Children's Campaign Staff
Roy Miller
Roy Miller serves as President for the Children's Campaign, Inc.Roy is a former partner in a governmental relations and consulting firm and has extensive experience in campaign planning and execution. He managed the campaigns of candidates affiliated with both political parties as well as non-partisan judicial races and referendum issues. His winning average exceeded 80 percent.
Along with specializing in grassroots and media driven educational outreach efforts, Roy has extensive experience in youth policy analysis in juvenile justice, deinstitutionalization, and alternatives to judicial processing. He directed a community-based agency for 12+ years providing services to troubled and street youth. He was appointed to the Governor's Task Force for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention by Governor Reubin Askew, and was appointed Chairman by Governor Bob Graham. He represented the southern region in Washington D.C. through service on the National Steering Committee of State Advisory Groups.
Roy is a graduate of Leadership St. Petersburg and is a former board member of numerous children and youth organizations, including service as President of the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services.
Roy graduated Summa Cum Laude from Florida State University. Roy and his wife, Jan, support several public interest causes.
To contact Roy Miller please email him at roywmiller@aol.com or call 850.425.2600.
Linda Alexionok
Linda Alexionok serves as Executive Director for Children’s Campaign, Inc.A recognized business and community leader in North Florida, Linda has supported the Florida School Readiness Coalition initiative since 2000 and recently served as Chair of the Leon/Gadsden School Readiness Coalition. Linda also serves as a member on the Board of Directors, United Way of the Big Bend; Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Foundation; FSU College of Education Alumni; and the Capital Women’s Network.
Linda began her leadership and community service as a Leon County public school teacher before transferring to the field of banking. She was recognized by the American Institute of Banking as “Banker of the Year”; was a nominee for the Tallahassee Chamber’s “Small Business Advocate” and “Leadership Pacesetter Awards; and received the Tallahassee Community College’s “Women Putting Their Stamp on History” award. Linda served as a Community Bank CEO from 1996-2000.
Linda has often been asked why she left the classroom. She is always quick to respond that she never left the classroom, she just made the world her classroom. Linda’s business, community service and educational knowledge and skills bring to the Children’s Campaign a wealth of experience and leadership to guide the advocacy efforts of the Campaign’s UPK initiative.
To contact Linda Alexionok please email her at lalexionok@iamforkids.org or call 850.425.2600 x 14.
Raquel Bailey
Raquel Bailey serves as the Meeting Coordinator/Event Planner for the Children's Campaign, Inc.
Raquel manages the customization of meeting and event planning documents and procedures for internal and external communication. Connecting every logistical component to build a solid framework is her main goal; to measure the initial objective of every meeting/event and create detailed evaluations that will ultimately lead back to the objective.Raquel earned her International Baccalaureate diploma in Vienna, Austria and later earned her Bachelors degree in English at the Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. She is originally from St. Andrews, Jamaica.
Raquel's previous employment history specialized in the areas of executive administration, public relations and key data management. Her previous administrative experience with Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, Inc. (FLASH) a not-for-profit organization coupled with her experience as a junior executive assistant for successful lobbyists at Mixon & Associates, Inc., makes her a valuable fit for our team.
Raquel is also a bilingual published writer who seeks to enlighten, educate and entertain her readers with short fiction, creative nonfiction, (haiku) poetry and lyric writing. Raquel has a beautiful daughter who is a very bright honor roll student.
To contact Raquel Bailey please email her at rbailey@iamforkids.org or call 850.425.2600 x11.
Pattie Crenshaw
Pattie Crenshaw serves as the Campaign Assistant for the Children's Campaign, Inc.
Pattie is responsible for office administration and management, human resources, payroll, accounting, banking, grant and donation management and reporting, and employee supervision.
Pattie earned her high school general education diploma from Rosemead High School in 1971. She attended 2 years at Rio Hondo College where she majored in English with a concentration in art and ceramics.She supplemented her education with classes at Chaffey College.
Pattie’s previous employment began in 1971. Her many years in the work force have given her experience in a multitude of department knowledge: office management, human resources, payroll, employee supervision: both inter-office and warehouse staff, and all fiscal duties.
She is an accomplished “realist” artist, animal trainer, and avid reader.
To contact Pattie Crenshaw please email her at campaign@iamforkids.org or call 850.425.2600.
