Skip to Content
Exceptional Student Education
Skip Navigation

Staff Contacts

Please copy BEESSsupport@fldoe.org on emails to specific staff to ensure a timely response.

Phone: 850-245-0475
Fax: 850-245-0953

Staff
Title
Email

Alice Schmitges
Bureau Chief

Tonya Milton
Lead Policy Analyst

Instructional Support Services (ISS)

Staff
Title
Email

Patricia Bodiford
Senior Educational Program Director: Instructional Support Services

Richard Strickland
Educational Program Director

Gwen Black
State Lead: Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing and Visual Impairment

Bethany Bland
State Lead: Parent Services

Caroline Gillis
State Lead: Emotional or Behavioral Disability

Emily Maas
State Lead: 1% Waiver

Kathryn Millican
State Lead: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Cheyenne Poliquin
State Lead: Intellectual Disabilities and Traumatic Brain Injury

Angela Roland
State Lead: Specific Learning Disabilities, Other Health Impairment, and Hospital Homebound

LeNita Winkler
State Lead: Pre-Kindergarten Students with Disabilities

Portal to Exceptional Education Resources (PEER)

Staff
Title
Email

Kelbe Harrell
MTS/PEER Systems Analyst

Jan Oberschlake
PEER Systems Analyst

Dispute Resolution and Monitoring (DRM)

Staff
Title
Email

Christina Whitfield
Senior Educational Program Director: Dispute Resolution and Monitoring

Erin Leathers
Program Director (Unit 1)

Jacqueline Roumou
Program Director (Unit 2)

Bryce Milton
Program Director: Alternative Resolution, Due Process Liaison

Curtisa Brown
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Christina DeProspero
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Joy Dunlavy
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Abigail Emerson
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Sarah-Meike Sanford
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Program Accountability, Assessment & Data Systems (PAADS)

Staff
Title
Email

Chelsea Strickland
Senior Educational Program Director: Program Accountability, Assessment & Data Systems

Steve Barnes
Data Program Specialist

Andrew Lodge
Data Program Specialist

Kaitlyn Bishop
Fiscal Program Specialist

Samuel Brou
Fiscal Program Specialist

Deliris Caceres
Fiscal Program Specialist

Casey Grove
Fiscal Program Specialist

Communications

Staff
Title
Email

Margaret Reilly
Educational Program Director

Tatia Ghviniashvili
Editor

Gabby Palma
Information Assistant and Writer

Support Staff

Staff
Title
Email

Kaitlyn Williams
ISS Staff Assistant

Victoria Cooper
ISS Administrative Specialist

Alex Teller
ISS Staff Assistant

Nikki Wilhoit
DRM Administrative Specialist

Emily Sherouse
DRM Unit 1 Administrative Secretary

Derius Whiten
DRM Unit 2 Administrative Secretary

Madison Strickland
PAADS Administrative Secretary

Sherise Habersham
Communications Staff Assistant