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.