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Fellows

Florida Health Policy Leadership Academy fellows are selected annually. Select a year to view that class of fellows.

2025 Fellows
2024 Fellows

This webpage provides an archive of the first three years of fellows, from 2021 to 2023.

2023 Fellows
2022 Fellows
2021 Fellows

2023 Fellows

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Amanda Napolitano is the Executive Director of the DONNA Foundation.
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Dorothy Slama is the Nurse Administrator for the Sulzbacher Center, which primarily serves Duval and…
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Dr. Irvin Cohen is the Executive Director of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Jacksonville and…
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Jocelyn Turner is Reach Initiative Director for Partnership for Child Health and is focused in…
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Linda Levin is the CEO of ElderSource, an Area Agency on Aging and Aging Resource…
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Ryan Elizabeth Widdowson is the Supervisor of Federal Programs in Clay County.
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Sheronda Holzendorf has dedicated herself to helping aid the stabilization of those who have been…
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Spencer Hooker was a student at Flagler College and an eager leader who is dedicated…

2022 Fellows

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Anita Whitby-Davis is the Executive Director of Blautism Inc., a nonprofit organization that serves to…
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Catherine Campbell serves as Intake Coordinator at Safe Families for Children. Through this role, Campbell…
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Gretchen Thorton is a Family and Consumer Sciences Agent at the Jefferson County 4-H Extension…
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Hannah Gutner is a policy researcher for Orange County Commissioner Nicole Wilson, District 1.
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Jared Grigas is a policy analyst for the Florida Association of Counties.
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John Trombetta is the Executive Director of Alzheimer’s Project, Inc., which covers 11 counties in…
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Kamelia Klejc is the program coordinator for Gainesville Fire Rescue’s Community Resource Paramedicine Program.
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Leroy Smith is the Founder and CEO of Diamonds in the Rough Sports, Entertainment, &…
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Lindsey McDaniels is the manager of Nursing Case Management for Humana.
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Monica Johnson is the Program Services Director of the Epilepsy Agency of the Big Bend.
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Paulina Lewis is the Outreach and Education Coordinator for 2-1-1 Big Bend, Inc
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Rob Renzi serves as the CEO of Big Ben Cares.
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Robert Mckee is the Deputy Director of Public Policy for the Florida Association of Counties.
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Sara Henley is Policy Analyst for the Florida Association of Counties. Within
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Stacey Hannigon is the executive director of Beyond Before Community Development Corporation based in Gadsden…
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Suzan Gage is the executive director for the Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida.
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Taylor Brown is the City Manager for Perry, Florida.
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Tiffany McCaskill Henderson is the government relations director for the American Heart Association.

2021 Fellows

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Alyssa Brown is the vice president for public policy for the Greater Gainesville Chamber of…
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Atticus Steinmetz is the Economic Development Manager for the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce.
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Douglas Ray was the executive editor of the Gainesville Sun, the Ocala Star-Banner, and the…
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Eric Poole serves as the Executive Director of the Institute for County Government (ICG) at…
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Gigi Simmons represents District 1 on the Gainesville City Commission.
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Ian Fletcher is the vice president of education and talent alignment for the Greater Gainesville…
Portrait of Mary Alford
Mary Alford was elected to the Alachua County Commissioner as District 1 commissioner in 2020,…
Portrait of Nkwanda Jah
Nkwanda Jah is executive director for the Cultural Arts Coalition and chair of the Alachua…
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Paul Adamczyk is the District 5 Putnam County Commissioner.
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Tonette Graham is associate director of public policy for the Florida Association of Counties
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