Nonprofit mental health CFO finds escape playing ice hockey

Competition, constant improvement and camaraderie drive Ronne Apicella’s passion for a sport played on something decidedly un-Florida: a sheet of ice.

By Mark Gordon
| 5:00 a.m. January 10, 2024
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Ronne Apicella has been playing ice hockey for more than 20 years.

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Ronne Apicella, CFO, SalusCare. Organization is a nonprofit mental health and substance abuse provider in Lee County. Apicella has been with SalusCare since 2012, after working in financial roles for public manufacturing companies. She enjoys handling the financial side of an entity with a mission she believes deeply in. “The work that we do here outweighs any of the career paths I’ve been involved in,” Apicella says.

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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.