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Additional research and public awareness is needed to effectively enhance the well-being of Florida's families and children. Your fully tax deductible donation will assist in this goal. Help us make a difference by donating to The Policy Group, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization with your check or money order payable to:

The Policy Group
574 Somerset Drive
Auburndale, FL 33823
Telephone: 863-651-8445
Email: policygroup@att.net

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Executive Director

Kate Stowell, Ed.D.
The Policy Group for Florida's Families and Children
574 Somerset Drive, Auburndale, FL 33823
Tel: 863-651-8445

Early Childhood Consultant

Alisa S. Ghazvini, Ph.D.
Early Childhood Consultant
1462 Mitchell Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: 850-893-0683 Fax: 850-668-7847

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Executive Committee

The Policy Group includes leaders from statewide and local organizations and universities with long histories of concern about the well-being of Florida's families and children.

Chairperson	Steve Freedman, Ph.D., FAAP, NASI President, SAF, LLC Professor-emeritus Pediatrics and Political Science, The University of Florida 18907 Avenue Biarritz, Lutz, FL 33558 Tel: 727-643-9011
Vice Chairperson	Luanne J. Panacek, Ed.D., Executive Director Children's Board of Hillsborough County 1002 E. Palm Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605 Tel: 813-229-2884 Fax: 813-228-8122 www.childrensboard.org
Secretary	Carol McNally, Executive Director Healthy Families Florida, Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida 111 N. Gadsden Street, Suite 200, Tallahassee, FL 32301 Tel: 850-488-1752 x 129 Fax: 850-488-5562 www.healthyfamiliesfla.org
Treasurer	Ted Granger, President United Way of Florida 307 East 7th Avenue, Tallahassee, FL 32303 Tel: 850-488-8276 Fax: 850-681-9137 www.successby6-fl.org
Fiscal Agent	Doug Sessions, President The Ounce of Prevention Fund 111 N. Gadsden Street, Suite 200, Tallahassee, FL 32301 Tel: 850-921-4494 Fax: 850-921-9070 www.ounce.org
Past Chairperson	Jim Mills, Chairman Emeritus, Florida Children's Services Council 1092 42nd Ave. NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33703 Tel: 727-821-8973 www.policygroup.org

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Fellows

Modesto E. Abety, President and CEO
The Children's Trust
3150 SW 3rd Ave., Suite 800, Miami, FL 33129
Tel: 305-571-5700 Fax: 305-857-9034
www.thechildrenstrust.org

Tana Ebbole, Chief Executive Officer
Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County
2300 High Ridge Road, Boynton Beach, FL 33426
Tel: 561-655-1010 x 2167 Toll Free: 800-331-1462 Fax: 561-835-1956
www.cscpbc.org

Ed Feaver, Tallahassee Director
Whole Child Project Leon
115 Byrd Road, Quincy, FL 32351
Tel: 850-627-2457

Mary Freeland, Consultant
182 Caravelle Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458
Tel: 561-627-8353

Peter Gorski, M.D., M.P.A.
Director of Program Impact and Innovation, The Children's Board of Hillsborough County
1002 E. Palm Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605
Tel: 813-204-1701 Fax: 813-228-8122
www.childrensboard.org/

Phyllis K. Kalifeh, President/CEO
Children's Forum
2807 Remington Green Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32308-3752
Phone: 850-681-7002 Toll Free: 888-352-4453 Fax: 850-681-9816
www.thechildrensforum.com/

Carmel Munroe, Director
The Howard Phillips Center for Children and Families
601 W Michigan St., Orlando, FL 32805
Tel: 407-317-7430 Ext. 2108 Fax: 407-843-9027
www.arnoldpalmerhospital.org/parents/child_health/phillips/index.cfm

Mimi Graham, Ed.D., Director, FSU Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy
1339 East Lafayette, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-922-1300 Fax: 850-922-1352
www.cpeip.fsu.edu/faculty.cfm

Jay Kassack, Vice President Government Markets, Amerigroup Corp.
1319 Conservancy Drive East, Tallahassee, FL 32312
Phone: 850-656-8475 or 850-545-9569

Joe Clark, President, Eckerd Family Foundation
3000 Bayport Drive, Suite 560, Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: 813-514-0858, Ext. 3
www.eckerdfamilyfoundation.org

Dana Ferrell Birchfield, Executive Director, Florida Association of Children's Hospitals
Director Government Relations and Administrator Education Services
Nemours
807 Children’s Way, Jacksonville, FL 32207
Phone: 904-697-3558
www.nemours.org

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