The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital Announces Program Moderators for Florida Forum
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Floridant -- The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital proudly announces a trio of exceptional moderators for its 2024-25 Florida Forum Speaker Series schedule. Three distinguished Northeast Florida leaders – John Delaney, Shad Khan and Mark Woods – will facilitate thought-provoking and engaging discussions for the Speaker Series presentations.

The program moderator for Rt Hon Boris Johnson is John Delaney, President of Flagler College, and former University of North Florida President and Jacksonville Mayor. Johnson is the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and a journalist and author. The program is on Oct. 29, 2024.

The program moderator for Deepak Chopra is Jacksonville Jaguars team owner Shad Khan. A self-made billionaire who arrived in the U.S. at age 16 to study engineering, Khan is also owner of global automotive equipment manufacturer Flex-N-Gate, Fulham Football Club of the English Premier League, All Elite Wrestling and Four Seasons Hotel Toronto, and is a philanthropist and developer who is investing in Downtown Jacksonville. Chopra is a physician, author and world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. The program is on Jan. 15, 2025.

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The program moderator for Carl Hiaasen is Columnist Mark Woods. He has been a columnist at the Florida Times-Union since 2001. Before that, he spent 20 years as a sportswriter at newspapers in Florida, Kentucky, Missouri and Indiana. Woods is the author of Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks. Hiaasen is a Floridian, journalist and novelist. The program is on Feb. 12, 2025.

The Florida Forum series events will take place at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts. Programs begin at 7 p.m. The series is made possible by long-time partners and generous sponsors Landstar, Wells Fargo and Florida Blue.

To purchase tickets, visit www.thefloridaforum.com, call 904.202.2886, or email womensboard@bmcjax.com.

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Presented by The Women's Board, the Florida Forum raises awareness and funds for Wolfson Children's Hospital, supporting its mission to ensure the finest available pediatric healthcare for all children. The Women's Board of Wolfson Children's Hospital is committed to raising $1.5 million for two new Kids Kare Mobile Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and other Wolfson Children's Hospital programs. The Kids Kare Mobile ICUs are part of Wolfson Children's Hospital's Neonatal and Pediatric Critical Care Transport fleet and include necessary life-support equipment for the transportation of critically ill and injured infants and children. Kids Kare vehicles and helicopters safely transport nearly 3,000 infants and children a year to Wolfson Children's Hospital for emergency neonatal and pediatric critical and trauma care. For more information, visit womensboardwch.com.