Bonnie is a former business owner in Jacksonville, FL for 14 years in advertising, marketing and public relations, and now uses those talents to help northeast Florida conserve critical undeveloped lands in seven counties. In 2000, she was "Small Business Leader of the Year" for the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce. She serves on Theatre Jacksonville Board and the Board of Girl Scouts and is a Co-leader of Senior age girls. Her troop just completed their coveted Silver award, which included the design, engineering, plan development, and building of a 200 person outdoor amphitheatre for one of the camps. For pleasure, Bonnie is an avid scuba diver who has been trained to volunteer monitor offshore reefs in northeast Florida.