Our Board
Carolyn F. Lane, Ph.D., President
Dr. Lane received her MS and Ph.D. degrees in Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1981. She founded Discovery Montessori School, taught in the College of Health and later coordinated the endowed scholarship program at the Univ. of North Florida before returning to become Director of the former. She has served on Boards including Habitat for Humanity of Jacksonville Beach (President), Dignity-U-Wear, Project Genesis of Helping Hands and the Us-Women and Girls Health Initiative (founding director, President). Extensive travel has brought to light the desire to share the culture of personal photography with the underprivileged in the world.
Rev. Dr. Carol DiGiusto, Secretary
The Rev. Dr. Carol DiGiusto is currently serving Palms Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville Beach, FL as Senior Pastor with responsibilities for mission and pastoral care. Dr. DiGiusto has also had careers in television, radio and public relations. For ten years she had her own public relations company, Communicating Ideas, with primary focus on non-profits and small business. For seven years Carol was Public Relations Director of the Girl Scouts of Gateway Council serving 15 counties in north Florida. She is a certified public relations professional.
Austin Lane, Vice-President
Austin graduated from New York University with a degree in Management and Marketing. At NYU he was active in entrepreneurship and social enterprise, including developing a student run business generating 100K in its first year, resulting in Club of Year in 2007. Since college he has applied his skills with the VC funded Internet startups Sosauce & Muse Games. He has traveled extensively and shares the vision of DMW. He has been responsible for much of the brand direction, product and design development.
Carolyn Ettlinger
Carolyn Wallace Ettlinger has a career in non-profit management. Carolyn created and led the Jacksonville Housing Partnership, a housing non-profit for seventeen years. She has extensive experience in special events, having created two large community-wide events in Jacksonville. She currently is consulting for nonprofits and providing interim executive director services. Carolyn brings valuable insight and experience from the nonprofit sector to the operations of DMW.
Leah Hudson
Leah Hudson was the first female commodity trader for a large southern farmer cooperative and has been a partner in an export agribusiness since 1984. Her business is the longest standing supplier of refined, enriched vegetable oil used as humanitarian aid in the US food for peace program, under the Dept. of State. Her company was a leader in the initiative to develop the addition of vitamin A to refined vegetable oil Leah partnered with Carolyn Lane in the early 90’s to establish and grow what is now the largest private non-profit Montessori School serving the Jacksonville, FL area. She collaborates in service to the greater community through DMW and joined the first Photo Tour to Haiti in Mar. 09.