This is a staff list for Children's Home Society of Florida
(a/k/a Hacienda Girls Ranch (Jacksonville, FL), Claires House (Melbourne, FL))
(we are working to acquire the complete records for ALL years)
We advise current and/or former staff to report any abuses you may have witnessed while working at Children's Home Society of Florida. For information on your rights and how to take action, visit www.heal-online.org/blowthewhistle.htm. If you were fired or forced to resign because you opposed any illegal and/or unethical practices at Children's Home Society of Florida, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Children's Home Society of Florida, please contact [email protected] if you remember the long-term employees and from which years. This will help! Also, if you recognize any of these staff as having worked at another program, please send in any information about their past or present employment at other facilities and/or cults.
At this time, Children's Home Society of Florida, is under preliminary investigation.
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
Teresa Miles | Executive Director | Claire's House--Melbourne Location Miles is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Miles is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Betty Scott | Human Resources | HEAL requires Scott's full name, profession, and/or license number in order to verify whether or not Scott holds any professional licenses in Florida. |
Leslie Bardo | Development Director | Bardo is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Bardo is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Christa Waddy | Development Specialist | Waddy is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Waddy is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
William H. "Buster" Coleman | Executive Director | Panama City Location HEAL requires Coleman's full name, profession, and/or license number in order to verify whether or not Scott holds any professional licenses in Florida. |
Erica Spivey | Development Director | Spivey is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Spivey is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
David A. Bundy | President/CEO | ALL LOCATIONS Bundy is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Bundy is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Matt Baker | Dir. of Info Svcs & Data Analysis | HEAL requires Baker's full name, profession, and/or license number in order to verify whether or not Scott holds any professional licenses in Florida. |
Liz Bruner | VP of Dev. & Comm. | Bruner also works with United Way. Bruner is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Bruner is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
David Congdon | Corp. Dir. of Operations | David C. Congdon (may be a different person) is the only David Congdon holding any professional health license in FL. Congdon has been disciplined as recently as 1998 by the licensing board. For more information, click here. Congdon is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Larry Lowe | Project Manager | Lowe is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Lowe is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Allison Metcalf | Director of Research | Metcalf is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Metcalf is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Victoria Weber | Chair | Board of Directors -- Hopping Green & Sams (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Marty Rubin | Vice-Chair | Smart City (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Richard "Dick" Adams, Jr. | Board Member | Adams & Adams Law Firm (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Samuel P. Bell, III | Board Member | Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, & Bell (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Jackie Chang, PhD | Board Member | The Chang Group (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Charles L. Cromer | Board Member | Charles L Cromer, CPA PA (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Samia Ferraro | Board Member | Educational Consultant with College Connection, Inc. (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Jeff Gordon | Board Member | Syniverse Technologies (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Michele Greene | Board Member | State Farm Insurance (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Kent Guinn | Board Member | Guinn Shields & Company (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Frank Gulisano | Board Member | Summit Realty (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Eric Jackson | Board Member | Jones, Lang, LaSalle (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Dale Mason | Board Member | Premier Management Associates, Inc. (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Dr. Ed H. Moore | Board Member | Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Robert Moser | Board Member | Laird Norton Tyee (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Larisa Perry | Board Member | Wells Fargo/Wachovia (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Sherry Plymale | Board Member | Community Volunteer (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
William D. Preston | Board Member | William Preston, PA (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Cindy Pullen | Board Member | Retired, Xerox (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Valerie Seidel | Board Member | The Balmoral Group (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Miguel Viyella | Board Member | Wells Fargo (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
John F. Windham | Advisor | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (HEAL chose not to do background licensure checks on the board of directors as the board of directors do not provide direct care to children living in these homes.) |
Robert J. Wydra | CFO | Wydra is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Wydra is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Anthony K. Sudler | CPO | Sudler is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Sudler is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Shelley Katz | COO | Katz is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Katz is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Stephen Bardy | VP of Operations | Bardy is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Bardy is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Andry Sweet | VP of Quality | Sweet is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Sweet is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Joan P. Hughes | VP of Admin. | Hughes is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Hughes is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Dean A. Armitage | VP of Info | Armitage is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Armitage is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Amy Thomas | VP of Operations | HEAL requires Thomas's full name, profession, and/or license number in order to verify whether or not Scott holds any professional licenses in Florida. |
Summer Pfeiffer | VP of Governmental Relations | Pfeiffer is not a licensed mental health nor medical professional in Florida. Source: https://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/IRM00PRAES/PRASLIST.ASP#theBottom Pfeiffer is not a licensed educator in Florida. Source: http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/public.asp?message=missingFirst |
Frank D. Gonzalez | General Counsel | HEAL requires Gonzalez's full name, profession, and/or license number in order to verify whether or not Scott holds any professional licenses in Florida. |
(Children's Home Society of Florida, like many other programs in this industry, keeps a "tight lid" on any specific information regarding their staff, qualifications, and practices. Please contact us with the names of any staff of which you have firsthand knowledge or experience. Thank you for your help.) | ||
Children's Home Society of Florida appears to be a registered charity in Florida. Registration No. CH180. Disclaimer provided by the Children's Home Society states, "REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE." This service claims to be accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA). COA has accredited abusive programs and is not a reliable accreditation agency in HEAL's opinion. |
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