
Committee Member | Position & Organization |
Michelle Salzman | Task Force Facilitator – Representative, Florida House District One |
Barbara Scott Payne | Chief of Staff, Studer Family of Companies |
Quint Studer | Founder, Healthcare Plus Solutions Group |
Heather Allman | Policy Unit Manager, Dept. of Children & Families |
Melissa Arkin | HCA Regional Vice President for Behavioral Health |
Walter Arrington | Homeless Health Navigator, Community Health Northwest Florida |
Patricia Babcock | FSU College of Medicine |
Brian Barlow | Associate Pastor, Hillcrest Baptist Church |
Robert Bender | Escambia County Commission |
Sally Bergosh | Director, Health & Hope Clinic |
Jason Boatwright | Veteran Liasion, Office of Congressman Matt Gaetz |
Connie Bookman | Pathways for Change |
Wes Bowden | LPR Law Firm |
Rebecca Brasch | Mental Health, Century Correctional Inst |
Rachelle Burns | Chair, Escarosa Suicide Prevention Coalition |
Lindsey Cannon | Children’s Home Society |
Matthew Castagna | Mental Health Treatment Coordinator, First District Court |
Will Condon | President, Studer Family Children’s Hospital |
Rachel Croley | Clinical Director, Olive Baptist Church Counseling Center |
Jeri Culley | Ernst and Young |
Craig Dalton | Health Information Exchange |
Kendrick Doidge | Vice President Business Development and Marketing, West Florida Hospital |
Linda Finklestein | President of NAMI Pensacola |
Clint Fuhrman | Ernst and Young |
Laura Gilliam | CEO, United Way of West Florida |
Jane Glass | HCA Director of Behavioral Health Outreach |
Jennifer Grove | Baptist Hospital |
James Hartsell | Executive Director, Florida Department of Veterans Affairs |
Ashton Hayward | President, Andrews Research & Education Foundation |
Allison Hill | CEO Lakeview |
Craig Hindman | Connections Pastor, Marcus Pointe Baptist Church |
Evon Horton | Lead Pastor, Brownsville Assembly of God |
David Josephs | Clinical Director & Chief Psychologist, Lakeview Center |
Lisa Joyner | Director of Student Services, Escambia County School District |
Jules Kariher | Sacred Heart |
Serene Keiek | Opening Doors of Northwest Florida |
Timothy Kinsella | CO, Naval Air Station Pensacola |
Stacey Kostevicki | Executive Director, Gulf Coast Kids House |
Kaycee Lagarde | PIO for Mayor Robinson, and attending in his place |
Scott Luth | Florida West |
Lumon May | Escambia County Commission |
Adrienne Maygarden | Sacred Heart Women’s & Children’s Service Line Director |
David Mica | Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, Florida Hospital Association |
Kurt Michaelis | Command Chaplain, NAS (CDR) |
Kailey Minnick | LCSW Probation Officer, US Northern District of Florida |
Marie Mott | Florida Dept of Health, Escambia County |
Dave Murzin | First Place Partners |
Gene Nelson | Emergency Department Director, Santa Rosa Medical Center |
Gay Nord | CEO West Florida Hospital |
Rick Outzen | Owner/Publisher In Weekly |
Hong Potomski | Sr. Director, Commercial Segment Strategy & Group Go To Market, Florida Blue |
Eric Randall | Pensacola Chief of Police |
Grover Robinson | Mayor, City of Pensacola |
Dawn Rudolph | CEO Sacred Heart |
Eric Rutledge | Executive Director of Behavioral Health Inpatient Services, Baptist Hospital |
Shawn Salamida | President of Behavioral Health Services |
Chip Simmons | Sheriff, Escambia County |
Paul Sohr | Program Director, Gateway Foundation (Santa Rosa Correctional Inst.) |
Todd Thomson | Greater Pensacola Chamber |
Dave Torsell | EMS Chief, Escambia county public safety |
Donna Walls | Resource Management Director, Santa Rosa Medical Center |
Mike Watkins | NWF Health Network |
Lonnie Wesley | Pastor, Greater Little Rock Baptist Church |
Matthew White | Asst. Special Agent In Charge, FDLE Pensacola |
Stephanie White | Chair, Escambia Children’s Trust |
Chris Williams | Special Agent in Charge, FDLE Pensacola Regional Operations Center |
Brian Willis | LMHC Managing Partner, Santa Rosa Counseling Center |
Brian Wyer | Minority Chamber |
Mindy Young | ECSO, Crisis Intervention Team Coordinator |
Tom Wallace | Deputy Secretary, Division of Medicaid, AHCA |
Patrick Steele | Deputy Legislative Affairs Director, AHCA |
Lindsey Zander | Director, AHCA Legislative Affairs Office |
Shay Chapman | Deputy Division Director, Community Health Promotion (DoH) |
Yvonne Woodward | Mental Health Coordinator (DoH) |
Erica Floyd-Thomas | Assistant Secretary for Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DCF) |
Heather Allman | SAMH Policy Unit Manager (DCF) |
Nicolas Goss | Compliance & Program Integrity, Florida Community Care |
Traci Thompson | Chief Medical Officer/Regional Vice President Humana |
Elizabeth Boyd | Director, Governmental Relations Sunshine Health |
Stephanie Kopelousos | Legislative Affairs, Governor Desantis |
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