Executive Committee
Dr. Jane Ierardi
Chief Partnership Officer FL – Nemours Children's Health System (Board Vice-Chair, Interim Chair)
Karie Barquin
Senior Coordinator/Interim Director – Head Start Polk (Ex Officio: Head Start Director) (Board Secretary)
Lori Shea
Associate Vice President, Women & Children's Service Line - Lakeland Regional Health (Board Treasurer/Finance Committee Chair)
Dr. Mary Clark
Vice President, Institutional Effectiveness, Accreditation and Research, Institutional Research Effectiveness & Planning (Enhancements Committee Chair)
Rick Maxey
Private Sector Business (Nominating Committee Chair)
Members
Kathryn Bevilacqua-Ely
Marketing Project Manager – Publix Super Markets, Inc. (Ex Officio: Board of County Commissioners Appointee)
Amanda Wilson
Department of Children and Family Services Regional Administrator or Designee (Ex Officio: DCF)
Nancy Ebrahimi
DCF Childcare Regulation Representative or Childcare Licensing Agency Head (Ex Officio: DCF)
Stacy Campbell-Domineck
CEO – Career Source Polk (Ex Officio: Workforce Development Director)
Nicholas Emanuel
President – Cirtosuco North America, Inc
Tammi Haas
Principal - St. Joseph Catholic School (Representative of Faith-Based Child Care Provider)
Frederick Heid
Superintendent of Schools - Polk County Schools (Ex Officio: District Superintendent of Schools)
Dr. Joy Jackson
Director – Florida Department of Health in Polk County (Ex Officio: County Health Department Director)
Dr. Emily Shaffer
Associate Professor - Bay Area Early Steps Program Director - University of South Florida, Dept. of Pediatrics (Representative of Children with Disabilities)
John Griffin
President/Owner - Beacon Hill Preschool - Representative of Private Child Care Provider
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