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, Coalition Leader, Board President
Amy McClellan, Board Vice-President
(305) 582-9747
Jeremy Morse, Board Secretary
Marsha Martino, Board Treasurer
NAMI Palm Beach County
Mollie Wilmot Center – Palm Healthcare Pavilion
5205 Greenwood Avenue. Suite 110
West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Phone: (561) 588-3477
Kimberly Comer, Board Member
Phone: (630) 677-3108
Colleen Thayer, Board Member
colleen@namisarasotacounty.org
Phone: (941) 444-3428
Caren Howard, Board Member
Communication and NAMI Smarts training
Adam Roberts, Coalition Lobbyist/Communications Director
Apalachee Center, Inc.
2634 Capitol Circle North East
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 591-9293
NAMI Smarts Advocacy Training Information
NAMI Florida Programs Director Programs@namiflorida.org
Advocacy Groups and Leader Contacts
(no particular order)
NAMI Advocacy Group (NAGs), Broward County
Gayle Giese, gayle@flmhac.org
Donna Linn, dlinn@aol.com
NAMI/MHA Palm Beach Mental Health Advocacy Group
Jeremy Casher, JeremyCasher@namipbc.org
Nicole Friedman, nicolefriedman@namipbc.org
NAMI Brevard Advocacy Group
Michele Wallace, chelewal@yahoo.com
NAMI Gainesville and Alachua County
Art Stockwell, Executive Director artstockwell@namigainesville.org
NAMI Hillsborough Advocacy Group
Natasha Pierre, NAMI Hillsborough, Executive Director, npierre@namihillsborough.org
Valarie Rash, NAMI Hillsborough Board Member, Legislative Committee Chair, valeriecjones@gmail.com
George Thomas, NAMI Hillsborough Board Member, Leg. Committee Co-Chair, gcomynst@gmail.com
NAMI Hernando Advocacy Group
Tina Kinney, Executive Director, 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
Vonn Espada, vonntheadvocate@gmail.com,
Patricia Adams, secretary@nami-pinellas.org
Denise Whitfield, Executive Director, dwhitfield@nami-pinellas.org
Sarasota and Manatee Counties
Colleen Thayer, Executive Director, Colleen@namisarasotacounty.org
NAMI Florida
April Chambers, President, April_chambers@bellsouth.net
Gayle Giese, Board Member—Advocacy, gayle@flmhac.org
Marta Prado, Board Member, hollywoodmarta1@gmail.com
NAMI Florida Peer Leadership Council Rep/Recovery Advocacy Project Florida
Kimberly Comer, CRPS, kimberlyc64@att.net
NAMI Jacksonville
Suzanne Mailloux, Executive Director, SuzanneNamiJax@gmail.com
Casey Gilbert, Advocacy, cjgilbert16@gmail.com
NAMI Martin County
Janice Greller, Executive Director, Janice.greller@namimartincounty.org
NAMI Greater Orlando Advocacy Group
Eric Welch, Executive Director, eric.welch@namigo.org
NAMI Pensacola Advocacy Group
Linda Finkelstein, Executive Director, namipensacola@gmail.com
NAMI/MHA Ft. Walton Beach/Okaloosa Advocacy Group
Marietta Scheer (MHA), mscheer@mhaow.org;
Angelo Pananas (MHA), angelo.pananas@hcahealthcare.com
Advocates for Mental Health South Florida (includes Miami-Dade & Monroe)
Amy McClellan, amyjmcclellan@gmail.com
Fernanda Kuchkarian, fmkuchkarian@gmail.com
NAMI Collier County
Pamela Baker, Executive Director pbaker@namicollier.org
Liz Stikes, Liz@namicollier.org
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, carali.mclean@myhfhc.org
Deborah Cooper, cooperdeb72@yahoo.com
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
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