Jennifer and Dan Vigne. Jennifer is the CEO of the Education Foundation of Sarasota County. She’s held that role since 2015. Prior to that she was in education and banking, overseeing marketing and development for Saint Stephens Episcopal School in Bradenton and marketing for Bank of America in the Tampa Bay area. Dan is the managing director of J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Sarasota. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan, Dan was with several other banks, including Northern Trust, Wachovia/Wells Fargo and Bank of America.
Diversion
Hiking adventures. The Vignes, married 31 years with three adult children, took at least one big hiking/camping trip a year when the kids were younger. Destinations ranged from Arizona to Colorado to Utah and many Florida state parks. Post-pandemic the couple — he’s 58, she’s 57 — have taken their annual hike trips up several notches. The list includes Machu Picchu in the Andes Mountains in Peru in 2022; Mont Blanc in the Swiss Alps in 2023; the Canadian Rockies in 2024; and Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in Africa 2025. The Vignes have done other adventures together, including Spartan races, marathons and triathlons. “Anything,” says Jennifer, “that challenges the mind, body and spirit.”
Global reach: The trips, say the Vignes, are memorable for not only the physical and mental challenges but the learning experiences. “It’s invigorating learning so much about other cultures,” Jennifer says. On the Mount Kilimanjaro trip specifically, they recalled having dinner at base camps, which are essentially huts, with people from Poland, Italy, Russia and other far-flung locales. “It was really like the U.N.,” she adds…