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
Ray Sansom (Private Sector)
Member-at-large
Beverly Sandlin (College President Appointee)
Member-at-large
Michele Burns (Workforce Board of Okaloosa and Walton)
Board Members (16 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
Pam Jones, Principal and VPK Administrator
Walton County Commissioner Appointee
Louis Svehla, Public Info. Manager
Head Start Director (O)
Debra Riley-Broadnax, Director
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 - 2, Okaloosa - 6, Total = 8 Private Sector)
Beth Brant (Gubernatorial Appointee)
Poly, Inc. (O)
Ray Sansom
Radar Group (O)
Don Edwards
Renasant Bank (O)
Scot B. Copeland, Esq.
Emmanuel, Sheppard & Condon, P. A. (W)
Amanda Negron
HSU Foundation (O)
Darrell Taylor
Gulf Coast Electric (O)
Rachel Smythe
Preschool at Point Washington (W)
Anthony McKinney
Childcare Network (O)
Open Board Positions:
Private Sector Gubernatorial Nominee (2)
Private Sector Business (2)
Ch. 1002.83 (11) Each early learning coalition shall establish terms for all appointed members of the coalition. The terms must be staggered and must be a uniform length that does not exceed 4 years per term. Coalition chairs shall be appointed for 4 years pursuant to s. 20.052. Appointed members may serve a maximum of two consecutive terms. When a vacancy occurs in an appointed position, the coalition must advertise the vacancy.