Yvonne Boice will be honored with a companion medal during Palm Beach Atlantic University’s American Free Enterprise Day ceremony November 10, 2016. American Free Enterprise Day has been an event at Palm Beach Atlantic since 1984 and honors individuals whose hard work and achievement exemplify the best of the American free enterprise system.

Yvonne Boice is a businesswoman and philanthropist. For more than 30 years, Boice has made a significant impact on the local community championing arts, culture, education and women’s rights. Honing her passion at the local level, she then created her presence on the national and international stages, becoming an invaluable guiding force for charitable organizations and an inspiring advocate for women in business.

A New York University graduate with a B.S. degree in marketing, Boice ran two successful enterprises -- The Shoppes at Village Pointe and Fugazy International Travel. In recent years, she represented the United States at high-profile women’s international business conferences in the United Arab Emirates, Germany, Vietnam and Bolivia.

For the past five years, Boice has been the chairperson of Palm Beach State College's annual STEAM fundraising luncheon. She served as the chair for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the National Endowment for the Humanities and is chair emeritus for the Palm Beach International Film Festival.

She has received numerous honors including the Association of Fundraising Professionals (Palm Beach Chapter) Outstanding Philanthropist Award, the Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce Diamond Award, the League for Educational Awareness of the Holocaust (LEAH) Bridge Builder Award, the Soroptimist International Lifetime Achievement Award, the Women’s Majority Network in Washington, D.C. Amazing American Woman Award and the Executive Women of the Palm Beaches Leadership Award.

Boice received honorary doctorates from Franklin Pierce University and Daemen College. She serves as vice president of the Trust of the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a member of The LeMieux Center for Public Policy Advisory Board.

Boice, is being honored with Alan Crowetz, President & CEO of InfoStream Inc., and Rob Morris of Chick-fil-A. All three will be honored at the same ceremony with Ken Langone, founder of Invemed Associates LLC and co-founder of The Home Depot.

Bank of America is a sponsor of this year’s American Free Enterprise Day.Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 47 million consumer and small business relationships with approximately 4,700 retail financial centers, approximately 16,000 ATMs, and award-winning online banking with approximately 33 million active accounts and more than 20 million mobile active users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business owners through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and more than 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Palm Beach Atlantic University is a private, independent university offering undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees in West Palm Beach, Orlando, Wellington and online. The University is dedicated to the integration of Christian principles to prepare students for learning, leadership and service.