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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Since 2018, Coconut Creek has spotlighted students who make good decisions and positive choices through the Do The Right Thing Program. This exceptional program reinforces good behavior, recognizes noble citizenship, and honors community involvement.

Coconut Creek’s Do The Right Thing Awards Program is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors, operating under the auspices of the Coconut Creek Police Department. Sponsorship and donations help make the program possible and children benefit from the generosity of our sponsors. We always welcome new sponsors and interested businesses willing to provide gifts and services to Do the Right Thing Awards Program winners. Financial contributions are also greatly appreciated.


We are always looking for more people to volunteer and serve on our Executive Board. New members are needed who are creative and have ideas, time and energy to help the program grow and recognize more students for Doing The Right Thing.

Frederick Hofer

President

Chief Frederick Hofer made history by becoming our first "homegrown" police chief...

Dr. Mark Bolhofner

Vice President

Mark and his wife Kathy are 1975 graduates of Coconut Creek high school. They have three adult children and four…

CarolAnn Bown

Secretary

CarolAnn Bown is in her 30th year with the Coconut Creek Police Department. She started her career as a dispatcher…

Jeannette Camacho

Police Legal Advisor

She began her career as an Assistant State Attorney in Orlando, Florida, in 1994. In 2000 she transferred to the Broward State Attorney’s Office, where she worked until 2011.

Barb Hendrickx

Executive Director

Sergeant Barb Hendrickx started her career in law enforcement in 1989 in Naples, Florida when she was hired by the…

Dr. Nicole Nearor

Board Member

Dr. Nicole Nearor is the proud Principal of Coconut Creek High. She has 28 years in education from science teacher, instructional coach, STEM coordinator,...

Tracy Lautomne

Board Of Directors

Tracy Lautomne has be affiliated with the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek since 2020. Tracy works with the ....

Judge Natasha DePrimo

Board Member

The Honorable Natasha DePrimo is a judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Broward County. She was appointed to the bench by Governor Ron DeSantis...

Nora Rupert

Board Member

Our District 7 School Board Member and past Chair, Mrs. Nora Rupert, is a former high school reading teacher, a…

Fire Chief Brian Blizzard

Board Member

Originally from Ft. Lauderdale and Plantation for more than 20 years, Chief Blizzard began his career in emergency services in 1986 as a volunteer firefighter with the Plantation Fire Department.

Steve Bonner

Board Member

Steve Bonner was named President of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa in November of 2018.

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Do The Right Thing (DTRT) of Coconut Creek Program, is a community-based initiative which brings the City of Coconut Creek together with our community, local businesses, local schools, community organizations, city recreational centers, and most importantly, our youth.

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Do the Right Thing of Coconut Creek (DTRT) is committed to providing a discrimination-free environment for all people regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We do not discriminate in the delivery of our services, volunteer opportunities, awards, or employment practices.

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Frederick Hofer
President

Chief Hofer made history by becoming our first “homegrown” police chief, having started his career here at the Coconut Creek Police Department 26 years ago.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice Management from Union Institute and University and is also a graduate of the Southern Police Institute’s Command Officer Development School. He participated in the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, where he learned from some of the best minds in the law enforcement and criminal justice communities.

Chief Hofer served on the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team for over two decades, was a detective on the Special Enforcement Team (SET), and, after his promotion to sergeant, supervised the SET, K-9 Team, and Training Unit for several years. He was promoted to lieutenant in 2016, and just two years later, his exceptional performance earned him a promotion to captain. In 2023, he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Police, and then Interim Chief of Police.

Chief Hofer’s impressive career trajectory and unwavering commitment to excellence leave no doubt that he will continue to make significant contributions to the City of Coconut Creek.  As the President of Do The Right Thing of Coconut Creek, he is committed to the success of the program and the recognition it provides the youth in our community. 

Dr. Mark Bolhofner
Board Member

Mark and his wife Kathy are 1975 graduates of Coconut Creek high school. They have three adult children and six grandchildren. Mark’s doctorate is from Westminster Theological Seminary, and he is the founding pastor of the North Creek Presbyterian Church (1992). The church hosts the North Creek Explorer 5K each December to raise support for the CCPD Explorer program, and is the 2019 and 2022 recipient of the CCPD Community Alliance Award

CarolAnn Bown
Secretary

CarolAnn Bown is in her 32nd year with the Coconut Creek Police Department. She started her career as a dispatcher for CCPD in July 1990. After three months, she was promoted to Public Safety Aide III and worked for the Support and Administrative Services Bureau Commander handling payroll and purchasing. Just over one year later, in 1991, she was promoted to Secretary III as the assistant to the Chief of Police—a position she has held since. Prior to her career with CCPD, CarolAnn had a variety of work experiences from the law offices of Geller and Geller, to the Broward County Clerk’s Office, to the United States Army.

CarolAnn fell in love with Do The Right Thing of Coconut Creek the very first ceremony she attended. She loves the recognition the students receive for doing exceptional deeds. CarolAnn is excited to be involved with our DTRT program and looks forward to watching the program grow.

Jeannette Camacho
Police Legal Advisor

Jeannette Camacho has been an Attorney for the past 30 years.

She began her career as an Assistant State Attorney in Orlando, Florida, in 1994. In 2000 she transferred to the Broward State Attorney’s Office, where she worked until 2011.

In 2011, she was hired by the City of Coconut Creek as the first Police Legal Advisor for the Coconut Creek Police Department.

