Executive Director
Christi@girlsplace.net
BS and MS, University of Florida
Joined Team GP August 2002
Our Team
Meet our team
Christi Arrington
Tara Counts, PhD
Operations Director Tara@girlsplace.net
BS, NCSU, MS and PhD, UF
Re-Joined Team GP Dec 2023
Nevada Smith
Program Director Nevada@girlsplace.net
A.S., Santa Fe College
Joined Team GP February 2015
Kevin Pirkle
Program Director, Athletics
kevin@girlsplace.net
Joined Team GP July 2024
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Program Director, SDC & ACHIEVE
Jillian Ariet
Operations Coordinator
Jillian@girlsplace.net
Joined Team GP March 2022
Amanda
BrainPower Counselor
Joined Team GP August 2021
Devin
Counselor, Red 2
Joined Team GP February 2014
Alyssa
Facilitator, After School (Yellow 5)
Re-joined Team GP August 2024
Mary
Driver
Joined Team GP September 2022
Jusuk
Doctoral Student, BrainPower
Joined Team GP January 2023
Bri
Counselor, Red 3
Joined Team GP June 2023
Iris
Driver
Joined Team GP June 2023
Elise
Facilitator, ACHIEVE
Joined Team GP September 2023
Abby
Facilitator, ACHIEVE
Joined Team GP January 2024
Sierra
Counselor, Green/Blue
Joined Team GP May 2024
Laura
Counselor, Pinkies
Joined Team GP May 2024
Christina
Program Assistant
Joined Team GP September 2024
Shanna
Counselor, Pinkies
Joined Team GP October 2024
Alex
Facilitator, ACHIEVE
Joined Team GP January 2025
Tamirah
Counselor, TBA
Joined Team GP February 2025
Laurel
Counselor, TBA
Joined Team GP February 2025
Board of Directors
MaryKay Carodine,
University of Florida
President
Amy Howard,
Venture Realty
Treasurer
Mercedes Machado, PhD
University of Florida
Secretary
Hannah Farrell, University of Florida
Sybil Samuel, Cox Communications
Boisy Waiters, Santa Fe College
Myra Morgan, University of Florida – Retired
Sabrina Williams, Gainesville Community Counseling Center
Eric Atria, Esquire
Arleen Partridge, Volunteer
Kathy Chambers, University of Florida
Leslie Ladendorf, City of Gainesville PRCA
Sabrina Williams, Gainesville Community Counseling Center
