Florida Senate - 2015 (NP) SR 1578 By Senator Latvala 20-01770A-15 20151578__ 1 Senate Resolution 2 A resolution commemorating the life and service of 3 Rochelle Tatrai-Ray, President and CEO of Gulf Coast 4 Jewish Family and Community Services. 5 6 WHEREAS, Rochelle Tatrai-Ray worked at Gulf Coast Jewish 7 Family and Community Services for 13 years, and 8 WHEREAS, as President and CEO, Rochelle Tatrai-Ray led a 9 staff of 600 employees and directed all aspects of the 10 organization’s work in 60 different programs covering a 37 11 county delivery area, and 12 WHEREAS, Rochelle Tatrai-Ray had a primary role in planning 13 and implementing internationally recognized models of community 14 based care for those with serious medical, physical, and 15 psychiatric disabilities, as well as innovative employment and 16 responsible fatherhood programs for noncustodial parents, and 17 WHEREAS, Rochelle Tatrai-Ray was the victim of a domestic 18 violence murder in December 2014, and 19 WHEREAS, Rochelle Tatrai-Ray had the heart of a highly 20 qualified licensed mental health therapist as she rose in 21 leadership and will be remembered for her hard work, dedication, 22 and an uncommon love for the people served by Gulf Coast Jewish 23 Family and Community Services, and 24 WHEREAS, Rochelle Tatrai-Ray will be profoundly missed by 25 her family and friends, her employees, and the thousands of 26 Floridians receiving services from Gulf Coast Jewish Family and 27 Community Services, NOW, THEREFORE, 28 29 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 30 31 That the Florida Senate offers condolences to those who 32 knew and loved Rochelle Tatrai-Ray, and commemorates her years 33 of dedicated service on behalf of the people of Florida. 34 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with 35 the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the family of 36 Rochelle Tatrai-Ray as a tangible token of the sentiments of the 37 Florida Senate.