Executive Committee and Coalition Membership

March 10, 2009

Executive Committee (6 members, 1 vacancy)

Chair Paul Sirmans (Gubernatorial Appointee, Private Sector)
Vice-chair, Interim Chair Jill Warren (Private Sector)
Secretary Beth Brant (Gubernatorial Appointee, Private Sector)
Treasurer Kris Keen (Gubernatorial Appointee, Private Sector)
Past Chair Vacant
Member-at-large Patricia McClusky (DCF Licensing)
Member-at-large Linda Sumblin (Workforce Development Board)

Board Members (20 Total Members)

Memberships Established by Agency Affiliation and Position
DCF District Administrator Appointee Randy Fleming (O & W)
Workforce Development Board Chair or Director Linda Sumblin (O & W)
Health Department (Okaloosa) Representative Cecilia Wagner (O)
Walton School Superintendent Appointee Dianne Hicks (W)
Okaloosa County Commissioner Appointee Kathy Baird (O)
Head Start Director Kim Gillis, Walton County Head Start (W)
Faith Based Provider (Okaloosa) Diana Bernier, Little Angels Preschool (O)
Private Child Care Provider (Walton) Alicia Goddin, Discovery Time Play School (W)
Community College Pres. Appointee Beverly Sandlin, NWF State College. (O & W)
Agency Serving Children with Disabilities Julia McNabb, Horizons (O & W)

Private Sector Members (Walton - 3, Okaloosa - 5, Total = 8 Private Sector)
L. Paul Sirmans(W), Anchor Smith Grimsley PL Gubernatorial Appointee, Private Sector
Kris Keen, Carr Riggs and Ingram, (O) Gubernatorial Appointee, Private Sector
Beth Brant, Polyengineering, (O) Gubernatorial Appointee, Private Sector
Jill Warren, Joel Barton Agency, (O)  
Terry Pilcher, Prudential Merrifield and Pilcher Realty, (W)  
Myra Shaw, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (W)  
Alexis Walker, Jacobs ASG, (O)  

Conditional Members (1)
Child Care Agency Head Lynn Stephens, OW Child Care Services, (O & W)

Optional Members (2)
Child Care Licensing Agency Representative Patricia McClusky, DCF (O & W)
Healthy Start Community Coalition Evie Fox, Healthy Start, (O & W)

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