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Florida Mental Health Advocacy Coalition
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    • Increase MH Hospital Beds
    • Victories Archive
  • Research
    • Young Men & Cannabis Use
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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

Dawn Steward, Board Treasurer

Florida PTA; Mental Health Association Central Florida

stu2130@aol.com

Marsha Martino, Board Member

 Former Executive Director, NAMI Palm Beach County 

Kimberly Comer, Board Member

Peer Mentor Program Manager, NAMI Palm Beach County

kimberlyc64@att.net

Patrick Heidemann, Board Member

Advocate-Investigator, Disability Rights Florida

patrickheidemann@hotmail.com

Caren Howard, Board Member

Policy Director, Mental Health America (MHA)

choward@mhanational.org

Colleen Thayer, Board Member

Executive Director, NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties

colleen@namisarasotacounty.org


Communication and NAMI Smarts training

Robby Holroyd, Lobbyist/Government Relations

TSE Consulting

reh@trippscott.com

NAMI Smarts Advocacy Training

NAMI Smarts Advocacy Training Information

Jo Dee Nicosia at NAMI Florida Programdirector@namiflorida.org


Advocacy Groups and Leader Contacts

(no particular order)

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

Amy McClellan, amyjmcclellan@gmail.com 

Florida Addiction Treatment Coalition

Bob Lehmann, Vice-President; rj258@aol.com

Florida Recovery Advocacy Project

Khristia Piacente, khristialynns@gmail.com

Susan Nyamora, South Florida Wellness Network, susan@sfwn.org

Hillsborough Recovery Coalition

David Braughton, dbraughton@outlook.com

Inspiring My Generation, Broward County

Fran Reicherter, francesca@inspiringmygeneration.com

League of Women Voters, Palm Beach

 Marilyn Ricci, riccird64@gmail.com 

Mental Health America of Palm Beach

Andy McAusland, amcausland@mhapbc.org

Mental Health Association Central Florida

Dawn Steward, stu2130@aol.com

Marni Stahlman, ED, MStahlman@mhacf.org

MHA Southeast Florida (located in Broward County)

Laura Diaz de Arce, laura@mhasefl.org 

MHA Ft. Walton Beach/Okaloosa Advocacy Group

Contact: Marietta Scheer (MHA), mscheer@mhaow.org

NAMI Advocacy Group (NAGs), Broward County

Donna Linn, dlinn@aol.com

Marilyn Lieberman, marilynml1215@gmail.com

Dr. Sandra Cumper Boynton, sandra@namibroward.org

NAMI/MHA Palm Beach Mental Health Advocacy Group

Marsha Martino, marshamartino@namipbc.org

Katherine Murphy, katherinemurphy@namipbc.org

NAMI Brevard Advocacy Group

Natalie Hussein, nataliehussein@gmail.com 

NAMI Florida

Ashley Grimes, President, ash31bull@gmail.com

Jarrod Strickland, Executive Director, executivedirector@namiflorida.org

Gayle Giese, Board Director, gayle@flmhac.org

NAMI Hernando Advocacy Group

Tina Kinney, ED, hope@namihernando.org

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

NAMI Hillsborough Advocacy Group

Contacts: Emily Pedone, Emily.pedone@gmail.com

Demetric Watkins, President: president@namihillsborough.org

NAMI Jacksonville

Suzanne Mailloux, ED, s.mailloux@namijax.org

Christina Troope, cmtroope@gmail.com

Cheryl Virta, cvirta@aol.com

NAMI Marion County

Carali McLean, President, carali.mclean@myhfhc.org

NAMI Martin County

Janice Greller, ED, Janice.greller@namimartincounty.org

Sandi Caimi, sand.lola2014@gmail.com

NAMI Miami-Dade County

Jackie Fernandez, jackie@namimiami.org

NAMI Greater Orlando Advocacy Group

Ron Hoag, ronhoag73@gmail.com

Freddy Morello, Jr., Executive Director, freddy.morello@namigo.org

NAMI Pasco County

Debbie Proulx, Executive Director, executivedirector@namipasco.org  

NAMI Pensacola

 Linda Finkelstein, namipensacola@gmail.com 

NAMI Sarasota and Manatee Counties

Colleen Thayer, ED, colleen@namisarasotamanatee.org

Giselle Stolper, Giselle.Stolper@centerstone.org

NAMI Tallahassee

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

NAMI Volusia/Flagler/St. John

Khristia Piacente, khristialynns@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

Patients Not Prisoners

Lisa Taliaferro, patientsnotprisonersfl@gmail.com

Southeast Florida Recovery Advocates (Palm Beach)

Maureen Kielian, maureen@sefra.org

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