Children and Youth Cabinet Members

Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp
State of Florida
Phone: (850) 488-7146
Office of Governor Charlie Crist
State of Florida
PL-05 The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001

Director James DeBeaugrine
Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Phone: 850.488.4257
4030 Esplanade Way Suite 380
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0950

Surgeon General Ana Viamonte Ros
Department of Health
Phone: 850.245.4444
2585 Merchants Row Boulevard
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Secretary Holly Benson
Agency for Health Care Administration
Phone: 888.419.3456
2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3
Tallahassee, FL 32308

Director Monesia Brown
Agency for Workforce Innovation
Phone: 850.245.7105
107 East Madison Street
Caldwell Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-4120

Commissioner Eric J. Smith
Department of Education
Phone: 850.245.0505
Turlington Building, Suite 1514
325 W Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Interim Secretary George Sheldon
Department of Children & Families
Phone: 850.487.1111
1317 Winewood Blvd. Bldg. 1
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0700

Secretary Frank Peterman, Jr.
Department of Juvenile Justice
Phone: 850.488.1850
2737 Centerview Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32399-3100

Director
Guardian Ad Litem
Phone: (850) 922-7213
The Holland Building
600 South Calhoun Street, Suite 154
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0979

Chief Child Advocate Jim Kallinger
Executive Office of the Governor
Phone: (850) 921-2015
The Capitol, Ste. 2002
Tallahassee, FL 32399

Maureen S. Dinnen, Vice Chair
Broward County School Board
Phone: (754) 321-2003
600 S. E. 3rd Avenue, 14th Floor
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

Justice Fred Lewis
Florida Supreme Court
Phone: (850) 488-0007
500 South Duval Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1925

Senator Nan Rich
Florida Senate
Phone: (954) 747-7933
777 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway
Sunrise, FL 33325-6256

Representative Loranne Ausley
Florida House of Representatives
Phone: (850) 488-0965
402 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300

Cynthia Guerra
Regional Deputy Attorney General for South Florida (Attorney General Designee)
Office of the Attorney General
Phone: 954-713-3073
110 SE 6th Street, 10th Floor
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

D. Gay Lancaster
Executive Director
Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County
Phone: 727-547-5600
6698 68th Avenue North, Suite A
Pinellas Park, Florida 33781-5015

David Lawrence, Jr.
President
The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation in Miami
“University Scholar for Early Childhood Development and Readiness” at the University of Florida.
Phone: 305-646-7229
3250 SW Third Ave.
Miami, FL. 33129

Judy Schaechter, MD
Director
Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Miami
Phone: 305-243-3928
PO BOX 016820 (D-820)
Miami, FL 33101

Dick Batchelor
President
Dick Batchelor Management Group
Phone: 407-841-4311
S. Orange Ave. Ste. 960
Orlando, FL 32801

Toni Crawford
Chair
Early Learning Coalition of Duval