Human services nonprofit elects two new board members

SARASOTA — Jewish Family & Children’s Service of the Suncoast has elected attorney David Shapiro and Dr. R. Dean Hautamaki to its board of directors.

Shapiro is managing partner of Shapiro | Delgado personal injury law firm. He is board certified by the Florida Bar as a civil trial lawyer and mediator.

Shapiro has previously served on the JFCS Board of Directors, according to a press release. He also serves on the boards of Children First, Temple Emanu-El, Sarasota Film Festival and Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. 

Hautamaki is a private physician at Hautamaki and Horiuchi Personal Physicians of Sarasota LLC, a practice he co-founded in 2008, the release states. He is a principal investigator in clinical research and a clinical associate professor of medicine for Florida State College of Medicine, third year internal medicine clerkship.

Hautamaki is a co-trustee for the Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust. He is also involved in the Arcadia Boys & Girls Club and serves on the board of directors for All Star Children’s Foundation and Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo.

“We are so pleased that David and Dean have agreed to serve on the JFCS Board,” says JFCS Board Chair Dean Miller in the statement. “They will undoubtedly make significant contributions to our ongoing efforts in serving our community.”

JFCS empowers individuals and families toward self-sufficiency by providing mental health and human services regardless of age, faith or circumstance.