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
Amy McClellan, Board Vice-President
Co-Leader, Advocates for Mental Health South Florida
Board President, Key Clubhouse of South Florida
Carali McLean, LCSW Board Secretary
President, NAMI Marion County
Marsha Martino, Board Treasurer
Executive Director, NAMI Palm Beach County
Kimberly Comer, Board Member
Peer Mentor Program Manager, NAMI Palm Beach County
Colleen Thayer, Board Member Executive
Executive Director, NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties
Caren Howard, Board Member Policy )
Director, Mental Health America (MHA
Patrick Heidemann, Board Member
Advocate-Investigator, Disability Rights Florida
Communication and NAMI Smarts training
Robby Holroyd, Lobbyist/Government Relations
TSE Consulting
NAMI Smarts Advocacy Training
NAMI Smarts Advocacy Training Information
Contact Cindy Foster or Casey Gilbert at NAMI Florida
Advocacy Groups and Leader Contacts
(no particular order)
NAMI Advocacy Group (NAGs), Broward County
NAMI/MHA Palm Beach Mental Health Advocacy Group
Marsha Martino, marshamartino@namipbc.org
Davy Yue, ddyy345@gmail.com
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
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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