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  • 9-8-8
    • The Basics
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Who We Are

Our Members

Our members are representatives of their local advocacy groups.


The Florida Mental Health Advocacy Coalition is mostly composed of National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) or Mental Health America (MHA). affiliates, but welcomes other mental health advocacy group representatives with a shared mission. For more information, contact Gayle Giese, FLMHAC Administrator: gayle@flmhac.org

board members

Gayle Giese, FLMHAC Coalition Leader and Board President

NAMI Advocacy Group Member, NAMI Broward County

NAMI Florida Board Director 

gayle@flmhac.org 

Amy McClellan, Board Vice-President

Co-Leader, Advocates for Mental Health South Florida

Board President, Key Clubhouse of South Florida

amyjmcclellan@gmail.com  

Carali McLean, LCSW Board Secretary

President, NAMI Marion County

Carali.mclean@myhfhc.org

Marsha Martino, Board Treasurer

Executive Director, NAMI Palm Beach County

marshamartino@namipbc.org

Kimberly Comer, Board Member

Peer Mentor Program Manager, NAMI Palm Beach County

kimberlyc64@att.net

Colleen Thayer, Board Member Executive

Executive Director, NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties

colleen@namisarasotacounty.org

Caren Howard, Board Member Policy )

Director, Mental Health America (MHA 

choward@mhanational.org

Patrick Heidemann, Board Member

Advocate-Investigator, Disability Rights Florida

patrickheidemann@hotmail.com


Communication and NAMI Smarts training

Robby Holroyd, Lobbyist/Government Relations

TSE Consulting

reh@trippscott.com

NAMI Smarts Advocacy Training

NAMI Smarts Advocacy Training Information

Contact Cindy Foster or Casey Gilbert at NAMI Florida

Operations@namiflorida.org or Programs@namiflorida.org


Advocacy Groups and Leader Contacts

(no particular order)

NAMI Advocacy Group (NAGs), Broward County

Donna Linn, dlinn@aol.com

Jennifer Luciani, jenn3323@hotmail.com

Gayle Giese, gayle@flmhac.org

NAMI/MHA Palm Beach Mental Health Advocacy Group

Marsha Martino, marshamartino@namipbc.org

Davy Yue

NAMI Brevard Advocacy Group

Natalie Hussein, nataliehussein@gmail.com 

NAMI Gainesville and Alachua County

James Reiser, Advocacy Leader   jreiser@earthlink.net 

NAMI Hillsborough Advocacy Group

Demetric Watkins, president@namihillsborough.org

NAMI Hernando Advocacy Group

Tina Kinney, ED, hope@namihernando.org

Joanne Gillespie, Advocacy Chair, joanne.gillespie@yahoo.com

NAMI Pasco County

Debbie Proulx, Executive Director, executivedirector@namipasco.org  

NAMI Pinellas Advocacy Group

Denise Whitfield, Executive Director, dwhitfield@nami-pinellas.org

Sarasota and Manatee Counties

Colleen Thayer, ED, colleen@namisarasotamanatee.org

Giselle Stolper, Giselle.Stolper@centerstone.org

NAMI Florida

Ashley Grimes, President, NAMI Florida (ash31bull@gmail.com)

Gayle Giese, Board Member—Advocacy, gayle@flmhac.org

Marta Prado,  Board Vice-President , hollywoodmarta1@gmail.com 

NAMI FL Peer Leadership Council Rep/Recovery Advocacy Project Florida

Owner, Ceeport Health LLC, a mental health peer support organization in Vero Beach, FL.

Contact: Kimberly Comer, CRPS, kimberlyc64@att.net

KimberlyComer@namipbc.org

NAMI Jacksonville

Suzanne Mailloux, Executive Director,  s.mailloux@namijax.org 

Casey Gilbert, Advocacy, cjgilbert16@gmail.com

NAMI Martin County

Janice Greller, Executive Director, Janice.greller@namimartincounty.org 

NAMI Greater Orlando Advocacy Group

Ryan Gallik, rgallik81@gmail.com

Lindse Murphy, lrmitc03@gmail.com

NAMI Pensacola Advocacy Group

Linda Finkelstein, Executive Director, namipensacola@gmail.com  

MHA Ft. Walton Beach/Okaloosa Advocacy Group

Marietta Scheer (MHA), mscheer@mhaow.org; 

NAMI Ft. Walton Beach/Okaloosa Advocacy Group

Denise Levy, ED, denise@deniselevybsw.com

Autumn McAllister, autumn.mcallister@bhcpns.org

Advocates for Mental Health South Florida (includes Miami-Dade & Monroe)

Amy McClellan, amyjmcclellan@gmail.com 

NAMI Tallahassee

Nancy O'Farrell, Executive Director nancyofarrell047@gmail.com

NAMI Marion County

John Podkomorski, Executive Director executivedirector@namiocala.org

Summer Gill, summer@namiocala.org

Carali McLean, Board Member carali.mclean@myhfhc.org

Deborah Cooper, cooperdeb72@yahoo.com 

NAMI Collier County

Pamela Baker, Executive Director pbaker@namicollier.org

Liz Stikes, Liz@namicollier.org

MHA Southeast Florida (located in Broward County)

Laura Diaz de Arce, laura@mhasefl.org 

NAMI Citrus County

William Lovelace, President, wlovelace@namicitrus.org 

NAMI Lee, Charlotte, and Hendry Counties

Vacharee Howard, Executive Vice President, vhoward@namilee.org

Gina Britton, Program Director, gbritton@namilee.org

Recovery Advocacy Project, Volusia County

Ashley Grimes, ash31bull@gmail.com

Khristia Piacente, khristialynns@gmail.com

NAMI Volusia/Flagler/St. John Michael

Michael Jones, Jr., President, negroryu4@gmail.com

Mental Health America of Palm Beach

Kristina Baker, kbaker@mentalhealthpbc.org   

MHA Central Florida

Dawn Steward, stu2130@aol.com 

League of Women Voters, Palm Beach

 Marilyn Ricci, riccird64@gmail.com 

Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD

Cheryl Checkers, Clinical Consultant for CARD and NAMI Palm Beach Executive Board Member, cheryl@cherylcheckers.com  

Inspiring My Generation, Broward County

Fran Reicherter, francesca@inspiringmygeneration.com

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