Board Officers 2025
Chairperson:
Amanda White
Child Find Content Specialist, FDLRS/East
Brevard Public Schools
Vice Chairperson:
Dr. Kathleen Rooney-Otero, MD
Pediatrician
Nemours Children’s Hospital
Treasurer:
Laene Keith, MA, CCC/SLP, IBCLC
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
Lactation Link
Secretary:
Sharon Tolson
Retired – Brevard County Schools
Community Member
Board Members
Ashley Fleeman, MSCPE
Sales Director
Oracle
Patricia (Pat) Fruen, MSN, RN, C-ONQS
Director of Women’s Services
Rockledge Regional Medical Center
Melinda Hodges, RN, BSN
Manager of Women’s Services
Parrish Medical Center
Juanita Jackson
Department Director
Housing & Human Services
Sherry Scates, MSN, BSN, RNC-NIC
Clinical Education Specialist, Women & Children
Health First
Maria Stahl, DNP, RN
Retired – Administrator/Health Officer – Florida Department of Health, Brevard County
Community Member
Interested in becoming a Board Member?
If you are interested in membership on the Healthy Start Coalition Board of Directors, please contact Jennifer Schwalb Floyd,
Executive Director, at 321-634-6101.
Prior to serving, applicants must submit an application for membership and meet with Healthy Start Staff for an overview of the organization and board roles and responsibilities. Members are then elected upon a vote by the Board of Directors. The Board is active in fundraising and advocacy efforts to support our programs for pregnant women and infants in Brevard County.
Healthy Start Coalition Staff
- Jennifer Schwalb Floyd, Executive Director
- Gabrielle Bargerstock, Associate Director
- Dainelle Tarr, Program Director / CQI Specialist
- Marie Sullivan, Accounting Manager
- Lisa Jones, Accounting Assistant
- Lisa Haferkamp, Operations Director and FIMR (Fetal and Infant Mortality Review) Program Director
- Monica Lomeli, FIMR (Fetal and Infant Mortality Review) Coordinator and Project Coordinator
- Jaclyn, Martinez, Community Relations Coordinator
- Shelley Wilson, Senior Community Program Specialist
- Janine Rodriguez, Community Program Specialist
Healthy Start Care Coordinators
- Alexandra (Allie) Chase, Program Manager
- Jaime Gordon, Program Assistant
- Kimberly Devine, Perinatal Parenting Educator
- Lizandra Duenas, Perinatal Parenting Educator
- Maggie James, Perinatal Parenting Educator
- Kayla Pierre, Perinatal Parenting Educator
- Leira Thornton, Perinatal Parenting Educator
T.E.A.M. Dad Program
- Barbara Lucy, INSPIRE Chief Executive Officer
- Shay Hall, T.E.A.M. Dad Coordinator
Healthy Families Program
- Mackenzie Quirarte, Program Manager
- Megan McChesney, Healthy Families Supervisor
- Heidi Zellman, Healthy Families Supervisor
- Dani McDevitt, Healthy Families Data Specialist
- Uma Naicker, Healthy Families Behavioral Health Navigator
- Michaela S. Cisler, Healthy Families Family Support Engagement Specialist
- Sophie Dahavarian, Healthy Families Family Support Engagement Specialist
- Rosemary Joseph, Healthy Families Family Support Engagement Specialist
- Cindy Miller, Healthy Families Family Support Engagement Specialist
- Carmen Reina, Healthy Families Family Support Engagement Specialist
- Lisa Soto, Healthy Families Family Support Engagement Specialist
- Lore’l Swint, Healthy Families Family Support Engagement Specialist
- Tyaka Woods, Healthy Families Family Support Engagement Specialist
Healthy Start FIMR (Fetal and Infant Mortality Review) Brevard Staff
- Lisa Haferkamp, FIMR Program Director
- Monica Lomeli, FIMR Coordinator
- Melissa Berge, FIMR Administrative Assistant
- Meghan Christie and Diana Tarantola, FIMR Nurse Abstractors