2024 – 2025 Board of Directors

Officers

Chair:   Todd Panzer, Governor Appointee, Panzer Concierge Medicine, Private Sector
Past Vice Chair:  Brenda Ford CPA, Crippen & Co., Private Sector
Vice-Chair:  VACANT
Treasurer: Thomas LoBianco, Tender Care Medical Services, Private Sector
Secretary: Evan Pitts, ECM Companies, Private Sector

Members

Lola Gonzalez, Private Sector, Governor Appointed, Accurate Background Check, Inc.
Brittney Morley, Private Sector, Governor Appointed, Ocala’s Finest Real Estate
Heather Gamble, CLM CareerSource, Regional CareerSource Board
Matthew McClain, Marion County Board of County Commissioners, County Commissioner Designee
Elizabeth Chryst, Self/Government Relations, Private Sector
Marty Fuqua, Department of Children and Families, DCF Regional Administrator Designee
Jennifer Beck, Marion County School District, District Superintendent of School Designee
Maritza Alejandro, Episcopal Children’s Services, Head Start Director Designee
Jennifer Chatterton, B. Riley Wealth Management, Private Sector
Kim LaCognata, Preschool @ The Springs, Faith-Based Child Care Provider
Cecil Wilson, Mary’s Family Childcare, Inc., Private for-profit Family Day Care Home
Jen McBride, Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System, Rep. of Program Under Disabilities Education Act Designee
Jessica Schultz, Ocala Metro CEP, Private Sector
Sherry Duncan, Marion County Public Health Dept., Healthy Start Administrator
Kathy Robbins, College of Central Florida, Florida College System
Richard Forrester, Department of Children and Families, DCF Child Care Regulations/Designee