2025 – 2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE BOARD

CHAIR –  ROSALIE VERGARA-SMITH -  Safe & Sound Hillsborough

VICE-CHAIR –DARIA DIXON - BOCC, Procurement Operations

TREASURER –DEVIN WEBSTER -  TECO Peoples Gas

SECRETARY – JULI DAY -  BOCC, Health Care Services

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR –TIM BENNETT -  Children's Board of Hillsborough County

BOARD MEMBERS

GINA  RICHARDS BAEZ - St. Joseph's Hospital 

DAFFANY BROWNING-BRUNSON - Children's Board of Hillsborough County

BILL CHINI -  Mary & Martha House

ANDRE CURRY -  Florida Blue

JAREE ERVIN -  University Area CDC

TAMIKA FRANCIS - Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City

PHYLLIS GUTHMAN - MacDonald Training Center

AMY GALL - BayCare Health System

JAYLISSA GOLDEN - Safe & Sound Hillsborough

CARLA HILLS -  Hillsborough County Tax Collector

CANDACE HOBBS -  BOCC, Homeless & Community Services

TAMIKA POWE -  Tampa General Hospital

NICOLE KETTERMANN -  Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA

WENDY MELTON -  Grow Financial Credit Union

EARLISHIA OATES - Metropolitan Ministries

EMILY TINTI -  Children's Board of Hillsborough County

THADDEUS WRIGHT - Safe & Sound Hillsborough

DIANA WALKER -  BOCC, Economic Development

EMILY WOODS-JOHNSON  - Glazer's Children Museum 

*BOARD OF DIRECTORS meet on the 1st Wednesday of

every month.