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 TomasSecretary
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.

 



Steve Martin, Friends Group

Business Development Leader
Vystar Credit Union