Richard Hills

Current Board Office: President
rhills@cfl.rr.com

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 8 years
Capacities or Committees Served: Executive, Governance, Nominating, and Executive Director Search Committees
What Richard loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: "The cause we work for -healthy birth outcomes- is a just and righteous cause which correlates well with the values central to my own life journey - justice, fairness and compassion."

The Honorable Patricia Northey

County Council Member, District 5, County of Volusia
Current Board Office: Vice-President

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 1 Year
Capacities or Committees Served: Executive Committee
What Patricia loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: Everyday we are assuring that babies come into the world healthy and grow up safe and well. This is important work. I am proud to support the Coalition in all they do to help every baby have a "Healthy Start".

Isalene Montgomery

Director, Daytona Beach Community College Women's Center
 Current Board Office: Treasurer

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 1 Year
Capacities or Committees Served: Executive and Finance Committees
What Isalene loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: Working with an organization to ensure that services are channeled to those who need them.

Anne Ferguson, MPA

Executive Director, The Chiles Academy
akfergus@volusia.k12.fl.us
Current Board Office: Secretary

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 3 years
Capacities or Committees Served: Executive Committee, Advocate for the pregnant and parenting teens of Volusia County, FL
What Anne loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: “Sharing information and resources with other like-minded, involved, and caring individuals. ”

Suzanne Konchan

Commercial Real Estate & Development, Charles Wayne Properties, Inc
Current Board Office: Immediate Past President

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 4 years
Previous Offices Held: Secretary, President
Capacities or Committees Served: Executive, Program Services, and Executive Director Search Committees. 
What Suzanne loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: “The opportunity to collaborate with others in the community to ensure the healthiest possible birth outcomes possible, and a healthy and happy beginning for children."

Pam Carbiener, MD

Physician, Halifax OB/GYN

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 2 years
Capacities or Committees Served: Coalition, Community Action Group
What Pam loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: “The potential to positively impact access to prenatal care and reduce perinatal morbidity."

Thomas Coleman, MD

Director, Volusia County Health Department

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 1 year
Capacities or Committees Served: Fetal Infant Mortality Review Case Review Team
What Thomas loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: “I am intimately involved with the health care delivery system in Volusia County. I served on Healthy Start's Service Delivery Plan Committee and am now a member of the FIMR Committee.”

Steven R. Forsyth, CFP

Senior Vice President, Private Wealth Management, SunTrust Bank

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: New Board Member
Capacities or Committees Served: Finance Committee
What Steven loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: Devoting time and resources to helping families in our community.

Kim Grooms

Media Executive, SEE Magazine

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 2 years
Capacities or Committees Served: Resource Development Committee - Advertising Consultant
What Kim loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: "Seeing the community embrace the Healthy Start vision."

Patricia Jamason

Director of Birth Care, Florida Hospital DeLand

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 1 Year
Capacities or Committees Served: Fetal Infant Mortality Review Case Review Team
What Patricia loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: Working together with others to ensure that moms get the care that they need.

Patrick Johnson

Administrator, Flagler County Health Department

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 3 years
Capacities or Committees Served: Fetal Infant Mortality Review Case Review Team, Program Services, Executive Committee, and Executive Director Selection Committees
What Patrick loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: "Being associated with quality people in an important social service agency."

Tracey Lasenby

Child Care Director, Chiles Academy
TGLasenb@volusia.k12.fl.us

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: New Board Member
What Tracey loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: Working with others to promote and educate the masses about the importance of the Healthy Start program. Spreading the news and showing others that the more you know the more you can grow. Knowledge is power.

Janet Martinez

Janet E. Martinez, P. A., Attorney-at-Law

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: New Board Member
What Janet loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: Helping to strengthen this remarkable organization’s ties in West Volusia, particularly in the remote farm working area near Seville, where I am a volunteer for the Alianza de Mujeres Activas, Inc.

Linda Merrell

Health & Human Services Consultant & Health Care Lobbyist

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 12 years
Previous Offices Held: Secretary, Vice President
Capacities or Committees Served: Governance, Nominating and Legislative Committees
What Linda loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: “The diversified membership that is truly dedicated to promoting maternal health and healthy birth out comes. The mission is perhaps one of the most significant things for this community and the quality of life.”

John Meyers , MD, FACOG

Physician, OB/GYN Health Center

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 1 Year
What John loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: Being on the front lines, caring for pregnant women everyday in our community, I can assist Healthy Start by communicating with caregivers, patients and administration.

Chris Miller

Private Citizen

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: New Board Member

Ray Salazar

President, United Way of Volusia & Flagler Co.
Current Board Office: Immediate Past President

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 5 years
Previous Offices Held: Immediate Past President, President, Vice-President
Capacities or Committees Served: Governance, Nominating, Executive, and Executive Director Search Committees
What Ray loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: “Participating in Child Watch - the prevention aspects of Healthy Start are so well framed that it converts people very quickly. I like the link between Healthy Start and United Way’s Success by 6 program.”

Nora Strong

Private Citizen

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 1 year
Capacities or Committees Served: Coalition,
What Nora loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: "The opportunity to be a strong advocate for seeking the best medical care from the medical community for moms and their children."

Karen Turner

Accounting Manager, Daytona International Speedway

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: 2 years
What Karen loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: “I want to be able to give back something to the community, especially to this population.”

Maria Vigo

Vicd President/Manager, Banco Popular

Term of service on the Healthy Start Board: New Board Member
What Maria loves most about serving on the Healthy Start Board: I love serving as a volunteer and advisor and participating in community activities.