As community enthusiasts, Lowell and Nancy actively support diabetes initiatives including the Halifax Health Lohman Diabetes Center which opened in the fall 2021. They also support an Annual Lohman Diabetes Conference. Lowell serves on the board of the HADC (Help a Diabetic Child) and Lowell is a member of the Daytona Beach CEO Business Alliance.

As an entrepreneur, Lowell has owned over 60 businesses; the majority have been with family. Lowell’s story and strategies for building multimillion-dollar family businesses are detailed in his recent book The Lohman Way. Nancy joined Lowell in the family business and along with their son Ty and Lowell’s brothers Victor and Daryl, they were the largest private owners of funeral homes and cemeteries in Florida owning 34 locations. Recently, Lowell, Ty and Nancy have bought and sold over 24 apartment complexes in Orlando, Jacksonville, and Daytona Beach totaling more than 4,000 apartments. Today they continue as a family with the development of The Cupola at Oceanside, a luxury townhome development.

Nancy served as the chair of the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Statuary Fund project, an endeavor she feels has been her most important work, which facilitated the placement of Dr. Bethune’s statue in the U.S. Capitol in 2022. Nancy served as president and capital campaign chair of the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens raising over $4 million and serves as a board vice president of the Halifax Humane Society where she spearheaded a $3.6 million capital campaign. She has served as the chair of the Council on Aging of Volusia County and is Chair of the Civic League of the Halifax Area. Nancy authored her book Blossom, Cultivating More Joy and Success in Life and Business which is on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. She served as president of the ICCFA (Int’l Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Assn.), the largest cemetery and funeral home association in the world, and president of the SCCFA (Southern Cemetery, Cremation, & Funeral Assn.). Previously she was also president of the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Ormond Beach Historical Society.

Lowell and Nancy have spoken to numerous organizations including Stetson University, Bethune Cookman University, University of FL Foundation, Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce, Volusia Realtors Assn, various leadership Institutes and civic organizations.

Lowell graduated from Florida State University with a degree in biology and chemistry.

Nancy graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Human Ecology and was the 1981 Ohio State Homecoming Queen. She earned her master’s in leadership communication from Gonzaga University.

In addition to other community awards, Lowell and Nancy received the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce Lou Fuchs (Fox) Award (Now the Glenn Ritchey Leadership Award), the United Way Community Foundation Award, the Council on Aging Community Award and the Mayor’s Award for Civic Engagement.

Together Lowell and Nancy have donated over $12 million to local charities in the Daytona area. Nancy was selected twice as one of the Daytona Beach News Journal’s top women in business and was awarded the 2018 Most Charitable Award.

Chief William J. Anderson is a retIred career law enforcement professional with a demonstrated history in municipal government and higher education. A four-time Chief of Police skilled in Government, Higher Education, Emergency Management, Intelligence, Investigations, Community Policing, and Patrol Operations. He has 11 years of military experience in the United States Coast Guard Reserves and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy - 192nd Session.

Born in Daytona Beach, Florida to the late Betty Jo Williams and adopted at 3 days old by the late Jesse And Josephine Anderson. He was educated in our local public schools graduating from Mainland Senior High, Daytona Beach Community College (Daytona State College) and Bethune-Cookman University with a degree in Criminal Justice. He also attended FAMU, marching in the famed Marching 100.

After a 40 year career in law enforcement and public safety Chief Anderson retired in 2019, after serving 20 years with the Daytona Beach, FL police department, retiring as a Commander. He also served as the Chief of Police in the cities for DeLand, FL, Elizabeth City, Greenville, and Asheville, NC police departments. During his career Chief Anderson was appointed by Governor Beverly Perdue and re-appointed by Governor Pat McCrory to serve as Commissioner on State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) State of North Carolina from April 2011 to December 2014.

After retiring from law enforcement in 2014, he joined the staff at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC as the Director of Public Safety and Lead Title IX Investigator. He also served 11 years in United States Coast Guard Reserves, stationed at Ponce Inlet, Fl.

