President
Lisa Nguyen Baldwin, M.Ed. is the Founder of and Head of School at Island Montessori Academy, Inc. She has nine years of Montessori education experience including classroom instruction, admissions recruiting, staff development and training, crisis intervention planning, affinity groups, diversity education, and strategic planning. She has a curriculum and instruction degree in Conflict Resolution and Peaceable Schools from Lesley University. As an AmeriCorps volunteer, she worked with at-risk youth in the Pinellas County Schools as a tutor and mentor. She was an intern with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, was employed with a quasi-state agency which developed programs for at-risk and out of school youth, and has attended a number of diversity, Montessori, and private school conferences. Her passion is teaching children about equity and justice, and their role as members of a diverse and interdependent society. She is the mother of two beautiful and wonderful children.

Vice President and Treasurer
Peter Nguyen is a Vietnam refugee and true entrepreneur. In the last thirty years, he has held a wide variety of different employment positions. He is currently a real estate developer and property manager. His personality exudes friendliness, understanding, and intelligence. Although there are language barriers with many of his tenants, Peter continues to do business and communicate effectively with people from diverse backgrounds. He has taken Spanish classes, and spent time in Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries to better understand his tenants on a cultural level. He has experience with engineers, scientists, town planners, and various boards for approval of project development and property management. He is the president and founder of Venture Realty Trust, and president of LTP Realty, Inc., both of which do business in Massachusetts, as well as Florida.

Assistant Vice President of Finance
Thomas Wides has been the Operations Director for the Collier County Public Utilities Department since July 2002. Prior to this position, he served as the Interim Administrator and the Fiscal Operations Director for the same. Wides has been a member of the Marco Island Kiwanis Club since 2000, and held the position of Finance Director for 2 years. He is the designated county liaison to the City of Marco Island for emergency (hurricane) events for water, sewer, and solid waste issues. Before coming to Marco Island almost 6 years ago, he held a variety of accounting positions in Chicago including Manager of Accounting, Outside Processing EDI Accounting Manager, Core Team Member, Project Manager, Controller, and Payroll Supervisor. In his earlier years, his dedication and hard work is shown through four promotions and assignment of increasingly responsible positions in different Accounting areas including Cost and Forecast Accounting, Production Accounting and Economic Evaluation.


Assistant Vice President of Legal Affairs
Ashley Lupo was a Montessori preschool and elementary-schooled child. A graduate from the University of Miami and its School of Law and currently a partner with Roetzel and Andress, Ashley focuses her practice on matters involving condominium and homeowners' association law. She represents more than 100 condominium associations, homeowners' associations, and country clubs within Collier and Lee Counties. Her professional and community affiliations include The Florida Bar, Collier County Bar Association, Collier County Women's Bar Association, The Condominium and Planned Development Committee of the Florida Bar, Marco Island YMCA, Vice President, Board of Directors, Marco Island Rotary, Board of Directors (2001-2002), and the Collier County Coastal Advisory Committee (2001-2002). She has also given seminars on behalf of Building Managers International. Ashley has two sons; the younger of which is in the Toddler Program at IMA.


Assistant Vice President of Operations
As an owner of the family-run businesses of Marco Island Floor Covering, Naples Bay Floor Covering, and Bonita Springs Floor Covering, as well as Distinctive Construction, Gregory Pascale has created an extended network of family, friends and loyal customers over the fifteen years he has been in our community. His life goal is to live a life he loves that is full of inspiration and creation. He has the ability to rally and motivate volunteers and people to get a job done. He is a graduate of culinary school and Landmark Education and his other involvements include Naples M.S walk, Chamber of Commerce, Marco Island Business Networking Group, and is a member of C.B.I.A and M.I.A. He is a dedicated businessman and husband, and father of an IMA Toddler.


Board Secretary
Sarah Asbell is a wife and mother of two young boys. She graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught kindergarten in a private day care for a year before going into the restaurant industry. After working as an assistant manager for a national restaurant chain she decided to go into business with her family when they bought the health food store on Marco Island. Sarah has been partners with her sister in Summer Day Market & Café for seven years. She is an active member of the Marco Town Center Merchants Association, where she has previously been a board member.


Board Representative, St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Peggy Anuta is an active member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and the Marco Island branch of the American Association of University Women. She helped develop Stars on the Water, an after-school tutoring program for second grade students from Tommie Barfield Elementary. She is a certified teacher who substitutes within the Collier County Public School District.

Board Representative, Parent Association
Joan Pernice was born and raised in Northern NJ and has a BA from Rampo College of NJ. She has 15 years of experience in the financial (banking) industry, but switched gears when she went to work with her husband. Their family owns and operates the VanEmburgh-Sneider-Pernice Funeral Home in Ramsey, NJ. She is well-versed in being a member of civic organizations, committees and boards. Having served on the Board of Directors of the Bergen Highland/Ramsey Rotary Club and Foundation in many roles including President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Board Member, Joan is now an honorary member. She has helped many organizations pilot different fundraisers and events. Although Joan is fairly new to Marco Island, she shares her time and talents to IMA, the YMCA of Marco Island, and St. Mark's Church. Her daughter is in her second year in the Primary Class.