The Space Coast Health Foundation is pleased to announce Adam Bird has been elected chair of its board of directors.
Bird, a Melbourne attorney, replaces Linda Dale, who served as chair for two years. Dale will remain on the board as treasurer.
Bird graduated first in his class from Florida Air Academy in 2001 before enrolling at the University of Florida as a National Merit Scholar. He graduated with a bachelor’s in history then graduated with a juris doctor, cum laude, from UF’s Levin College of Law in 2008.
He was an attorney and shareholder with the Melbourne office of one of Florida’s largest law firms for many years before recently starting WhiteBird Attorneys at Law, which has since expanded to include six attorneys.
“I’m honored and excited to be taking the helm of such a fantastic organization,” Bird said. “I’ve been privileged to learn a great deal both from exiting chairwoman Linda Dale but also past chairman Jamie Dwight, and I can’t say enough about what those two, together with our wonderful board members and Foundation staff, have done for our community.
The other newly elected slate of officers beginning their duties Oct. 1, include Tricia Romesberg, vice chair; Patrice Pilate, secretary; and Dale, treasurer.
Bird practices in corporate, commercial, and real estate litigation, complex divorce matters, and serves as general counsel for both the Melbourne Airport Authority and the Titusville-Cocoa Airport Authority.
His professional links are numerous and include the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association, the Brevard County Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, the Florida Airports Council and ACI-NA, an international organization for those in the airport industry.
A married father of two, Bird is tireless in his devotion to the community. He has worked with 211 Brevard, the South Brevard Sharing Center, The M.O.R.G.A.N Project, LEAD Brevard, the Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce, and many other community organizations and efforts. He also is a member of the board of directors of the Brevard Zoo.
Bird was named a board member of the SCHF in October 2015.
“I look forward to continuing and expanding the important work the Space Coast Health Foundation and its programs performed in Brevard County as well as the services they provide,” Bird said. “It’s so important, now more than ever, that we come together to focus on community health and well-being, and the foundation remains committed to improving access to medical care and related services, including mental health care, for the citizens of Brevard. With the foundation board and staff we have in place, I’m certain the foundation will continue its sterling record of setting ambitious goals and, importantly, meeting them. I’m proud to have been elected to lead those efforts.”
Dale has been on the SCHF board for seven years and was named the board chair on Oct. 1, 2018. A retired Certified Public Accountant, she serves on the Community Credit Union board and has been active on several Brevard County community organizations.
During Dale’s tenure as SCHF board chair, the foundation added the Healthy Start program to the organization’s services. Healthy Start is a free, home-visiting program that provides education and care coordination to pregnant women and families of children under the age of 3.
Also, under Dale’s term as chair, the SCHF distributed more than $4.9 million in grants and support to the Brevard County community.
“The Space Coast Health Foundation has a very dedicated and hardworking staff and board doing great things for our community,” Dale said. “It has been an honor and a pleasure to chair the foundation for the last two years. Adam Bird is such an asset to the organization with his legal background and his experience with other non-profit organizations in our community. He will be a great chair and we appreciate his willingness to serve.”