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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

Dr. Margaret (Peggy) Aune
Vice Chancellor for Strategic Improvement

Patricia Bodiford
Senior Educational Program Director

Tonya Milton
Lead Policy Analyst

Instructional Support Services (ISS)

Staff
Title
Email

Patricia Bodiford
Senior Educational Program Director: Instructional Support Services

Chelsea Strickland
Educational Program Director

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

Cheyenne Poliquin
State Lead: Intellectual Disabilities and Traumatic Brain Injury

Angela Roland
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
Program Director (Unit 1)

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

Chanequa Gray
Compliance Specialist/Investigator

Alicia Jackson
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 Program Specialist

Felecia Brown
Fiscal Program Specialist

Deliris Caceres
Data Program Specialist

Casey Grove
Fiscal Program Specialist

Hannah Pearson
Program Specialist 1

Communications

Staff
Title
Email

Margaret Reilly
Educational Program Director

Tatia Ghviniashvili
Editor

Gabby Palma
Information Assistant and Writer

Hope Florida

Staff
Title
Email

Richard Strickland
Educational Program Director

Juani Anderson
Hope Navigator

Bethany Bland
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

Victoria Cooper
ISS Administrative Specialist

Alex Teller
ISS Staff Assistant

Madison Strickland
PAADS Administrative Secretary

Aubrey Willis
PAADS Administrative Secretary

Sherise Habersham
Communications Staff Assistant