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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

Patricia Bodiford
Bureau Chief

Tonya Milton
Lead Policy Analyst

Instructional Support Services (ISS)

Staff
Title
Email

Jennifer Coburn
Senior Educational Program Director: Instructional Support Services

Chelsea Strickland
Educational Program Director

Angela Roland
Director of Services for Private, Home and Charter School Students with Disabilities

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

Caroline Gillis
State Lead: Emotional or Behavioral Disability

Kathryn Millican
State Lead: Autism Spectrum Disorder

Carrie Pigott
State Lead: Most Significant Cognitive Disability and Every Student Succeeds Act 1% Waiver

Cheyenne Poliquin
State Lead: Intellectual Disabilities and Traumatic Brain Injury

Erin Daughtry
State Lead: Specific Learning Disabilities, Other Health Impairment, and Hospital Homebound

Noal Weiland
State Lead: Secondary Transition

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

Erin Leathers
Senior Educational Program Director

Cindy Campbell
Director

Joy Dunlavy
Program Director

Bryce Milton
Program Director: Alternative Resolution, Due Process Liaison

Christina DeProspero
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Chay Gray
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Alicia Jackson
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Seth Parsons
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Sarah-Meike Sanford
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Program Accountability, Assessment & Data Systems (PAADS)

Staff
Title
Email

Henry Miller
Senior Educational Program Director

Cyrilla Hackley
Educational Program Director

Steve Barnes
Data Specialist

Felecia Brown
Monitoring Specialist

Deliris Caceres
Data Specialist

Casey Grove
Fiscal Specialist

Dorsa Imankhan
Fiscal Specialist

Hannah Pearson
Program Specialist 1

Communications

Staff
Title
Email

Margaret Reilly
Educational Program Director

Abigail Emerson
Editor

Tatia Ghviniashvili
Editor

Gabby Palma
Information Assistant and Writer

Hope Florida

Staff
Title
Email

Richard Strickland
Educational Program Director

Juani Anderson
Hope Navigator

Krystal Henderson
Hope Navigator

Asia Jarmon
Hope Navigator

Emily Maas
Hope Navigator

Mary Magner
Hope Navigator

Samantha Sachs
Hope Navigator

Derius Whiten
Hope Navigator

Lakisha Williamson
Hope Navigator

Support Staff

Staff
Title
Email

Madison Strickland
Administrative Staff Assistant

Shelbi Blankenship
ISS Administrative Specialist

Alex Teller
ISS Staff Assistant

Mackenzie Honchell
DRM Administrative Secretary

Amajai Kirksey
DRM Administrative Secretary

Alexandra Rattliff
PAADS Administrative Secretary

Aubrey Willis
DRM Administrative Secretary