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PositionLifeLink Foundation CFO John Stockman - Brief Article

John Stockman has a robust sense of humor and an unusual career path. His professional experiences combine drugs, prisons and body parts -- the industries in which he's served as a financial executive with 30 years of increasing responsibility in industry-leading companies. In 1982, the Stockman family made a lifestyle change -- moving from the Chicago area to Florida's Tampa Bay where, for two years, he was a founding CFO working with Jack Eckerd of Eckerd Drug Co. to launch a non-profit company licensed by the State of Florida to convert prison industries to private enterprise, using prison labor as its workforce.

Title: Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President.

Company: LifeLink Foundation, Inc., Tampa, Fla., since 1987. LifeLink is a non-profit community service healthcare provider including all aspects of organ and tissue transplantation.

Born: Chicago, Sept. 8, 1940

Spouse: Susan

Children: Peter, 32; Dan, 30; and three grandchildren

Education Summary: Southern Illinois, B.S. in Accounting, 1964; University of Chicago, Management Development Program and CPA in Ill., 1970

Career Summary: "Began career in 1964 as Store Auditor, Walgreen Drug Co., Chicago; 1966-'71, corporate office of printing press manufacturer MGD Inc., Cicero, Ill, which was acquired by North American Rockwell; 1971-'83, CFO, Louis Zahn Drug Co., Chicago, drug wholesaler of pharmaceuticals, beauty products and services; 1983-'85, CFO, PRIDE (Prison Rehabilitative Industries and Diversified Enterprises), Clearwater, Fla.; 1985-'87, CFO, Iscom, Tampa, a national computer supplies distribution company."

FEI Chapter: Tampa Bay. Past President (1993), Board member for over five years; Southern Area VP and member of the Executive Committee

Leisure Pursuits:" Wine collector: I am founder of a group of fellow executives who enjoy wine tasting and collecting. We travel annually to tour wineries and hunt for 'The Big Red.' We've been to Portugal, Australia and parts of the U.S.; France is next. While my collection is comprised of wines from most of the world's regions, I specialize in vintage port from Portugal. I've blended my own Australian tawny port in a special barrel, purchased during a winery tour. I don't know how many bottles of wine I own, but I know there is ample supply to drink and serve to family and friends for many years! Wine collecting is social; you can...

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