2025- 2026 Board of Directors

Executive Committee 

 
Dr. Maite Riestra-Quintero, President 
Directors Group 

Assistant Director Early Childhood Programs - Head Start and Early Head Start Division
Miami-Dade Community Action and Human Services Department 

Sean Murnane, Vice President
Staff Group 

Contract Administrator
County & Family Services Department Head Start Division Orange County 

Autumn Tomas, Secretary
Friends Group

A Tomas Consulting LLC
CEO  

LaFonda Heidel, Treasurer
Directors Group 

Chief Executive Officer 
Kids Incorporated of the Big Bend
 

Kymberly Cook, Past President
Friends Group                                                         

Executive Director
Children's Home Society of Florida 

Affiliate Group Representatives

Terri Barlow, Directors Group

Director
School Board of Brevard County Head Start 

LaShonda Watson- Clark, Directors Group

Director
Lutheran Services of Florida Head Start/Early Head Start

Tanya Stone, Directors Group 

Director of Early Learning Programs
You Thrive Florida 

Andrea Frazier, Staff Group

Head Start Director Supervisor
Hillsborough County Public Schools Head Start Program

JewRonda Green, Staff Group

Senior Director of HS/EHS – Educational Operations
Episcopal Children's Services Head Start/Early Head Start

Alisa Thorton, Staff Group

Senior Manager
The Agricultural and Labor Program, Inc. Head Start/Early Head Start

Mary Muniz-Pellicer, Staff Group 

Senior Director of Human Resources
YWCA South Florida, Inc.