Board of Directors & Staff

Board of Directors

Ester Tibbs

Ester Tibbs

Chair

Retired, Social Services Administrator

Bryan Reyes

Bryan Reyes

Vice Chair

Pivot CPAs

Corinne LaRoche

Corinne LaRoche

Treasurer

James Moore & Co.

Dr. Maggie Labarta

Dr. Maggie Labarta

Immediate Past Chair

Retired, Nonprofit Administrator

Dorothy Thomas

Dorothy Thomas

Secretary

Southwest Advocacy Group

Star Sansone

Star Sansone

Director at Large

Salter Feiber, PA

Ed Poppell

Ed Poppell

Director at Large
UF, Vice President Emeritus

Kim Bosshardt, Esq.

Kim Bosshardt, Esq.

Bosshardt Title Insurance

Dr. Paul Broadie

Dr. Paul Broadie

Santa Fe College

Cynthia Curry

Cynthia Curry

City of Gainesville

Sam H. Goforth

Sam H. Goforth

Retired, Wells Fargo

Virginia Grant

Virginia Grant

Feathr

Tony Jones

Tony Jones

City of Gainesville

Jacki Levine

Jacki Levine

FORUM Magazine Florida Humanities

Jeanna Mastrodicasa

Jeanna Mastrodicasa

UF IFAS

Ray McKnight

Ray McKnight

McKnight Insurance Agency

WJ Rossi

WJ Rossi

Koss Olinger

Melanie Shore

Melanie Shore

Seacoast Bank

Kevin Spellicy

Kevin Spellicy

Campbell Spellicy Engineering 

Terry Van Nortwick

Terry Van Nortwick

PRO iNK

Marlo Walpole

Marlo Walpole

Breck Weingart

Breck Weingart

CPPI

Staff

Barzella Papa

Barzella Papa

President and CEO

B.Papa@cfncf.org

Lesley Banis

Lesley Banis

VP of Community Engagement

LBanis@cfncf.org

Nancy Parks

Nancy Parks

Director of Donor Services

NParks@cfncf.org

Mercedes Petrus

Mercedes Petrus

Operations Manager

MPetrus@cfncf.org

Dr. Theresa Beachy

Dr. Theresa Beachy

CNE Organizational Strategist

TBeachy@cnencf.org

Interns

Dee Parris and Kensie Cricchio