Board Members and Committees

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The FloridaWorks Board members and committees they are involved with are shown below.

Represents	Company	County	Member	Term Expiration	Committee
1. Private Sector	Prudential Trend Realty	Alachua	Tommy McIntosh	June 30, 2014	Executive, Alachua County Member-at-large
2. Private Sector	Coward Realty	Alachua	Thomas Coward	June 30, 2013	Finance
3. Private Sector	Star Import Services	Alachua	Frank McGeown	June 30, 2012	Executive, Finance, Legislative
4. Private Sector	University of Florida	Alachua	Melissa Curry	June 30, 2012	TBD
5. Private Sector	Shands Healthcare	Alachua	Gayla Beach	June 30, 2013	Business Competitiveness
6. Private Sector	Painter Masonry	Alachua	Jim Painter	June 30, 2014	Executive-Chair of Legislative
7. Private Sector	UF Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator	Alachua	Patti Breedlove	June 30, 2014	Board Vice Chair, Executive
8. Private Sector	Sandvik Mining and Construction	Alachua	Donna Burdge	June 30, 2012	Business Competitiveness
9. Private Sector	Meridian Behavioral Healthcare	Alachua	Dr. Maggie Labarta	June 30, 2014	Board Chair, Executive
10. Private Sector	Capital City Bank	Alachua	Don Davis	June 30, 2013	Executive, Chair Business Competitiveness
11. Private Sector	New Horizons Computer Learning Center	Alachua	Ted Gilson	June 30, 2012	Business Competitiveness
12. Private Sector	Performance Food Group	Alachua	Jonathan Jarrell	June 30, 2012	Education/Youth
13. Private Sector	RBH	Bradford	Edythe Robinson	June 30, 2012	Workforce Readiness
14. Private Sector	Noegel Auto Sales	Bradford	Brandi Noegel	June 30, 2014	Executive, Chair Education/Youth
15. Private Sector	Tatum Brothers Lumber	Bradford	Linda Tatum	June 30, 2013	Past Chair-Executive-Finance
16. Private Sector	Retired	Bradford	Cris Anderson	June 30, 2014	Finance
17. Private Ed (Degree Granting)	St. Leo University	Alachua / Bradford	Stephen Hess	June 30, 2014	Business Competitiveness
18. Private Ed (Cert/Diplomas)	City College	Alachua / Bradford	Gerald Zagaiski	June 30, 2012	Workforce Readiness-Education/Youth
19. Higher Ed	Santa Fe College	Alachua / Bradford	Dr. Jackson Sasser	June 30, 2014	Business Competitiveness
20. Local/Voc Ed	Alachua County School Board	Alachua	Dr. Dan Boyd	June 30, 2014	Education/Youth
21. Local/Voc Ed	Bradford County School Board	Bradford	Dr. Beth Moore	June 30, 2014	Education/Youth
22. Organized Labor	Retired from City of Gainesville / GRU	Alachua / Bradford	Calvin Camps	June 30, 2012	Education/Youth, Legislative
23. Organized Labor	Florida Carpenters Regional Council	Alachua / Bradford	David Raulerson	June 30, 2013	Business Competitiveness
24. Organized Labor	Gainesville Academy for Electric Tech	Alachua / Bradford	Linda Sparks	June 30, 2014	Business Competitiveness
25. Department of Children and Families	Department of Children and Families	Alachua/ Bradford	Janet Romero	June 30, 2014	TBD
26. Community Based/Veterans		Alachua / Bradford	Col. Bill Dampier	June 30, 2013	Executive, Bradford County Member-at-Large
27. Community Based/Disabled	Center for Independent Living	Alachua / Bradford	William Kennedy	June 30, 2013	Business Competitiveness
28. Economic Development	Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce	Alachua	Sonia Douglas	June 30, 2014	Education/Youth
29. Local Elected Official	Alachua County Commission	Alachua	Lee Pinkoson	June 30, 2015	Workforce Readiness
30. Local Elected Official	Bradford County Commission	Bradford	Ross Chandler	June 30, 2015	Workforce Readiness
31. Economic Development	Shands Starke Regional Medical Center	Bradford	Steven Salyer	June 30, 2015	TBD
32. Welfare Trans Client Rep	Shands	Alachua / Bradford	Kali Blount	June 30, 2014	Executive, Chair Workforce Readiness
33. WIA Client Rep	Florida School of Midwifery	Alachua / Bradford	Eli Santana	June 30, 2012	Workforce Readiness
34. Job Corps	Gainesville Job Corps Center	Alachua / Bradford	Samuel Kolapo	June 30, 2013	Workforce Readiness
35. Dept of HUD	North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System	Alachua / Bradford	Vianne Marchese	June 30, 2012	Workforce Readiness
36. Older Americans Act	Elder Options	Alachua / Bradford	Cindy Roberts	June 30, 2013	Workforce Readiness
37. Voc.Rehab/ Transport. Disad	Vocational Rehab	Alachua / Bradford	Lydia Bush	June 30, 2012	Workforce Readiness

