Regions and Chapters
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FALA is made up of six Regions, each represented on the FALA Board of Directors by a Region Director. Within each Region, FALA Chapters are organized to provide members the opportunity to meet on a local level, exchange ideas and information, and receive education. Each Chapter sets their own schedule for meetings based on times best suited for the members.
For currently scheduled Chapter meeting dates, times, and locations, check the Events calendar. |
EAST CENTRAL REGION
Brevard, Gilchrist, Indian River, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter and Volusia Counties
Region Director: Sheila Mobley, Living Southern Style of Brevard
Brevard/Indian River Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Tara Johnson, Rome’s Paradise Assisted Living LLC
Co-Chair - Cheri Pelton, Tuscany Villa
Treasurer – Dee Erhard, RiverView Senior Resort
Lake/Sumter Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Keisha Gist, At Home Care ALF
Marion/Gilchrist Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Acting Secretary – Olaniyi Oke, Mobile Physicians Services
Orange/Seminole/Osceola Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Suzette Garcia, Orlando Lutheran Towers
Secretary – Jackie Cortese, Senior Living Guide/Senior Living Resource-Fairfax Publishing
Treasurer – Sandy Yochem, Home Physician Services
Polk County Chapter (meets 2nd Wednesday of each month)
Chair – Brooke Britton, LPS Healthcare Solutions
Secretary – Amber Francisco, Encompass Home Health-Lakeland
St. Lucie Chapter (meets 1st Thursday of every month)
Chair - Roshini Lakram, Seminole Acres Kanlanke, LLC
Treasurer - Lorna Campbell, Bayamo ALF
Secretary - Natasha Ramlagan, Pharmacist, Jackson Drugs, LLC
Legislative - Miriam Farquharson, Loving Care of the Treasure Coast, LLC
Events/PR - Marcia Styles, Comfort Care Home ALF
Membership - Bob Anthes, Expense Reduction Advisors
Region Director: Sheila Mobley, Living Southern Style of Brevard
Brevard/Indian River Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Tara Johnson, Rome’s Paradise Assisted Living LLC
Co-Chair - Cheri Pelton, Tuscany Villa
Treasurer – Dee Erhard, RiverView Senior Resort
Lake/Sumter Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Keisha Gist, At Home Care ALF
Marion/Gilchrist Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Acting Secretary – Olaniyi Oke, Mobile Physicians Services
Orange/Seminole/Osceola Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Suzette Garcia, Orlando Lutheran Towers
Secretary – Jackie Cortese, Senior Living Guide/Senior Living Resource-Fairfax Publishing
Treasurer – Sandy Yochem, Home Physician Services
Polk County Chapter (meets 2nd Wednesday of each month)
Chair – Brooke Britton, LPS Healthcare Solutions
Secretary – Amber Francisco, Encompass Home Health-Lakeland
St. Lucie Chapter (meets 1st Thursday of every month)
Chair - Roshini Lakram, Seminole Acres Kanlanke, LLC
Treasurer - Lorna Campbell, Bayamo ALF
Secretary - Natasha Ramlagan, Pharmacist, Jackson Drugs, LLC
Legislative - Miriam Farquharson, Loving Care of the Treasure Coast, LLC
Events/PR - Marcia Styles, Comfort Care Home ALF
Membership - Bob Anthes, Expense Reduction Advisors
NORTHEAST REGION
Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee, and Union Counties
Region Director: Tina Carlyle, Angel's Senior Living
Clay/Putnam Counties (on hiatus)
Chair/Secretary/Treasurer - Amanda King, Allegro Fleming Island
Duval/Nassau Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair - Jamie Glavich, Almost Home
Events/Chair – Melissa Posey
Membership – Georgina Leininger, Guardian Pharmacy of Jacksonville
St. John's County Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Michelle Mueller, Allegro in St. Augustine
Vice Chair – Donnie Robbins, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida
Volusia County Chapter (meets 2nd Thursday of each month)
Chair – Tina Carlyle, Angel's Senior Living
Vice Chair - Cheryl Fredsall, The Cloisters of Deland
Secretary - Maureen Webb, VITAS Healthcare-Volusia/Flagler/Putnam
Treasurer - Angela Fischer, Guardian Pharmacy of Florida
Events - Katrina Perry, Redgecrest Nursing & Rehab Center
Membership - Natacha Lherisson, Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran
Legislative - Brian Schooley, Angel's Senior Living, II, LLC.
