Cole Peacock

Cole has lived in Ft. Myers since 1983. Cole’s family is fourth generation Floridians. He is married to Rachel and they have three children Sterling, Hannah, and Jackson. Cole graduated from Cumberland University. He has 14 years experience in the areas of government lobbying and non-profits and seven years in corporate relations including charitable giving, community development, investor relations, crisis management and social responsibility. He has worked for a major retail corporation, managed political campaigns, on the state and local level, and currently is President of his own company (RC Peacock Consulting) that credits Hope HealthCare Services and past work with the Florida Retail Federation as clients.

 

He began his career in the Florida Legislature as a legislative aide. After years of administering multiple political campaigns including Mayor Jim Humphrey and Senator Dave Aronberg, Peacock joined Chico’s FAS in 2003 where he spent the next six years on the retail organization’s executive team overseeing communications, governmental and corporate relations and charitable giving. His tenure includes producing tax exemptions, lawsuit reform, securing corporate program funding, workforce and free trade legislation as well as directing crisis management and relief efforts nationwide. He helped create Chico’s Charities, Inc. and led fundraising initiatives that donated over $10 million to Chico’s communities over a three-year period

 

Currently, Peacock Consulting is working with Hope HealthCare Services and assisting with the non-profit agency’s branding, community relations, marketing, corporate strategy, internal and external strategies as well as building new markets and relationships for Hope care with leaders in our community.

 

Peacock is a member of the 2008/2009 Leadership Florida Class, the Florida and Greater Ft. Myers Chambers, the Executive Board for the Florida Retail Federation, the state-wide Board for Step up for Students and also serves on a number of non-profit Boards including acting as Chair of the Boys and Girls Club Be Great Campaign, Chair of the American Red Cross of Lee County, Vice Chairman of the Edison Ford Winter Estates and Treasurer for the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools.