Senior Advisers

Modesto Abety
President and chief executive officer, The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade County.
Miami

Tana Ebbole
Chief executive officer, The Children’s Services Council of Palm Beach County.
West Palm Beach

Ted Granger
President, the United Way of Florida.
Tallahassee

Dorothy Inman-Johnson
Executive director, Capital Area Community Action Agency.
Tallahassee

Luanne Panacek
Chief executive officer, the Children's Board of Hillsborough County and chair of The Policy Group for Florida’s Families and Children.
Tampa

Dr. Donald Pemberton
Director, the Lastinger Center for Learning at the University of Florida.
Gainesville

Diana Ragbeer
Director, Communications and Public Policy, The Children’s Trust of Miami-Dade.
Miami

Dr. Judith Schaechter
Pediatrician with a faculty appointment at the University of Miami, member of the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet.
Miami

Ana Sejeck
Chief operating officer, The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation.
Miami

Ruth Shack
President emeritus of Dade Community Foundation and a former county commissioner.
Miami

Dr. Abigail Thorman
Nationally known early childhood consultant.
Miami

Evelio Torres
President and CEO, Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe.
Miami