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 Schools, a School Board member, the District Administrator from the Department of Children and Family Services, a County Commissioner, and a judge assigned to juvenile cases as designated by the Chief Judge. The other five members of the Board are Hillsborough County citizens appointed by the Governor of Florida. 

 

Megan Proulx Dempsey

 
Board Chair

 
Gubernatorial Appointee
 
 

Andrew J. Mayts Jr.

 
Vice Chair

 
Gubernatorial Appointee
 
 

Robin Wright DeLaVergne

 
Secretary/Treasurer

 
Gubernatorial Appointee
 
 

Jeffrey Eakins

 
Hillsborough County Schools Superintendent
 
 

The Honorable Katherine Essrig

 
Judge of the 13th Circuit Court
 
 

Walter Sachs

 
Regional Managing Director Florida Department of Children and Families
 
 

Edwin Narain

 
Gubernatorial Appointee
 
 

Kimberly Overman

 
Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
 
 

Tamara Shamburger

 
Hillsborough County School Board
 
 

Kelley Parris

 
Executive Director