broker with Low Cost Realty Services.

Jim is a commercial insurance broker that works with large trucking companies in the Southeast. He has lived in Avalon Park since early 2005 and joined the Avalon Park Advisory Board in 2008 as Beautification Chair. In that role Jim heads up the Avalon Park Yard of the Month program and the Keep Avalon Park Beautiful (KAPB) group that meets once a quarter to clean up various common areas including parks, schools, ponds, community entrances, and other more visible common areas of the community. The Foulks family (wife Linda; kids JT, Spencer, and Annsley) is a founding member of the Avalon Park YMCA, and Jim is a member of the Rotary Club of Avalon Park.

Brenda Kolbrich is the overall Coordinator for Avalon Park's Neighborhood Watch program. She has been a very active resident of Avalon Park for over seven years and is also a realtor with Keller Williams. Brenda was awarded Citizen of the Year for District 4 in Orange County for 2008. Please contact her at brenda@brendaksells.com for any Neighborhood Watch issues.

John is a relative new comer to Avalon Park, becoming a resident only a year and a half ago. John has served on the Avalon Park Advisory Board for over a year now as head of The Welcoming Committee. John was unanimously voted in as Chairman of the APAB at the February 2009 meeting. John is looking forward to working with the board and the entire community to make living in Avalon Park the best it can possibly be. One of John’s main goals as President is to engage, enlighten and bring awareness to all who Live, Work, Play and Learn in Avalon Park.

John can be reached with questions or concerns anytime by going to www.avalonadvisory.org and sending him an email. If you haven’t visited our web site please do so and sign up, so that you can stay in touch with what’s happening all over Avalon Park.