Florida Children and Youth Cabinet Members

The members of the Children and Youth Cabinet consist of a chairman, the secretaries of the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Agency for Health Care Administration, as well as the directors of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities and the Office of Early Learning. Other members include the State Surgeon General, the Commissioner of Education, the director of the Guardian ad Litem Office, and the director of the Governor’s Office of Adoption and Child Protection. Additionally, the Governor appoints five members from around the state who are representatives of children and youth advocacy organizations, but who are not service providers. Rounding out the Cabinet are the five ex-officio members named in statute, or their designees.

Chairman
Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo
Florida Department of Health

Members:

Dennis W. Moore, Interim Executive Director, Guardian Ad Litem	Judge Jessica G. Costello, Hillsborough County	Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr., Florida Department of Education

Jason Barrett, President & CEO, Flagler Health	Senator Lauren Book, Senate District 32	Carlos de la Cruz, Chairman, CC1 Companies, Inc.

Commissioner Rene Garcia, Miami-Dade County District 13	Matthew Mears, Chancellor, Florida Division of Early Learning	Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD, Florida Department of Health

Secretary Shevaun L. Harris, Florida Department of Children and Families	Superintendent Sandra Himmel, Citrus County Schools	Forough Hosseini, Executive Vice President, ICI Homes

Belinda Keiser, Vice Chancellor, Keiser University	Secretary Eric Hall, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice	Representative Patricia Williams, House District 92

	Senator Corey Simon, Senate District 3