"I am grateful to the outstanding public servants appointed today for taking the time to serve Florida’s most vulnerable citizens,” said Gov. Crist when he announced the appointees. “Under the leadership of Lt. Governor Kottkamp, the Children’s Cabinet will coordinate state agencies and programs that deliver children’s services.”

The following individuals were appointed to the Florida Children and Youth Cabinet:

• Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp
• Secretary Bob Butterworth, Department of Children and Families
• Secretary Walt McNeil, Department of Juvenile Justice
• Secretary Andrew Agwunobi, Agency for Health Care Administration
• Director Jane Johnson, Agency for Persons with Disabilities
• Director Monesia Brown, Agency for Workforce Innovation
• State Surgeon General Ana Viamonte Ros, Department of Health
• Angela Orkin, director of the Guardian Ad Litem Office
• Commissioner Jeanine Blomberg, Department of Education
• Jim Kallinger, Chief Child Advocate
• Judy Schaechter, physician and professor at the University of Miami, Mailman Center for Child Development
• David Lawrence Jr., president of the Early Childhood Initiative Foundation at the University of Florida
• Donna Gay Lancaster, executive director of the Juvenile Welfare Board of Children’s Services
• Antonia Crawford, chair of the Early Learning Coalition
• Dick Batchelor, president of Dick Batchelor Management Group

Ex officio members include the following:

• President Ken Pruitt, Florida Senate
• Speaker Marco Rubio, Florida House of Representatives
• Chief Justice Fred Lewis, Florida Supreme Court
• Attorney General Bill McCollum
• Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink
  

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