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
Carali McLean, LCSW Board Secretary
(352) 570-7068
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
Robby Holroyd, Lobbyist/Government Relations
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
Marsha Martino, marshamartino@namipbc.org
NAMI Brevard Advocacy Group
Natalie Hussein, nataliehussein@gmail.com
NAMI Gainesville and Alachua County
Jim Reiser, Advocacy Leader jreiser@earthlink.net
NAMI Hillsborough Advocacy Group
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@namisarasotamanatee.org
NAMI Florida
Nicholas Abid, D.O., MBA, Interim President (through December 2021), nicholasabid@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
Eric Welch, Executive Director, eric.welch@namigo.org
Ryan Gallik, rgallik81@gmail.com
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
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
MHA Central Florida
Dawn Steward, stu2130@aol.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
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