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Steering Committee

This committee is comprised of sixty members of the Alliance who were selected to represent twenty human service areas:

Funders/Government [11 seats]

Local Funders [4 seats]

  • Community Foundation of Sarasota County (Roxie Jerde)
  • Gulf Coast The Foundation of Community (Chris Pfahler)
  • Selby Foundation (Sarah Pappas)
  • United Way of Sarasota County (Katie Knight)
  • Local Government [4 seats]

    • City of North Port (Monica Becket)
    • City of Sarasota (Phillip King)
    • City of Venice (Jim Bennett)
    • Sarasota County Government (Bill Little)

    State Agencies [3 seats]

  • Department of Children and Families-SunCoast Region (Brena Slater)
  • Department of Juvenile Justice (Major Frank Gargett)
  • Sarasota County Health and Human Services (Chuck Henry)
  • Human/Community Service Providers [29 seats]

    Aging Services [2 seats]

  • Seniors Advisory Council (Erin McLeod)
  • Senior Friendship Centers (Kathleen Houseweart)
  • Children and Youth Serving Organizations [2 seats]

  • Community Youth Development (Karen Bogues)
  • Family Safety Alliance (Laura McIntyre)
  • Legal System [3 seats]

  • Legal Aid of Manasota (Linda Harradine)
  • Public Defender (Twelfth Judicial Circuit) (Larry Eger)
  • Twelfth Judicial Circuit Court (Alana Monge)
  • Criminal Justice [5 seats]

    • City of North Port (Captain Lee Liermann)
    • City of Sarasota (Captain Paul Sutton)
    • City of Venice (Chief Tom McNulty)
    • Juvenile Justice Council (Rob Tabor)
    • Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office (Capt. Richard Montemagno)

    Developmental Disabilities [2 seats]

  • Easter Seals Southwest Florida (Kameron Hodgens)
  • Florida Center for Early Childhood (Kathryn Shea—Vice-Chair)
  • Education [4 seats]

  • Sarasota Early Learning Coalition (Janet Kahn)
  • School Board of Sarasota County (Caroline Zucker)
  • School Health Advisory Council (Sherri Reynolds—Chair)
  • University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee (Dr. Arthur Guilford)
  • Health [3 seats]

  • Community Health Improvement Partnership (CHIP) (Maggie Kennedy)
  • Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County (Jennifer Highland)
  • Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (Ken Alexander)
  • Homeless Persons [2 seats]

  • Suncoast Partnership to End Homelessness (Richard Martin)
  • The Salvation Army (Bryan Pope)
  • Housing [2 seats]

  • Habitat for Humanity South Sarasota County, Inc. (Judy Wilcox)
  • Sarasota Housing Authority (Ken Waters)
  • Mental Health [2 seats]

  • Coastal Behavioral Healthcare (Dr. Jerry Thompson)
  • Mental Health Community Centers (Carolyn Eagen)
  • Substance Abuse [2 seats]

  • First Step of Sarasota (P. J. Brooks)
  • Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (Curtis Lavarello)
  • General Community [21 seats]

    Business/Economic Development [3 seats]

  • Sarasota Chamber of Commerce (Steve Queior)
  • Suncoast Workforce Board (Leslie Loveless)
  • Young Professionals Group (Elise Lipoff)
  • Client/Consumer Representatives [3 seats]

  • Community Volunteer (David Cowles)
  • Safe Children Coalition (Kevin McKenney)
  • Vocational Interagency Council (Sarah Hickey)
  • Community Planning and Resources [4 seats]

  • Individual Citizen (Mike McHugh)
  • Nonprofit Resource Center (Patricia Martin)
  • SCOPE (Stewart Stearns—Immediate Past Chair)
  • Volunteer Community Connections (James DuPlantier)
  • Community Representatives [6 seats]

  • Manasota 211 (Jessica Ventimiglia)
  • NAACP (Vacant)
  • North County (Ann Marie Dunbar)
  • South County - Loveland Center (Benny Weaver—Vice-Chair)
  • St. Jude's Hispanic Center (Humberto Alvia)
  • Students Taking Active Roles in Sarasota County [STAR] (Vacant)
  • Faith-Based Community [5 seats]

  • Diocese of Venice (Jacquie Crombie)
  • Jewish Federation of Sarasota and Manatee Counties (Rose Chapman)
  • Manasota Adventist Community Services (Barbara Calvert)
  • Sarasota Ministerial Association (Tom Pfaff)
  • Sarasota United for Responsibility and Equity (SURE) (Vacant)

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