Kelly Jordan

Vice President of Philanthropy

Kelly Jordan has been a fundraising professional for over 20 years. In January of 2016 she moved from Washington D.C. to Florida to become the Chief Development Officer at Clearwater Marine Aquarium. In this position, Kelly provided leadership, direction, and coordination of fundraising strategies and activities that enabled CMA to make critical investments to ensure the institution remains a leader in marine life education, research, rescue, rehabilitation, and release. This included overseeing CMA’s successful $15-million-dollar capital campaign for its $80-million-dollar expansion that opened in October 2020. Previously Kelly served as the Major Gift Officer for 8 years at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.

Anthony Saccento

Chief Financial Officer

Anthony joined Gulf Coast JFCS as Chief Financial Officer in October of 2024. His experience in Public Accounting includes tax, auditing, and general accounting. His Private Accounting experience includes being CFO and holding senior positions in investment, publishing, oil & gas, architecture, and non-profit industries. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from St. John’s University. He received both an M.B.A. in Finance and an M.S. in Taxation from Fordham University. Anthony is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of New York. He has periodically led accounting seminars through a major financial newspaper and has occasionally taught accounting and finance classes at the university level. He volunteers on the Deacon Board at his home church and has performed certified audits for a children’s mission in Kodiak, Alaska. He loves the outdoors and moved to upstate New York over a decade ago, from New York City, to pursue those opportunities. He now looks forward to expanding those experiences by having relocated to Florida.

Hope and Dignity Fund

Compassion in Action

**Be Compassion in Action with a gift of HOPE and DIGNITY!**

More than 50% of Floridians are one event away from a life-altering crisis.

Compassion in action means showing up during the most challenging circumstances.

Your help today will provide essential needs, food, shelter, clothes, transportation, and mental health resources … giving them hope, dignity, and the vital “hand up” needed to uplift their lives through difficult times.

This is our Compassion in Action.

Bring a reminder of Compassion in Action to your home or as a gift to a friend or loved one.

Donations of:

$100+ option to receive history book*
$250+ option to receive history book + choice of compassion day tote or beverage glasses*
$500+ option to receive history book + day tote + beverage glasses*
$1000+ Tree of Life recognition + all the gift items**

* postage gift appreciated – please add $5-$10 to offset the postage fee.

** To order additional compassion gifts, please add this to the “notes” field on the donate page or contact Gulf Coast JFCS at Marketing@gcjfcs.org or 727-910-6130 to inquire.

50th Anniversary History Book