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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
Fax: 863-229-2619
Email: policygroup@att.net
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 Fax: 863-229-2619
Early Childhood Consultant
Alisa S. Ghazvini, Ph.D.
6000 Boynton Homestead, Tallahassee, FL 32312
Tel: 850-893-0683 Fax: 850-668-7847
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 |
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| 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/Success by 6 Partnership 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, Former Executive Director, Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County 1092 42nd Ave. NE, St. Petersburg, FL 33703 Tel: 727-821-8973 www.policygroup.org |
Fellows
Modesto E. Abety, President and CEO
The Children's Trust
4500 Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 200, Miami, FL 33137-3227
Tel: 305-571-5700 Fax: 305-571-5716
www.thechildrenstrust.org
Tana Ebbole, Chief Executive Officer
Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County
1919 North Flagler Drive, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Tel: 561-655-1010 x 2167 Toll Free: 800-331-1462 Fax: 561-835-1956
www.cscpbc.org
Ed Feaver, Tallahassee Director
The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, USF
1310 Cross Creek Circle, Suite A, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Tel: 850-413-0714 Fax: 850-487-0045
www.chilescenter.org or www.lawtonchiles.org
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/
Chuck Hood, Former District Administrator
District 11-Miami Dade County, Florida Department of Children and Families
Dee Jeffers, MPH, RN, Program Director
The Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center for Healthy Mothers and Babies, The University of South Florida
3111 East Fletcher Avenue, MDC 100, Tampa, FL 33613-4660
Tel: 813-974-8261 Fax: 813-974-8889
www.chilescenter.org
Phyllis K. Kalifeh, President/CEO
Children's Forum
2807 Remington Green Circle, Tallahassee, FL 32308-3752
Tel: 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
574 Somerset Drive Auburndale, FL 33823
Telephone: 863-651-8445 • Fax: 863-229-2619 • Email: policygroup@att.net