Clint Morrow
Clint Morrow serves as the System Administrator for the Children's Campaign, Inc.
Amanda Ostrander
Amanda Ostrander serves as Webmaster for Children’s Campaign, Inc.
Amanda has served in many different capacities for the Children’s Campaign, Inc, including Coordinator of Policy and Administration, and Deputy Director of Communications. Her current position allows her to focus on the Children’s Campaign web presence and use her background in policy and history with the Campaign to incorporate today’s technology with the grassroots advocacy work of the Campaign.
Prior to joining the Campaign Amanda worked for other child advocacy organizations, including Voices for America’s Children, and a fellowship with the Child Welfare League of America.
Amanda received her Master’s in Social Work Policy and Administration from Florida State University.
Amanda and her husband currently reside in Jacksonville, FL and are the proud parents of an energetic one year old.
Jennifer Smith
Jennifer Smith serves as the Personal Assistant to Roy Miller, President of Children's Campaign, Inc.
Jennifer is responsible for assisting with scheduling, general communications with board members and citizen leaders, point of contact for presentations and personal appearances, and e-correspondence.
Jennifer is currently pursuing a degree in International Affairs at Florida State University and is expected to graduate in 2009. Jennifer has been a volunteer with the American Cancer Society for 4 years and currently serves as the Activities and Entertainment Chair for FSU’s Relay For Life.
To contact Jennifer Smith, please email her at jsmith@iamforkids.org or call 850.425.2600 x 23.
Consultants
Cindy Lerner
Cindy Lerner is a former State Representative and lifelong child advocate and community activist. She was the senior staff attorney for the Eleventh Judicial circuit Guardian ad Litem program in Miami-Dade County for 16 years. She is currently the President of Grassroots Connections, LLC, providing Consulting and government relations services to non profit organizations.
She is involved in numerous community organizations, currently serving onthe Board of National Council of Jewish Women, Miami Dade Community Based CareAlliance, Friends of the Everglades, and Temple Beth Am Sisterhood.
She is the recipient of numerous awards from local and statewideorganizations, including Woman of Valor, In the Company of Women Pioneer Award, Hannah G Solomon Award, Hannah G Solomon Award and One Voice for Children award.
She has 3 adult children and is married to Dr Irving Lerner, Veterinarian.
Dr. Lawanda Ravoira
Lawanda has served as President & CEO of PACE Center for Girls, Inc. for 12 years. She oversees operations for 19 PACE Centers statewide and manages a budget of $20-million. PACE Center for Girls is recognized as a national model for programs serving at-risk girls.Dr. Ravoira has been involved in social services since 1984, having served as Director of Program Services for the National Network of Runaway and Youth Services located in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Ravoira has authored several publications on social services issues, and is also involved in many research and consulting projects.
Her current community service roles include President, National Girls Caucus, Board of Directors; Advisory Board Member, Jacksonville Community Fund; Jessie Ball duPont Fund, Community Building Initiative, co-Chair; Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Quality Assurance Advisory Committee; Florida Juvenile Justice Association, Executive Committee; and Chair, First Coast Girls Initiative, Remmer Family Foundation.
Dr. Ravoira was the national recipient of the Anthony C. Gruppo Memorial Women's Leadership Award for Excellence in Leadership presented by Child Welfare League of America in 2003.
Dr. Ravoira earned her undergraduate degree in Sociology from the College of Charleston, her graduate degree in Allied Health from University of North Florida, and her doctorate in Public Administration from Nova University.
Bonnie Rose
Bonnie Rose has over 20 years experience working with girls and young women. Over the past 13 years, she has focused her professional work with youth in the juvenile justice system with a special emphasis on girls at promise. Her background includes both administrative and direct care with girls and young women at the university level as well as youth in the juvenile justice prevention, intervention and commitment programs throughout Florida.
Having been the State Operations Director for PACE Center for Girls for 8 years, she is able to bridge both research and theory with practical skills for both administrators and direct service staff. She is a Consultant with the Children’s Campaign working to create systemic change for all justice involved girls, raise viability for services, and raise the number of advocates for justice involved girls. She also consults for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency and is providing national training and technical assistance in the implementation of the Juvenile Assessment Intervention System (JAIS) in girls programming. She holds a masters degree in counseling and an undergraduate degree in criminal justice.