Advisory Board
The Lastinger Center Advisory Board provides thought leadership in key areas of the Center’s work and makes recommendations to the Director and Executive Team in the areas of academics; fundraising; media and communications; policy and advocacy; technology; and administration/management. Members serve as ambassadors, enlist partners to engage in efforts to advance the Center’s mission and support the development of strategic partnerships and fundraising efforts to grow and sustain the organization.
Founders
Chair
Board Members

Allen & Delores Lastinger
Founders
Lastinger Center for Learning

Chris Sprowls
2020-2022 Speaker
Florida House of Representatives

Jeff Atwater
Former Florida Senator
CFO

Gary Chartrand
Retired
ExcelinEd

Dean Dancer
Senior Vice President, Investments
Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

Ashley Dietz
President and CEO
Florida Philanthropic Network

Ethan Fieldman
Founder
Curio XR

Michael Grego, Ed.D.
Former Superintendent
Pinellas County Schools

Larry Holland
Senior Consultant
Office of the President
Scholastic, Inc.
Corinne Huggins-Manley
Professor of Research & Evaluation Methodology
Director of Human Development & Organizational Studies in Education
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor

Marva Johnson
Group Vice President
Charter Communications

DJ Lebo, M.Ed.
Chief Executive Officer
ELCFV

Jeanna Mastrodicasa
Director
UF Office of Institutional Assessment

Amanda Neitzel
Deputy Director of Evidence Research
Johns Hopkins Center for Research and Reform in Education

Anoo Padte
Principal Project Manager,
Microsoft

Janice Palmer
Senior Vice President, Government Affairs and Public Policy
Helios Education Foundation

James Pond
President
Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation

Madeline Pumariega
President
Miami Dade College

Denise Spangler, Ph.D.
Dean
College of Education
University of Georgia

Michele Watson
Chief Executive Officer
Florida Alliance of Children’s Councils & Trust
Ex-Officio Members

Alyson Adams, Ph.D.
Director
School of Teaching and Learning
College of Education
University of Florida

Thomasenia Adams, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
College of Education
University of Florida

Hope Carter
Assistant Vice President
Advancement
University of Florida

Glenn Good, Ph.D.
Dean
College of Education
University of Florida