Bureau of Family and Community Outreach
FAITH AND COMMUNITY-BASED
ADVISORY COUNCIL
STATE LEVEL CONTACTS
Bureau of Family and Community Outreach
FAITH AND COMMUNITY-BASED
ADVISORY COUNCIL
1. Angelia Rivers, Bureau Chief
Bureau of Family & Community Outreach
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Bldg., Suite 1444
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: 850.245.0853
Fax: 850.245.0849
2. Lynn Turner, Director
Dropout Prevention
Bureau of Family & Community Outreach
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Bldg., Suite 1444
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: 850.245.9954
Fax: 850.245.0849
3. Hope Williams, Program Specialist IV
Parental Involvement
Bureau of Family and Community Outreach
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Bldg., Suite 1444
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone:850.245.0842
Fax:850.245.0849
4. Tameka Thomas, Operations Mgmt. Consultant
Bureau of Family & Community Outreach
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Bldg., Suite 1444
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: 850.245.0845
Fax: 850.245.0849
5. Dianne Van Der Meer, Educational Policy Analyst
Faith & Community-Based Initiatives
Bureau of Family & Community Outreach
325 West Gaines Street
Turlington Bldg., Suite 1444
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: 850.245.9977
Fax: 850.245.0849
6.Zackary Gibson
Chief Child Advocate & Director
Office of Governor Rick Scott
The Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0001
Phone: 850.717.9261
Fax: 850.921.0173
7.Mark Nelson
Florida United Methodist Children’s Home
51 Children’s Way
Enterprise, FL 32725
Cell: 407.222.1040
Phone: 386.668.4774 Ext. 2349 Direct
Fax: 386.668.4486
8. Pastor Ken Scrubbs, Member-at-Large
Minister of Community Relations
FirstBaptistChurch
220 N. 13th Street
Leesburg, FL34748
Phone:352.787.1005 Ext. 313
Cell:352.267.2566
Fax:352.787.3289
9. Cyndee Odom, Director
Domestic Violence & Independent Living Programs
1317 Winewood Blvd, Building 3, Room 325 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-6570
Phone: 850.922.0185
Fax: N/A
Bureau of Family and Community Outreach
FAITH AND COMMUNITY-BASED
ADVISORY COUNCIL
FAITH-BASED REPRESENTATIVES / BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES / DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVESREGION I / Pastor Larry Boldin (Okaloosa)
Striving For Perfection Ministries
24 Bass Avenue, SW
Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32549
Phone: 850.862.3899
Minister Lin Mack (Okaloosa)
Striving For Perfection Ministries
24 Bass Avenue, SW
Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32549
Phone: 850.862.3899
/ Ms. Audrey LewisPotter(Gadsden)
Community Relations &
Parent Services
GadsdenCountySchool District
35 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd.
Quincy, FL32351
Phone: 850.627.9651
Ms. Lee Stafford (Bay)
Drop Out Prevention
Bay County School District
1311 Balboa Avenue
Panama City, FL 32407
Phone: 850.767.4100
REGION II / Ms. Bea Coker (Columbia)
It’s About My Efforts, Inc.
P. O. Box 15
Lake City, FL 32056
Phone: 386.697.6075
Dr. Gene Youngblood (Duval)
Conservative Theological University
12021 Old St. Augustine Road
Jacksonville FL, 32258
Phone: 904. 262.8275
REGION III / Rev. Michael Kimbrough (Orange)
111 Laurel Ridge Avenue
Ocoee, FL34761
Phone: 407.234.9619
/ Ms. Pam Carson (Orange)
Senior Manager, Community Resources
445 W. Amelia Street
Orlando, FL32801
Phone: 407.317.3200 Ext. 2990
Ms. Beth Rattie (Osceola)
Drop Out Prevention
Osceola School District
1200 Vermont Avenue
Saint Cloud, FL 34769
Phone: 407.343.8713
REGION IV / Mr. Imam Azhar (Lee)
Islamic Center of SWFlorida
3337 Broadway
Ft. Myers, FL 33901-7211
Phone: 239.939.0292
Cell: 239.691.5522
Rev. Jimmy Thompson
Presiding Elder
Central District South Florida Conference
11th Episcopal District AME Church
3319 Barley Lane
Lakeland, FL 33803
Phone: 863.644.9233
Cell: 863.738.9162
/ Ms. Ruth Hall (Hillsborough)
Educational Consultant
P. O. Box 16302
Tampa, FL 33687
Phone: 813.978.1047
Cell: 813.382.9641
Chappella Hill(Hillsborough)
Drop Out Prevention
Hillsborough County School District
1202 E. Palm Ave. Room 253A
Tampa, FL 33510
Phone: 813.273.7197
REGION V / Mr. Michael Bell, Senior Associate
Educational Development Associates, Inc.
14052 NW 82nd Avenue
Miami Lakes, FL 33016
Phone: 305.362.8887
Cell: 305.389.0864
/ Ms. Anthenisia A. Jackson (Dade)
Drop Out Prevention
Miami-Dade County School District
1450 N.E. 2nd Ave. Room 818
Miami, FL 33132
Phone: 305.995.1856