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Children and Youth Cabinet Members

The Children and Youth Cabinet is made up of 20 members:

  • Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp, Chairman
  • Secretary Bob Butterworth, Department of Children and Families
  • Secretary Frank Peterman, Jr., Department of Juvenile Justice
  • Secretary Holly Benson, Agency for Health Care Administration
  • Director, Agency for Persons with Disabilities
  • Director Monesia Brown, Agency for Workforce Innovation
  • State Surgeon General Ana Viamonte Ros, Department of Health
  • Commissioner Eric J. Smith, Department of Education
  • Statewide Director, Guardian Ad Litem Office
  • Jim Kallinger, Florida’s Chief Child Advocate
Governor’s Appointees inclide the following:
  • Judy Schaechter, physician and professor at the University of Miami, Mailman Center for Child Development
  • David Lawrence Jr., President of the Early Childhood Initiative Foundation in Miami and “University Scholar for Early Childhood Development and Readiness” at the University of Florida
  • Donna Gay Lancaster, Executive Director of Juvenile Welfare Board Children’s Services Council of Pinellas County
  • Antonia Crawford, Chairman of the Early Learning Coalition
  • Dick Batchelor, President of Dick Batchelor Management Group
Ex officio members include the following:
  • Senator Nan Rich, Designee of Florida Senate President Ken Pruitt
  • Representative Loranne Ausley, Designee of Speaker Marco Rubio, Florida House of Representatives
  • South Florida Deputy Attorney General Cynthia Guerra, Designee of Attorney General Bill McCollum
  • Chief Justice Fred Lewis, Florida Supreme Court
  • Maureen S. Dinnen, Vice Chair, Broward County School Board, Designee of Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink

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