Board of Directors

  • Chair-Linda AsayLinda Asay, JD, Chair Community Volunteer
  • Vice Chair-Steve BakerStephen Baker, PhD, Vice Chair
    Jacksonville University
  • Reverend Alton Coles, Secretary AME Ministers Alliance
  • Margaret Dodson, Treasurer CPA
  • Jeannie Bowles NICU Parent
  • Joy Burgess, RN, MSN Chamberlain College of Nursing
  • Meredith Chartrand Frisch Chartrand Foundation
  • Thomas Chiu, M.D. UF Department of Pediatrics
  • Shelly Crawford, RN National Children’s Study
  • Catherine Hardee Drew, Northeast Florida State Hospital
  • Jacqueline Gray Congresswoman Corrine Brown’s Aide
  • Sharonn Jones, CNM North Florida OB/GYN Associates
  • Melanie Lawson WJXT
  • George Lewis Retired, Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  • Kathy Mankinen Early Childhood Advocate
  • Mary Jane McRae Clay County Health Department
  • Jan Morse United Way of Northeast Florida
  • Reverend Tom Rodgers St. Matthew Church & Community Volunteer
  • Helen Rowan Rayonier, Inc.
  • Karen Wolfson Community Volunteer

Healthy Start Coalition membership exceeds 40 volunteers.