Region Director: Tina Carlyle, Angel's Senior Living
Clay/Putnam Counties (on hiatus)
Chair/Secretary/Treasurer - Amanda King, Allegro Fleming Island
Duval/Nassau Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair - Jamie Glavich, Almost Home
Events/Chair – Melissa Posey
Membership – Georgina Leininger, Guardian Pharmacy of Jacksonville
St. John's County Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Michelle Mueller, Allegro in St. Augustine
Vice Chair – Donnie Robbins, Community Hospice of Northeast Florida
Volusia County Chapter (meets 2nd Thursday of each month)
Chair – Tina Carlyle, Angel's Senior Living
Vice Chair - Cheryl Fredsall, The Cloisters of Deland
Secretary - Maureen Webb, VITAS Healthcare-Volusia/Flagler/Putnam
Treasurer - Angela Fischer, Guardian Pharmacy of Florida
Events - Katrina Perry, Redgecrest Nursing & Rehab Center
Membership - Natacha Lherisson, Good Samaritan Society-Florida Lutheran
Legislative - Brian Schooley, Angel's Senior Living, II, LLC.
NORTHWEST REGION
Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Homes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington Counties
Region Director: David Acuff, Homestead Village of Florida
Escambia/Santa Rosa/Walton Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Chuck Kimball, Payday HR Solutions
Tallahassee - (on hiatus)
Co-Chair - Yolando Hue, Tapestry Walden
Co-Chair - Laure Mulrooney, Villas at Killearn Lakes
Region Director: David Acuff, Homestead Village of Florida
Escambia/Santa Rosa/Walton Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Chuck Kimball, Payday HR Solutions
Tallahassee - (on hiatus)
Co-Chair - Yolando Hue, Tapestry Walden
Co-Chair - Laure Mulrooney, Villas at Killearn Lakes
SOUTHEAST REGION
Broward, Glades, Hendry, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties
Region Director: Lisa Thweatt, Sunrise of Boynton Beach
Broward County Chapter (meets 3rd Thursday of each month)
Chair – Ella Furman, Golden Age Manor
Secretary - Chana Wasserman, Golden Age Manor ALF
Legislative - Shelagh Grubb, Plastridge Insurance Agency
Special Events - Steffani Schwartz, Interstate Restoration
Miami-Dade County Chapter (meets quarterly)
Volunteer – Barbara Galindo, Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon
Volunteer - Cyndi Guerra, C G Network Strategies Consultants, LLC
Palm Beach County Chapter (resuming in-person meetings, dates TBA)
Chair – Kimberly Haley, Grand Villa of Delray
Secretary - Kylee Fischer, FirstLantic Healthcare-Palm Beach
Region Director: Lisa Thweatt, Sunrise of Boynton Beach
Broward County Chapter (meets 3rd Thursday of each month)
Chair – Ella Furman, Golden Age Manor
Secretary - Chana Wasserman, Golden Age Manor ALF
Legislative - Shelagh Grubb, Plastridge Insurance Agency
Special Events - Steffani Schwartz, Interstate Restoration
Miami-Dade County Chapter (meets quarterly)
Volunteer – Barbara Galindo, Residential Plaza at Blue Lagoon
Volunteer - Cyndi Guerra, C G Network Strategies Consultants, LLC
Palm Beach County Chapter (resuming in-person meetings, dates TBA)
Chair – Kimberly Haley, Grand Villa of Delray
Secretary - Kylee Fischer, FirstLantic Healthcare-Palm Beach
SOUTHWEST REGION
Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Lee, Manatee, and Sarasota Counties
Region Director: Kim Sviben, Watercrest Senior Living Group
Collier/Lee Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Bill Diamond, Carlisle Naples
Legislative – Tammy DeCaro, Barrington Terrace of Naples
Sarasota/Manatee Counties Chapter (resuming in-person meetings, dates TBA)
Chair – Luan Morrow, Retirement Care of America
Secretary – Beatriz Munoz, Bluestone Physician Services
Treasurer – Jim DiSalvo, PharmcareUSA of Florida
Region Director: Kim Sviben, Watercrest Senior Living Group
Collier/Lee Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Bill Diamond, Carlisle Naples
Legislative – Tammy DeCaro, Barrington Terrace of Naples
Sarasota/Manatee Counties Chapter (resuming in-person meetings, dates TBA)
Chair – Luan Morrow, Retirement Care of America
Secretary – Beatriz Munoz, Bluestone Physician Services
Treasurer – Jim DiSalvo, PharmcareUSA of Florida
WEST CENTRAL REGION
Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties
Region Director: Kwanza Bryant, Water's Edge of Lake Whales
Hernando/Citrus Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Mary Ann Koromi, Family Extended Care of Spring Hill Northwest, Inc.
