Friday May 9th, 2008 - 5:23PM

The non-profit Community Maritime Park Associates (non-profit CMPA) Board of Trustees voted to add Grace Resendez McCaffery to the board, taking the place of Susan Storey who resigned in April. Grace Resendez McCaffery was born and raised in El Paso, TX. A resident of Pensacola since 1993, McCaffery earned her BA in Communications with a specialization in Public Relations from the University of West
Florida.

After Hurricane Ivan struck the Gulf Coast, McCaffery founded the Language Bank of Northwest Florida, recruiting nearly 100 volunteer interpreters of about 25 different languages. With Spanish speakers in high demand, McCaffery established an informational publication to bridge the communication gap on the Gulf Coast.

McCaffery has formerly served the Gulf Coast community as the Public Relations Director of the American Red Cross of Northwest Florida and the Director of Development and Public Relations for Independence for the Blind of West Florida.