Everyone is encouraged to utilize the contacts listed for all bar related questions and coaching needs. It’s a team approach…provide coaching for others and access a coach!
Note to coaches: If you’re contacted for coaching , please email Melissa Byers to confirm that you have provided coaching and report the amount of time spent coaching (optional). Thank you for joining the team!
| Name | Bar Association | Bar size | Staff size | Position | Areas of Coaching |
| Jason Berger | Martin County | 400 | 1 | Past President | Awards / scholarships, board dynamics, CLE seminars, community outreach, creating partnerships, disaster recovery, executive director annual review, general operations, governance, growing / retaining membership, hiring / staffing, interacting with judiciary, large events, lawyer referral service, leadership / management, networking events, organizing bar tasks, PR / communications / publications, sponsorship, pro bono, sponsorship, staff annual reviews, staffing challenges, volunteers / chairs / leadership, wellness initiatives |
| Carla Brown | Palm Beach County | 2500 | 7 FT, 1 PT | Executive Director | Staff annual reviews, general operations, volunteers / chair / leadership, lawyer referral service |
| Melissa Byers | St. Petersburg Bar Association | 1100 | 2 | Executive Director | Annual budgets, Board dynamics, CLE seminars, Creating partnerships, Executive director annual review, General operations, Interacting with judiciary, Large events (more than 200 guests), Leadership / management, Networking events, Organizing bar tasks, PR /communications /publications, Volunteers / chairs / leadership, Wellness initiatives. |
| Mandi Clay | Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers | 300 | 0 | Technology /software /website, Unstaffed bar leadership, Volunteers /chairs /leadership, Wellness initiatives | |
| Kristina Feher | Florida Association of Women Lawyers | 100 | 0 | Secretary | Annual budgets, Awards /scholarships, Board dynamics, CLE seminars, Community outreach, Creating partnerships, Disaster recovery, Governance, Growing /retaining membership, Interacting with judiciary, Leadership /management, Networking events, Pro bono, Volunteers /chair s/leadership, Wellness initiatives |
| Graceann Frederico | Manatee County | 350 | 1 | Executive Director | CLE seminars, organizing bar tasks, interacting with judiciary, general operations, board dynamics, volunteers, PR / communications |
| Matthew Frey | Lake County | 150 | 0 | Unstaffed bar leadership | |
| Cedric Hall | The Isaac Anderson Jr. Bar Association | 25 | 0 | Past President | Community outreach, creating partnerships, general operations, leadership / management |
| Jaime Karpman | Jacksonville Women Lawyers | 300 | 0 | Past President | CLE seminars, volunteers / chairs / leadership, unstaffed bar leadership |
| Kelly Karstaedt | Jacksonville Justice | 265 | 1 | Executive Director | Networking events, CLE seminars, organizing bar tasks, sponsorship, governance, board dynamics, executive director annual review, leadership |
| John Kynes | Hillsborough County | 3,500 | 9 | Executive Director | All areas |
| Sarah Mannion | Jacksonville Women Lawyers | 300 | 0 | Immediate Past President | Organizing bar tasks, unstaffed bar leadership, governance, large events, volunteers, leadership management, awards / scholarships |
| Aaron McCurdy |
Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association |
600 | 2.5 | President |
Board dynamics, CLE seminars, Creating partnerships, General operations, Governance, Growing/retaining membership, Interacting with judiciary, Leadership/ management, Networking events, Organizing bar tasks, Sponsorship, Volunteers/ chairs/ leadership
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| Victoria Mesa-Estrada | PBC Hispanic Bar Association | 125 | 1 | Immediate Past President | Board dynamics, CLE seminars, Community outreach, Creating partnerships, Governance, Growing /retaining membership, Interacting with judiciary, Leadership/management, Networking events, Organizing bar tasks, PR /communications /publications, Pro bono, Unstaffed bar leadership, Volunteers /chairs /leadership |
| Jeff Nall | Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association | 600 | 3 | Executive Director | Annual budgets, CLE seminars, creating partnerships, PR / communications / publications |
| Gregory Redmon | D.W. Perkins | 100 | 0 | Past President, Community Co-Chair | Networking events, unstaffed bar, interacting with judiciary, pro bono, volunteers, leadership management |
| Ani Rodriguez-Newbern | Orange County Bar Association Foundation | 200 | 0 | OCBA Legal Aid board member | Annual budgets, board dynamics, community outreach, creating partnerships, disaster recovery, general operations, interacting with judiciary, large events (more than 200 guests), leadership/ management, networking events, organizing bar tasks, PR/ communications/ publications, sponsorship, technology/ software/ website, unstaffed bar leadership, volunteers/ chairs/ leadership, wellness initiatives |
| Craig Shoup | Jacksonville | 2000 | 3.5 | Executive Director | Awards / scholarships, board dynamics, CLE seminars, community outreach, creating partnerships, disaster recovery, executive director annual review, general operations, governance, growing / retaining membership, hiring / staffing, interacting with judiciary, large events, lawyer referral service, leadership / management, networking events, organizing bar tasks, PR / communications / publications, sponsorship, staff annual reviews, staffing challenges, volunteers / chairs / leadership |
| Grace Yang | Hillsborough County Bar Association (following numbers apply to HCBA), Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers, and APABA Tampa Bay | 3800 | 10 | Past president and board member of HCBA; past VP and board member of HAWL; past board member of APABA Tampa Bay |
Community outreach, Creating partnerships, Disaster recovery, General operations, Governance, Hiring/staffing, Interacting with judiciary, Large events (more than 200 guests), Leadership/ management, Networking events, Organizing bar tasks, PR/ communications/ publications, Sponsorship, Staffing challenges, Unstaffed bar leadership, Volunteers/ chairs/ leadership
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