Co-Chair – Terri Osteen, Grand Living at Citrus Hills
Secretary – Charlie Ragghianti, A Total Solution, Inc.
Hillsborough County Chapter (meets 3rd Tuesday of each month)
Chair – Keneshia Wyatt-German, Helping Heart, LLC
Secretary – Katie Conway, Mobile Physician Services
Legislative – Mitch Stanislaus, Rose Paving
Membership - Heather Lee Haston, Lokation Real Estate
Pasco/North Pinellas Chapter (meets quarterly)
Chair – Dawn Winder, Grand Villa of Clearwater
Vice Chair – Kate Brusik, Sunshine Christian Homes, Inc.
Secretary – Mikel Blackburn, Senior Living Guide/Senior Living Resource-Fairfax Publishing
Treasurer – Rob Faraon, American Medical Response Ambulance Service
Pinellas County Chapter (meets last Tuesday of each month)
Chair - Dawn Grady, Aravilla Clearwater
Vice Chair - Tracy Marx, Grand Villa Senior Living
Secretary - Daphni Tsongranis, Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care
Treasurer – Jackie Hepler, HPS
Membership - Kelly Dixon, Interstate Restoration
Legistlative - John Roxx, Safe Harbor
Special Events - Nick Hughes, Salus Physical Therapy
Region Director: Kwanza Bryant, Water's Edge of Lake Whales
Hernando/Citrus Counties Chapter (on hiatus)
Chair – Mary Ann Koromi, Family Extended Care of Spring Hill Northwest, Inc.
Co-Chair – Terri Osteen, Grand Living at Citrus Hills
Secretary – Charlie Ragghianti, A Total Solution, Inc.
Hillsborough County Chapter (meets 3rd Tuesday of each month)
Chair – Keneshia Wyatt-German, Helping Heart, LLC
Secretary – Katie Conway, Mobile Physician Services
Legislative – Mitch Stanislaus, Rose Paving
Membership - Heather Lee Haston, Lokation Real Estate
Pasco/North Pinellas Chapter (meets quarterly)
Chair – Dawn Winder, Grand Villa of Clearwater
Vice Chair – Kate Brusik, Sunshine Christian Homes, Inc.
Secretary – Mikel Blackburn, Senior Living Guide/Senior Living Resource-Fairfax Publishing
Treasurer – Rob Faraon, American Medical Response Ambulance Service
Pinellas County Chapter (meets last Tuesday of each month)
Chair - Dawn Grady, Aravilla Clearwater
Vice Chair - Tracy Marx, Grand Villa Senior Living
Secretary - Daphni Tsongranis, Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care
Treasurer – Jackie Hepler, HPS
Membership - Kelly Dixon, Interstate Restoration
Legistlative - John Roxx, Safe Harbor
Special Events - Nick Hughes, Salus Physical Therapy
Updated 09/2022
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