The Manatee Literacy Council has announced two new board members as of June 2021. They are Samantha Malcolm, a high-school honors student at The Out-of-Door Academy, who joins the board through the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota’s Star Leadership Training Program as a voting member, and Patrice Cohen, a former senior executive for corporations including Kenneth Cole Productions, Nine West Group, Woolworth Corp., and Atlantic Medicine & Wellness.