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Naples Alliance for Children
660 9th St N, Suite 35D
Naples, FL 34102

P 239-649-5260
F 239-263-8803
info@napleschild.org
President
Myra Shapiro, (Early Childhood Educator, Retired, community volunteer)

Exec. Director
Judy Groos

Vice President
Helene Gradolph: Early Childhood Committee Chair, Positive Guidance and Infant/Toddler Mental Health Chair, (Early Childhood Education specialist with credentials in Masters Degrees in Mental Retardation and Early Childhood Education)

Secretary
Peggy Taylor, Bonita Bay Group HR Director

Financial Officer/Treasurer
Steve Kubala (Marketing Director, Exploritech, Inc., North Naples Kiwanis past president)

Directors and NAFC Committee and/or role
  • Anne Campbell, RN: Public Policy Chair (League of Women Voters Social Policy Chair)
  • Robert Bencivenga, Attorney (Collier County Legal Aid)
  • Marta Gallego, PhD, Child Psychologist: Early Childhood and Infant/Toddler Mental Health committees.
  • Harlan Hansen, PhD: Early childhood, Positive Guidance and Infant/Toddler Mental Health committees (Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Minnesota)
  • Ruth Hansen, PhD, Early Childhood, Positive Guidance and Infant/Toddler Mental Health committees (Adjunct Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Minnesota Early Childhood Specialist, St. Louis Park, Minnesota Public Schools)
  • Beth Jones, Commander, Collier County Sheriff Office
  • Anna Rodriguez: Advocacy Dinner Chair (Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking)
  • Elaine Wade, RN, Health Committee Co-chair (School Nurse Administrator for NCH Healthcare System)
  • Amanda Trammell
Advisory Council
  • Anne K. Allen, Center for Autism and Related Disabilities-University of South Florida (CARD-USF), Children with Disabilities Teacher
  • Lynn Ashman, Huntington Trust Bank (Trust Officer)
  • Judge Franklin Baker, 20th Judicial Circuit
  • Judge William Blackwell, 20th Judicial Circuit
  • Judge Ted Brousseau, 20th Judicial Circuit
  • Linda Denning, Collier County University of Florida Extension Educator - 4H Youth Development
  • Dulce V. Dudley, MD, Pediatrician
  • Raymond Duncan, MD, Pediatrician
  • Yolanda Dustin: (Collier County Public Schools)
  • Judge Cynthia Ellis, 20th Judicial Circuit
  • Ed Ferguson, PhD, Chair (Education Director, Collier County Sheriff, Retired)
  • Loren L. Hoffman, PhD, Psychologist
  • Kathryn Hunter: (Executive Director, Alliance for Mentally Ill)
  • Dawn Litchfield, Financial Advisor
  • Jeannie Moran, DMD, Dentist
  • Jean Rawson, Family Law Attorney
  • Melinda Riddle, Family Law Attorney
  • Senator Burt Saunders, Florida State Legislature