Geri L. Waksler

Vice President

Attorney

Geri Waksler has been a land use attorney for over 30 years. She represents developers and assists them in obtaining permits and approvals from local governments and state agencies. Geri is the current Board Vice President of PORCH and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2020. Throughout her career, Ms. Waksler has assisted affordable housing developers with site selection, comprehensive plan amendments, rezonings and funding. Most recently, she prepared a response to a Charlotte County, Florida Request for Proposals that resulted in her client being awarded the right to develop a 600-unit affordable housing community on land to be donated by the County. She also representes the Punta Gorda Housing Authority.



The PORCH Board is the latest of the multiple local boards on which Ms. Waksler has served. She is a past President of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Charlotte County, the Charlotte Local Education Foundation, and the Charlotte County Economic Development Partnership and is currently serving as Co-Chair of the Women United Leadership Council, a Charlotte County United Way affinity group which focuses on family empowerment within the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) community. In addition to her board work, Ms. Waksler has mentored four high school students in the Take Stock in Children program. She is a graduate of both Leadership Charlotte and Leadership Florida. In 2013, Ms. Waksler received a President’s Volunteer Service Award from Barack Obama in recognition of her volunteer efforts.