Chief Anderson and his family worships at Greater Union First Baptist Church, DeLand, Fl, where he serves as a Deacon and is currently the Basileus of Iota Kappa Kappa (DeLand) Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. He pledged Omicron Omicron Chapter Daytona Beach, Fl, Spring 2000. Currently he plays the Tuba in both the Daytona Beach Concert Band and the Voles Community Arts Symphony.

He is married to his wife Sandra with one son Chad and three grandchildren, Blake (14) Harper Marie (4) and Elias (5 months).

Professional Clubs & Associations Leadership:

• Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Town of Fletcher, North Carolina

• Former Regional Director (Region VIII and VIX), North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police, Life Member

• Police Executive Research Forum (PERF)

• Former President and Founder, Greenville, NC, Police Athletic League

• Founder, Elizabeth City/Pasquotank County, NC Police Athletic League

• Former Member Criminal Justice Advisory Board, East Carolina University

• Volusia Community Arts Symphony - Board Member

Education & Training:

• 1974 Mainland Senior High, Daytona Beach, Florida

• 1990 Daytona Beach Community College (Daytona State College), AA in Law Enforcement

• 1997 Bethune-Cookman University, Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice

• 1998 FBI National Academy – 192nd Session, Quantico, Virginia

• 2004 State of North Carolina Criminal Justice and Training Standards Commission

• General Certification (for Police Officers) Raleigh, North Carolina

Claire Metz is an award winning broadcast journalist who recently retired after more than 40 years on Central Florida television. For the majority of her career, she worked for WESH Channel 2.

Claire was a reporter, covering local issues for many of those years. In addition, Claire anchored the morning and noon newscasts for WESH from 1987 until 2005.

Claire moved to our area in 1980 after graduating college from Loyola University in New Orleans. Though Claire was born and raised in Chicago, she met her husband Peter in college and moved with him to Daytona Beach where Peter has an on-going family business.

The television industry was in a real growth spurt when Claire began and she found herself covering many high profile news events, including numerous tropical storms and hurricanes that dramatically impacted our area. As a resident, familiar with our landscape, Claire brought a very personal touch to coverage our community depended on as we recovered. She has previously said it was an honor to honestly and fairly bring vital information, good or bad, to those who need to know.

While working outside the home, Claire and Peter had a lot going on inside too. They raised four wonderful children and now have two grand children they spend time with.

Claire says she has been privileged to work in this area…privileged to watch the community change and grow over the decades…privileged so many trusted her with their stories.

Imagine, it’s November of 2020 and you Google the term “black male” in hopes ofnfinding inspiration while working on a client project. To your surprise, the results are alarming. Many images consistently displayed incarcerated, narcotics-selling, and -using individuals, which means that anyone in the community -conducting the same search at that time- would leave with a completely negative, and false impression of the African-American community. With few results portraying positivity, further curiosity led to further research. A study from the National Research Group stated “two in three African-Americans do not feel they see their stories or themselves represented in media. In addition, African-Americans make up only 1.2% of all artworks displayed in major art galleries in America (Williams College, PA study).”

This Google search, along with the statistics discovered, led the husband-and-wife duo, James and LaToya Carey, to use what was in their hands, a digital camera. The Careys, Founders and Curators of Cultuvue (pronounced cull-tu-view), a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, celebrates the rich tapestry of black culture through captivating photography exhibitions. Through countywide nominations they feature a range of individuals from those in the classroom to those presiding behind the bench in the courtroom. Since 2021, they have featured over 100 people and displayed over 350 works of art. Averaging 5000 in attendance yearly, their annual exhibitions aim to combat that 2020 Google search by transforming the way African-Americans are perceived. With unwavering persistence, they are countering the negative cultural stereotypes prevalent in mainstream media and society. By showcasing positive images and their accompanying narratives, they provide an insightful and free-of-charge curated exhibition.

Wanting to provide an immersive experience specifically for the youth, the Careys launched Youth Day, welcoming over 400 youth to date at Cultuvue and hosting privately curated school tours to purposefully give a voice to the individual stories of triumphs and tragedies of the community nominated leaders who are featured. Their continual goal is to promote visual literacy, fostering communication and understanding among diverse ethnic groups. Their mission is to illuminate the vibrancy, diversity, and resilience of black heritage while inspiring and uniting communities worldwide.