DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, and Okeechobee Counties
Elected Officials
DeSoto County
Commissioner Terry Hill
Hardee County
Commissioner Noey Flores, Vice Chair
Highlands County
Commissioner Don Elwell, Chair
Okeechobee County
Commissioner Bryant Culpepper
Citizen Members
Disabled Representative
Aric Robison
Elderly Representative
Jessie Alford, DeSoto
Citizen Advocate
Ingra Gardner, Nu-Hope Elder Services
Gerald Cruz Camacho, Alternate
Citizen Advocate User Representative
Patty Bond
Private Transportation Industry Representative
Robert Layne, Positive Medical Transport
Madelon Mansfield, JJ Medical Transport, Alternate
Medical Community Representative
Elizabeth Lind, Fresenius Kidney Care
Audra Wheatley, Big Lake Kidney Center, Alternate
Penny Pringle, Florida Dept. of Health, Alternate
Agency Representatives
Florida Department of Transportation Representative
Charlene Ross
Michelle Peronto, Alternate
Department of Children and Families
Sheilea Watkins
Michael Day, Alternate
Public Education Community
Robert Smith, DeSoto County School Board
Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, or Division of Blind Services, representing the Department of Education
Bruce Emmerton
Leigh Ann Bellamy, Alternate
Laurel White, Alternate
Christina Martin, Alternate
Veterans Services
Larry Kirsch
Sarah Carter, Alternate
Agency for Health Care Administration
Signe Jacobson
Glenda Gonzalez, Alternate
Children at Risk Representative
Wendy Amos, Boys and Girls Club of Highlands County
Erin Linhardt, Family Preservation Services of Florida, Alternate
Tonya Akwetey, Alternate
Charlene Edwards, Alternate
Department of Elder Affairs
Joan Cecil, Senior Connections
Zeka Barbosa, Senior Connections, Alternate
Dalia Dillion, Area Agency on Aging/Aging Resources, Alternate
Shelby Yevington, Alternate
Frances Hazel, Alternate
Nancy Yarnald, Alternate
CareerSource Board
Ann Martin
Lenora White, Alternate
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Donna Fain
Mollie Brown-Ferrier, Alternate
Mary Edwards, Alternate
Milory Senat, Alternate
Community Transportation Coordinator (Non-Voting)
Kelly Kirk-Brooks, MV Transportation
Glades and Hendry Counties
Elected Officials
Glades County
Commissioner Donna Storter-Long, Chair
Tim Stanley, Alternate
Hendry County
Commissioner Emma Byrd, Vice Chair
Citizen Members
Disabled Representative
Lisa Sands
Elderly Representative
Mary Bartoshuk
Citizen Advocate
Kristina Rodriguez, Hope Connections
Bill Iffland, Hope Connections, Alternate
Medical Community Representative
Nancy Acevedo
Maria Rickter, Alternate
Agency Representatives
Florida Department of Transportation Representative
Kelley Fernandez
Michelle Peronto, Alternate
Department of Children and Families
Aaron Stitt
Charlene Blum, Alternate
Public Education Community
Jim Brickel, Glades County School Board
Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, or Division of Blind Services, representing the Department of Education
Fareedah Laney
Agency for Health Care Administration
Singe Jacobson
Lonnie Thompson, Alternate
Children at Risk Representative
Edwin Melendez, Glades County Department of Health
Vanessa Fischel, Alternate
Department of Elder Affairs
Shelby Yevington
Linda Howard, Alternate
Sarah Richards, Alternate
CareerSource Board
Rebecca Meeler
Suseth Cunningham, Alternate
Community Action Agency
Fred Richards, Goodwill Industries
Barbara Ramos, Goodwill Industries, Alternate
Veterans Service Office
Bob Jones
Community Transportation Coordinator (Non-Voting)
MV Transportation