New member elected to Flagler College Board of Trustees

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Kim Ragland Wheeler

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL (04/08/2013)(readMedia)-- Kim Ragland Wheeler of Virginia Beach, Virginia, has recently been appointed the newest member of the Flagler College Board of Trustees.

Wheeler is vice president of the Wheeler Benefit Foundation and has a long history of service accomplishments. She previously served as political director for Equitable Life Assurance and public affairs director for the American Film Institute in Washington, D.C.

Presently, Wheeler serves on the boards of the Virginia Aquarium and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art. She and her husband, Jon, are the chairs of the Parent Leadership Council at Flagler College, where their son will earn his degree in Sport Management in April 2013.

Wheeler is a 1982 graduate of University of Georgia, where she earned her bachelor of arts in internal and public communications.

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Flagler College is an independent, four-year, comprehensive baccalaureate college located in St. Augustine, Fla. The college offers 24 majors, 29 minors and two pre-professional programs, the largest majors being business, education and communication. Small by intent, Flagler College has an enrollment of about 2,500 students, as well as a satellite campus at Tallahassee Community College in Tallahassee, Fla. U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review regularly feature Flagler as a college that offers quality education at a relatively low cost; tuition is $23,690, including room and board. A relatively young institution (founded in 1968), Flagler College is also noted for the historic beauty of its campus. The main building is Ponce de Leon Hall, built in 1887 as a luxury resort by Henry Flagler, who co-founded the Standard Oil Company with John D. Rockefeller. For more on Flagler College, visit www.flagler.edu.