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Embracing Our Differences Team

Sarah Wertheimer

Sarah Wertheimer (she/her)

President & CEO

Elizabeth Chicoine

Elizabeth Chicoine (she/her)

Grants & Database Manager

Christina Fraser

Christina Fraser (she/her)

Vice President, Operations

Patrick Arthur Jackson

Patrick Arthur Jackson (he/they)

Vice President, Learning & Engagement

Sam Peterson

Sam Peterson (he/him)

Operations Coordinator

Michaela Stockhill

Michaela Stockhill (she/her)

Engagement Director

Dan Weiss

Dan Weiss (he/him)

Chief Financial Officer

School District Liaisons


Jonathan Ogle
Pinellas County Schools

Ricardo Robinson-Shinall
School District of Manatee County

Board of Directors


Hon. Judge Charles E. Williams
Chair

Linda Poteat-Brown
Vice-Chair

Richard Bergman
Secretary

Kaitlin Yelle
Treasurer

Christina M. de Guia, M.D.
Member

Stella Misantone
STAR Student Member

Flora Oynick
Member

Jeff Spalter
Member

Sarah Wertheimer
Member

Staff and board photos by Barbara Banks: Barbara Banks photography logo

Co-Founders

Carroll Buchanan* & Carol Poteat-Buchanan*
Richard Bergman
Bob* & Dottie Baer Garner
Bob* & Leslie Malkin
Roy* & Helen McBean
Dennis & Graci McGillicuddy

* Of Blessed Memory

Ambassador Circle

Susan Gorin, Chair
Genie Aberson
John Annis
Pat Baer
Jody Beresford
Don Bernstein*
Sondra Biller
Sheila Birnbaum
Fred Bloom, M.D.
Barbara Brizdle
Allen Brown
Brittany Bryant-Swift
Hayley Bryde
Nancy Bushnell
Carol Camiener
Claudia Cardillo
Aundria Castleberry
bonnie Chisling
Lee-En Chung
Diane Cohen
Dana Corn
Alice Cotman
Geri & Leonard Drexler
Meredith Ernst
Lisa Faron
Dr. Howard Fuchs
Kristofer Geddie
Mark Glassman, M.D.
Meredith Goeller
Deborah Gordon
Arlene Greene
Teri A Hansen
Virginia Harshman
Trevor Harvey
Dr. Larry Haspel
Roxanne Joffe
Kathie Kaplan
Harry G. & Patti Kasanow
Lauren Kurnov
Vlad Ladchuk
Tracey Lane
Rev. Nicholas A. Lee
Jeremy Lisitza
Nikki Logan-Curran
Joan Lowery
Leslie Malkin
Brian Mariash
Helen McBean
Sheila McKoy
Gila Meriwether
Joy Moravitz
Lissa Murphy
Marilyn Naiditch
Dr. Katie Nickel
Ursula Nixon
Nick Owens
Delia Orth-Smith
Donna Pedro*
Alfred Rose
Linda Rosenbluth
Jane Rosenstein
Nancy Roucher
Kirsten Russell
Tobi Schneider
Clare Segall
Nancy Shapiro
Holly Shulman
Joanie Spalter
Dr. Joni Steinberg
Mark Steinwachs
Charlie Ann Syprett
Janet Udell
Dr. Tammy Walsh
Judy Weinstein

Education Committee

Cory Bernaert
Jeramiah Bowman
Brittany Braniger
Jessica DiLorenzo McHugh
Kim Farrell
Brooke Keller
Asiyah Luqman
Karim Manning
Jeff McDaniel
Katelyn McKelley
Dr. Katie Nickel
Elizabeth Ogren
Angela Hartvigsen
Jasmine Persaud
Jess Pope
Connie Quadrado
Monessa Salley
Melissa Shaw
Kat Sjogren
Dr. Brooks Tracey
Katelyn Wenmark
Diane Zorn

Art Selection Committee

Christina de Guia, M.D., Chair
Joshua Bean
Carolina Franco
Sheila McKoy
Danny Olda

Quotation Selection Committee

Joan Lowery, Chair
Judith Berlow
Sondra Biller
Johnny & Aundria Castleberry
Sandy Chase
Diane Cohen
Alice Cotman
Toby Deutsch
Lisa Faron
Cynthia Fabian
Kristofer Geddie
Sue Geller
Mark Glassman, M.D.
Ned Grossman
Helen Habbert
Roxanne Joffe
Jamie Kattrein
Susan Kilman
Vivian Lane
Shelly Lazarus
Nelle Miller
Melba Ramirez
Rachel Rivlin
Jane Rose
Jane Rosenstein
Ketsy Ruiz
Clare Segall
Nancy Shapiro
Jeff & Joanie Spalter
Mark Steinwachs
Bryna Tevlowitz
Patti Wertheimer

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