Barb Hendrickx
Executive Director

Sergeant Barb Hendrickx became a police officer for the City of Coconut Creek Police Department in January 2013. During her first five years as an officer, she was the bike patrol officer representative on her team as well as a Field Training Officer. In March 2018, Barb was transferred into the Criminal Investigations Division as a Detective. In August 2018, Barb was promoted to the Sergeant over the Community Services Unit.
Barb currently is a member of the Crisis Negotiation Team, the department’s Recruitment Team, and proudly serves as one of the founding members and is an instructor for the Self-defense Awareness & Familiarization Exchange program.

In July 2019, Barb was first voted in by the Do The Right Thing of Coconut Creek Board of Directors as the new Executive Director of the program. She was re-elected by the board in July 2022 to remain the Executive Director.

Barb attended Florida Atlantic University and studied Political Science. After earning her Bachelor’s Degree, Barb worked in the public sector in various executive management positions including Regional Loss Prevention Manager and District Operations Manager.

Dr. Nicole Nearor
Principal

Dr. Nicole Nearor is the proud Principal of Coconut Creek High. She has 28 years in education from science teacher, instructional coach, STEM coordinator, Science Specialist, Assistant Principal, and Principal.

Dr. Nearor earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from Alabama State University, a Master’s in Education and a Ph.D. in Education specializing in Curriculum and Instruction, both from Capella University.

Dr. Nearor says that she gets fulfillment from being around high school teenagers every day because there is still a sense of hope, choice, and promise before they enter the real world. She says it’s an adventure every day! This inspires her to lead a purpose-driven life.

Tracy Lautomne
Board Of Directors

Tracy Lautomne has be affiliated with the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek since 2020. Tracy works with the marketing team and concentrates on Community involvement. Born in Philadelphia, and raised in Tamarac. I am a proud Cobra of Boyd Anderson High School located in Lauderdale Lakes, and went to college at the University of Florida. Past president of the Coral Springs Rotary, and on the Executive board for the Coral Springs Coconut Creek Chamber of Commerce. I am also on the board of directors for The Sawgrass Nature Center and Wildlife Rehabilitation. For fun, I can be found digging in the dirt on the weekends in my yard or the community garden in Coral Springs.

Judge Natasha DePrimo
Board Members

The Honorable Natasha DePrimo is a judge for the 17th Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in Broward County. She was appointed to the bench by Governor Ron DeSantis on December 2, 2021.

 

Prior to her appointment, DePrimo was a judge for the Broward County Court, a position to which she was named in 2018. Before that, she spent time as a senior attorney in the Eminent Domain Division of the Florida Department of Transportation as well as an assistant state attorney in the Office of the State Attorney in Palm Beach County and Broward County.

DePrimo Earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami. She then completed a Juris Doctorate at the University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, in 2005. Judge DePrimo holds the distinction of being the first Asian American woman to sit as a judge in Broward County. As of this past June, she is the newest Board Member for Do The Right Thing of Coconut Creek.

Nora Rupert
Board Member

Our District 7 School Board Member and past Chair, Mrs. Nora Rupert, is a former high school reading teacher, a mom of three children, all of whom have attended public schools, and a tireless community and children’s advocate.
Mrs. Rupert was elected to the School Board of Broward County in 2010 to serve District 7. She was selected as Vice Chair for 2016-2017, and selected as Chair for 2017-18.
She has served, or is currently serving as the Broward County School Board representative on the National School Boards Association, on the Florida School Boards Association Board of Directors, as the state legislative liaison for the Broward School Board, and on the Youth Education and Scholarship Committees of the Broward League of Cities.

Fire Chief Brian Blizzard
Board Member

Originally from Ft. Lauderdale and Plantation for more than 20 years, he began his career in emergency services in 1986 as a volunteer firefighter with the Plantation Fire Department and he also worked for an ambulance service that provided emergent transport for Broward County EMS. “I still have my faded volunteer training certificate that I received from Plantation back in 1986. Throughout my career I would look upon that certificate to reflect and remind myself of where I have been. I am very proud of that one certificate because it set me on my professional path to where I am today” 

In 1991 he was hired by the St. Lucie County Fire District as a paramedic firefighter, where he completed over 30 years of service, finishing as the Assistant Fire Chief, responsible for over 450 firefighters and civilians.

“I have always believed that education is paramount and that today’s fire service demands it.” Chief Blizzard has a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Management from Warner University. He is also a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer Program (EFOP). Chief Blizzard is credentialed and designated as a Chief Fire Officer (CFO) by the Center for Public Safety Excellence Commission on Fire Accreditation International.

Steve Bonner
Board Member

Steve Bonner was named President of Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa in November of 2018.
He is responsible for all operations and management of Tampa Bay’s largest entertainment complex, which includes one of the largest casinos in the nation, as ranked by the number of gaming positions.
Bonner arrived at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa after serving as General Manager and President of Seminole Casino Coconut Creek for 16 years. During that time, he was responsible for managing the evolution of what was a small gaming facility into a major South Florida casino, dining and entertainment destination, with nearly 2,000 slot machines, five restaurants and a 1,200-seat event center (The Pavilion) for concert and comedy performances.
Bonner has a knack for identifying creative casino publicity, marketing and promotional opportunities. He has three decades of gaming industry executive experience, including previous positions with Black Hawk Gaming & Development Company in Black Hawk, Colorado, and Hemmeter Enterprises in Denver, Colorado.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.