Community Solutions Teams
Community Solutions Teams are United Way of North Central Florida’s primary mechanism for planning, priority setting, status assessment, distribution of resources and results measurement. By developing community expertise in a particular focus area, creating a vision and identifying critical objectives, these teams will work in partnership with other community resources to achieve key results and improvements.
The community solutions teams will be related to the specific focus area of Income, Education or Health and will create a sustainable action plan leading to measurable results.
Team Responsibilities include:
- Assess and develop a clear understanding of the focus area’s needs, issues, and opportunities in North Central Florida affecting the state of the human condition
- Use research, experiences of other communities and best practices to identify “what works”
- Engage the community in crafting a plan containing goals, objectives, strategies, priorities and desired outcomes Identify and apply resources, including volunteerism, public policy and advocacy opportunities, to support strategies and attain desired outcomes
- Make recommendations for the distribution of resources according to appropriate and available means (i.e. special grants, initiatives) and assure program effectiveness through evaluation of funded programs
- Establish and monitor collaborations and partnership initiatives that further stated goals
- Monitor team and community progress in achieving desired community-level goals; re-evaluate the plan as learning occurs and outcomes are analyzed
Team Composition is listed below:
Jeff Charbonnet, Chair - Eastside High School Principal
Evan Pitts, Vice Chair - Alarion Bank
Keith Blanchard - Boys and Girls Club Executive Director
Ann Crowell - SBAC Headstart/VPK
Joel Daunic - Generation Connection, Inc.
Byers Hickmon - Reichert House Executive Director
Destani Shadrick - Girl Scouts
Jenna White - Enterprise
Ted Wilson - Individual
Laurie Denny - Junior League of Gainesville
Donna Dollinger - Parent Representative
Larry Forthun- UF College of Agriculture, Family Youth and Community Sciences
Ben Chapman- UF Student United Way
Nona Jones, Chair - GRU, United Way Board Member
Mark Kalivoda, Vice Chair - UF Student and Community Activist
Karen Slevin - Catholic Charities Executive Director
Jose Gavarette - Florida Works Director of Workforce Operations
Shaad Rehman - City of Gainesville, Director- East Gainesville Development Corporation
Catherine Bonthron & Ronnie Frasier - Publix Supermarket Managers
Michael Moss - VITA; ProActive Tax Strategist
Dr. Arnold Heggestad - UF Holloway Center Professor; Center for Entreprenuership and Innovation
Mike Williams - M&S Bank Branch Manager
Amy Howard - Venture Realty
Jack Donovan - Faith based, City Commissioner
Shane Carkhuff- VyStar Credit Union Branch Manager
Nancy Hardt, Chair - UF College of Medicine
Diane Mauldin - ACORN Clinic Agency Representative
Helen Strain - Planned Parenthood
Micaela Gibbs - UF College of Dentistry
Joyce LeBlanc - Healthy Families
Laura Duke - Alachua County Health Department Healthy Start
Christian Long - Avmed
Jim Stringfellow - Individual
Pam Schamel - WUFT-PBS
Eileen Roy - School Board of Alachua County
Giovanni Santi - UF Student United Way Representative