About the Board of Directors
The Heartland Workforce Investment Board, Inc. d/b/a CareerSource Heartland, Board of Directors provide policy and guidance along with the general direction of CareerSource Florida, Inc. the state's chief policy organization for all CareerSource Heartland's activities affecting DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands and Okeechobee counties. The Board is mandated legislatively to have representatives from the following categories: private sector, education, labor, community-based organizations, economic development, veterans, and non-public post-secondary educational institutions.
All CareerSource Heartland Board Members, as well as the organization’s President/Chief Executive Officer, file Financial Disclosure Information Forms with the Florida Commission on Ethics. Verification of filing may be found at http://public.ethics.state.fl.us/search.cfm.
Board Members
Local Elected Officials – the Executive Board
The Honorable Kelly Owens – Chair / Chief Elected Official
Okeechobee County Board of County Commissioners
The Honorable Kevin Roberts – Vice Chair
Highlands County Board of County Commissioners
The Honorable Judith George
Hardee County Board of County Commissioners
The Honorable Jerod Gross
DeSoto County Board of County Commissioners
Board Officers: 2021-2022
Chair
Raymond Royce, Executive Director
Highlands County Citrus Growers Association
Chair-Elect
David Royal, Nutrient Stewardship Director
The Nature Conservancy, Altamonte Springs
Secretary/Treasurer
Yessenia Irizarry, Staffing Manager
Sunshine Staffing of Highlands County, Inc
Board Members
William Allbritton, Highlands Market President
MIDFLORIDA Credit Union
Leigh Ann Bellamy, District Administrator
Division of Blind Services
Dr. Bobby Bennett, Superintendent of Schools
The School District of DeSoto County
Andrea Broomfield, Senior HR Business Partner (HRBP)
HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital
Russell Brown, Campus President-Dixon Hendry
Dixon Hendry Campus – Indian River State College
Kevin Cundiff, Operations General Manager
Florikan
Elizabeth Densmore, Human Resources Director & HRBP
AdventHealth
Mary Dow, President
Dow Realty, Inc.
Joshua Exendine, Union Treasurer, Executive Board
Hardee County Professional Firefighters Union, Local 3471
Denise Grimsley, Economic Development Director
Hardee County Economic Development Council
Skylar Harrison, Project Director
The AARP Foundation
Terri Hemings, Financial Advisor
South Beach Beauty Academy
Lois Hilton, Human Resources Director
DeSoto Memorial Hospital
Christen Johnson, Executive Director
AdventHealth Wauchula
Jeff King, Economic Developer Manager
Office of Econ. Dev. Highlands County BOCC
Dr. Thomas C. Leitzel, President
South Florida State College
Jacquelyn Lockhart, Owner/Educational Director
UR Beauty & Barber Academy
Allen Moore, Business Owner / Regional Sales Manager
Source-One Solutions
Wayne Olson, Area Director
Florida DOE/Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Gary Ritter, Assist. Director of Govt. & Community Affairs
Okeechobee City Administrator
Donald Samuels
American Legion Post 2, Representing Military Veterans
Angel Wiggins, Director of Marketing and Operations Manager
Royal Care of Avon Park
Amanda Wilson, Community Development Administrator, Circuit 10
Dept. of Children & Families