Last Updated: August 2011

Seat Number	Company	County	Member	Committee
1	Trend Realty, Inc	Alachua	Tommy McIntosh	HSHW
2	Coward Realty	Alachua	Thomas Coward	Finance
3	Star Import	Alachua	Frank McGeown	Finance, Executive
4	UF Interim VP for Human Resource Services	Alachua	Paula Fussell	BJBW
5	Shands Healthcare	Alachua	Gayla Beach	HSHW
6	Painter Masonry	Alachua	Jim Painter	FJFW Chair, Executive
7	McGurn Investments	Alachua	Kenneth McGurn	Immediate Past Board Chair, Executive
8	Clay Martin, Chartered	Alachua	Clay Martin	Vice Chair, Executive, and Finance Chair
9	Meridian Behavioral Healthcare Inc	Alachua	Maggie Labarta	BJBW
10	UF Sid Martin Biotech	Alachua	Patti Breedlove	HSHW Chair and Executive
11	New Horizons	Alachua	Ted Gilson	HSHW
12	UF Center for Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology	Alachua	Dr. Richard Snyder	HSHW
13	RBH Wholesale Seasonings	Bradford	Edythe Robinson	BJBW
14	CMC Joist & Deck, Inc.	Bradford	Mark Ripke	HSHW
15	Tatum Brothers Lumber Co.	Bradford	Linda Tatum	Board Chair, Finance, Executive
16	Retired-Clay Electric	Bradford	Cris Andersen	Executive, Finance
17	St. Leo University	Alachua/Bradford	Stephen Hess	BJBW
18	City College	Alachua/Bradford	Gerald Zagaiski	HSHW and BJBW
19	Santa Fe Community College - Pres.	Alachua/Bradford	Jackson Sasser	HSHW
20	Supt.-Alachua Co. School Board	Alachua	Dan Boyd	FJFW
21	Supt.-Bradford Co. School Board	Bradford	Beth Moore	FJFW
22	Bradford County Education Association	Alachua/Bradford	Judy Dukes	FJFW
23	Florida Carpenters Regional Council	Alachua/Bradford	David Raulerson	FJFW
24	Academy of Electrical Technology	Alachua/Bradford	Linda Sparks	Finance
25	DCF	Alachua/Bradford	Ester Tibbs	BJBW
26	Office of Veteran Services	Alachua/Bradford	Bill Dampier	Finance
27	Center for Independent Living	Alachua/Bradford	William Kennedy	HSHW
28	Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce	Alachua	Sonia Douglas	Secretary/Executive
29	Alachua County Commissioner	Alachua	Lee Pinkoson	BJBW
30	Bradford County Commissioner	Bradford	Ross Chandler	BJBW
31	New River Solid Waste Assoc.	Bradford	Darrell O'Neal	HSHW
32	Welfare Trans Client Rep	Alachua/Bradford	Kali Blount	BJBW
33	WIA Client Rep	Alachua/Bradford	Pamela Scott	BJBW
34	Gainesville Job Corps	Alachua/Bradford	Samuel Kolapo	FJFW
35	Alachua County Department of Growth Management	Alachua/Bradford	Tom Webster	BJBW
36	Florida Institute for Workforce Innovation	Alachua/Bradford	Jonathan Leslie	BJBW and FJFW
37	Vocational Rehabilitation	Alachua/Bradford	Lydia Bush	BJBW Chair and Executive

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