The FCSC Team

Program Committee

• Mrs. Linda Benware, Retired Charter School Principal, St. Petersburg Collegiate High School at SPC and State College of Florida Charter School at SCF
• Ms. Nicki Brisson, Director, Miami-Dade Public Schools
• Mr. Thomas Douglas, Charter School Board President, Alternative Learning Solutions
• Dr. Sonia Esposito, Director, Osceola School District
• Mr. Curtis Fuller, Charter School Consultant, Charter School Services Corporation
• Mrs. Juana Garcia, Charter School Director, Atlantic Montessori Charter School
• Ms. Kim Gelalia, Principal, Princeton House Charter School
• Mr. Ken Henson, Principal, Dale R. Fair Babson Park Elementary
• Mrs. Jenna Hodgens, Supervisor, Hillsborough County Public Schools
• Mrs. Rebecca J. (Becky) Katz, Director of Operations/Marketing, Florida Consortium of Public Charter Schools
• Ms. Grace La Tegola, Retired Charter School Director, Palisades Independent Charter High School
• Mr. Mike McHugh, Educational Consultant, Retired Executive Director, School Board of Sarasota County
• Ms. KaShamba Miller, Administrator, Dorothy M. Greene Academy
• Mr. Christopher Norwood, Charter School Governance Trainer, Governance Institute for School Accountability
• Ms. Juanita L. Rogers, English/Lead Teacher, Pathways Academy/Gateway to College, an affiliate of Florida State College at Jacksonville
• Ms. Marcia Saulo, Region Finance Director, Imagine Schools West Florida
• Ms. Cheri Shannon, President & CEO, Florida Charter School Alliance
• Judith S. Stein, Ed.D., Executive Director, National Institute for Educational Options, The Abraham S. Fischler School of Education, Nova Southeastern University

Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice (IEPC)

• Mr. Michael D. Kooi, Esq., Executive Director
• Ms. Jean Ammel, Deputy Executive Director
• Mr. Adam Miller, Charter Schools Director
• Ms. Lacrest McCary, Charter Schools Policy Analyst
• Ms. Karen Hines-Henry, Charter Schools Communications
• Dr. Chris Muire, Educational Policy Director
• Ms. Yolanda Miranda-Hill, Program Specialist
• Ms. Helen Giraitis, CSP Grant Driector
• Ms. Charlene Burke, Grant Specialist
• Ms. Heather Harrell, Grant Specialist
• Ms. Laura Pond, Grant Specialist
• Ms. Fenglan Yu, Data Specialist
• Ms. Lisa Luna, Program Specialist
• Ms. Jacqueline Hitchcock, Program Specialist
• Ms. Allison Rudd, Charter Schools Staff Assistant

FCSC Production Team

• Ms. Kristen Davis, American Audio-Visual
• Ms. Lisa Miller, Caribe Orlando Resort
• Ms. Luisa Guilarte, Caribe Orlando Resort
• Ms. Mary Lee Kiracofe, Florida Eduation Foundation
• Ms. Deb Schroeder, Florida Education Foundation
• Ms. Noëlle Bonard, Events for Learning, LLC
• Ms. Laurie Levine, Events for Learning, LLC
• Ms. Tera Teder, Consultant
• Mr. John Green, National Expo
• Ms. Myrna Thomas, On Queue Creative, LLC