Board Members

The Children’s Board is governed by 10 board members of the local community. Five are “ex-officio,” meaning they serve by virtue of the office they hold, including the Superintendent of the Hillsborough County School District, a Hillsborough County School Board member, the District Administrator from the Department of Children and Family Services, a Hillsborough County Commissioner, and a judge assigned to juvenile cases as designated by the Chief Judge. The other five members of the Children’s Board are Hillsborough County citizens appointed by the Governor of Florida.

Robin Wright DeLaVergne

Board Chair

The Honorable Katherine Essrig

Judge of the 13th Circuit Court
Board Vice Chair

Beth Pasek

Board Secretary/Treasurer

Van Ayres

Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent

Megan Proulx Dempsey

Gubernatorial Appointee
Andy Mayts

Andrew J. Mayts Jr.

Gubernatorial Appointee

Lynn Gray

Hillsborough County
School Board

Gwen Myers

Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners

Edwin A. Narain

Gubernatorial Appointee

Sarah Naumowich

Gubernatorial Appointee