Upcoming Board Meetings
Our January 10, 2020 Board meeting has been rescheduled for January 15, 2020.
Board Members
Executive Committee (6 Members)
Chair
Beth Brant (Gubernatorial Appointee, Private Sector)
Vice-Chair
Don Edwards (Private Sector)
Secretary
Louis Svehla (Walton County Commissioner Appointee)
Treasurer
Robin Donlon (Private Sector)
Member-at-large
Beverly Sandlin (College President Appointee)
Member-at-large
Michele Burns (Workforce Board of Okaloosa and Walton)
Board Members (18 Total Members)
Memberships Established by Agency Affiliation-Position, and County(s) (10)
DCF District Administrator Appointee (O & W)
Angela Strumeyer
Workforce Development Board Director (O & W)
Michele Burns, Exec. Director
Walton County School Superintendent Appointee
Tracey Dickey, Principal and VPK Administrator
Walton County Commissioner Appointee
Louis Svehla, Public Info. Manager
Head Start Director (W)
Kim Gillis, Director
Private Child Care Provider (W)
Brittney Hay, First Steps Learning Academy, Owner
NWF State College President Appointee (O & W)
Beverly Sandlin, Dir. Teacher Educ.
Agency Serving Children with Disabilities (O & W)
John Roper, The Arc of the Emeral Coast's CEO
County Health Department Representative (W)
Kathryn Barley , Sr. Community Health Nursing Director
Private Sector Members (Walton - 3, Okaloosa - 4, Total = 7 Private Sector)
Beth Brant (Gubernatorial Appointee)
Poly, Inc. (O)
Susan Blumenthal
Retired (O)
Robin Donlon
BBVA Compass (O)
Don Edwards
Trustmark Bank (W)
Caroline Fitzgerald (Gubernatorial Appointee)
Office of M. Lunderman, MDPA (O)
Scot B. Copeland, Esq.
Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon, P. A. (W)
Amanda Negron
Darrell Taylor