Scott Clearwater has been a lawyer for over 30 years. He obtained a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Rochester and a JD from the College of William and Mary.  He has worked for law firms and corporations in Virginia, Washington, DC and New York City, practicing environmental law and managing a global Environmental, Health and Safety Department for Fortune 500 Corporations.  He is a member of the Virginia and DC Bars.

Scott has been an active supporter of theatrical organizations such as the Studio Theater in Washington, DC and The Actors’ Fund in New York City.

Following his retirement, Scott became a permanent resident of Fort Lauderdale, where he and his husband have owned homes for almost 20 years.  He is thrilled to continue his passion to support local theater and be a part of Island City Stage.

Mr. Hart is a CPA with over thirty years of vast accounting and finance experience including 10 years with KPMG, one the world’s largest international public accounting firms. Mr. Hart now runs a successful private practice that deals with all types of SEC matters; mergers and acquisitions; back and front office systems implementations; and various other accounting, finance and tax services.

Mr. Hart is an active participant in the community in which he lives. He is a Director and former chair of Oakland Park / Wilton Manors / Uptown Council of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce (formerly the OPWM Chamber of Commerce); director and former treasurer of the Dolphin Democrats; a board member of the Florida LGBT State Democratic Caucus; treasurer of the Island City Stage since inception, treasurer of the World Aids Museum; treasurer of Kids Playing for Kids; and

CPA for (and participant in) the SMART Ride, the second largest AIDS bike ride in the nation;

Mr. Hart holds bachelor’s degrees in Accountancy, Economics and Business Administration from Thomas More College, and has been a certified public accountant since 1984. Mr. Hart is married (36 years) and has two adult children. His oldest child is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and is currently a surgeon at the University of Chicago. His youngest child is completing his education at Florida State University.

A native New Yorker, Andy has been a South Florida resident since 2004.  He received his Bachelors in Business Administration and Masters in Business Administration from the George Washington University.  After a successful career in marketing and advertising, Andy realized that it was time for a change and decided to take a leap of faith from the safety of a corporate career and follow his creative passions into the field of design.  Andy obtained his degree in Kitchen & Bath Design (Century College), and is now an NKBA accredited Kitchen & Bath Designer and a Certified Aging in Place Specialist.  He has enjoyed a successful career at Allied Kitchen & Bath for the past 12 years.

Andy’s design work has been published in Florida Décor, Boca Raton Design, City & Shore Magazine and the Gulfstream Lifestyle publications.  His work can also be seen on houzz.com, alliedkitchenandbath.com and andyfischman.com.

Andy’s passion for live theater goes back to childhood, having had the opportunity to attend many Broadway productions at an early age.  An avid theater goer and a patron of the arts in South Florida, Andy is honored to have been elected to the Board of Directors of Island City Stage in 2017, and looks forward to contributing to the growth of the company.

Mark Fox, CHC CHPC currently serves as the Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer for the American College of Cardiology. Mark led the development of a comprehensive compliance program for the National Cardiovascular Data Registry, the largest cardiovascular data registry in the United States. Mark previously worked for MedCath as an Implementation Specialist overseeing the standardization of systems for Performance Improvement and Risk Management. He supported the opening of five heart specialty hospitals.  Mark is an Emergency Medical Technician by training and currently holds a certification in Healthcare Compliance and Healthcare Privacy Compliance.

Mark has served in multiple technical theatre roles over the course of the last 20 years. He previously was the Assistant Production Manager for the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C. Mark also previously served on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia where as Treasurer he successfully implemented a financial contingency plan that stabilized the financial standings of the organization. Mark currently lives in Wilton Manors.

Andy Rogow is the founding Artistic Director of Island City Stage. Under his leadership ICS has garnered numerous awards and accolades including nine Carbonell Awards – two for Best Production of a Play. Aside from numerous ICS productions including the world premieres of “Daniel’s Husband” and “The Goldberg Variations”, he is best known for directing Steve Solomon’s “My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m in Therapy” and its two sequels which have toured non-stop around the country since 2004. In addition he has directed at Broward Stage Door and was the director of the original production and tour of “Waist Watchers the Musical”. He was previously the Artistic Director at the Hollywood Playhouse where directed Sally Struthers in “Always, Patsy Cline” and Avi Hoffman in “Fiddler on the Roof”.

Andy has a BFA from NYU and an MFA from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.  He lives in Oakland Park with his husband Lloyd.

Lorenzo Robertson currently is the Emerging Interventions Manager with The Pride Center at Equality Park. He has worked in the HIV prevention and education field for the past 15 years in various capacities.

Lorenzo previously worked for the Florida Department of Health in Palm Beach County as the Minority AIDS Coordinator and the Statewide MSM Coordinator and as the Executive Director with People of Color AIDS Coalition. He has worked in collaboration with the Florida Department of Health creating various initiatives for HIV prevention for MSM and as the Public Relations Director for Francis House. Lorenzo has worked with Black AIDS Institute as a consultant around issues for Black people and HIV.

Lorenzo is also a published author and poet of Detached and Eclectic Essence respectively. Lorenzo currently lives in Coral Springs with his husband, Derald.

Barbara J. Simmonds, Ph.D., has been practicing in the field of Health/Rehabilitation Psychology and Adults and Aging for 25 years. In recent years, she has worked with the University of Miami’s ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) team, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Experience in these fields naturally led to expertise in Grief Counseling since so many losses accrue to individuals in a health care setting.

Barbara worked as a civilian with the U.S. Army, addressing issues of substance abuse, family violence, and PTSD. In the past, she was Adjunct Faculty at Nova Southeastern, her alma mater, teaching graduate courses in Human Sexuality, Aging, Stress Management, and Grief Counseling.

Barbara enjoys working out, distance walking (including 3 half-marathons), music and theater. Volunteering is a also passion.
She is looking forward to a mutually gratifying experience with ICS.