Meet our Board of Directors

Senior Center Supervisor
Susan K. Frank (ex officio)

Gulfport Multipurpose Senior Center – 19 years
Distrtict Representative FASC
Member National Council on Aging
Member National Institute of Senior Centers
Member Better Living for Seniors

President
Sarah Peel

Retired Gulfport Senior Center Senior Services Coordinator (12 years)
Senior Medicare / Medicaid Patrol
Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas SHINE Counselor and Senior Advocate

Vice-President

Secretary/Treasurer
Cynthia M. Dean
(ex officio)

Retired University Professor
Retired Human Services Program Manager
City of Gulfport Senior Center Senior Services Coordinator

Board Members

Michael Audino

Joan M. Barry
Retired Accounts Receivable Associate
Gulfport Chamber of Commerce Associate Member
Gulfport Senior Center Volunteer
Member Ladies Auxiliary of The Elks of St. Petersburg
Member Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion
Member Women’s Club of Gulfport
Member Gulfport Garden Club
Member The Red Hat Society of Gulfport

Barbara Burkham
The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, liason coordinator
Hospice and Bon Secours Nursing home, member Ethics Committee
Member of Better Living for Seniors
Member of Oncology Committee at BFMC

William H. Distel
Retired teacher of Social Studies
Golf coach
Sports broadcaster
Volunteer Gulfport Senior Center
Member Gulfport Tennis Club

Carole C. Gabrio
Library Assistant, Technical Services Department, Stetson University College of Law

April Hill
Founder of Hill Law Group, PA, of St. Petersburg, a firm that opened its offices in 2002 and is devoted to the field of elder law.
April is board certified as a specialist in elder law by both the Florida Bar and the National Elder Law Foundation and practices in the area of estate planning, trusts, Life Care Planning, Medicaid asset protection, VA benefits and probate.

Bernadette Homan
Business Development Specialist, Arden Courts Alzheimer¹s Assisted Living
Member of Better Living for Seniors
Past Member of the Board of Directors Gulfport Chamber of Commerce

Jane D. Ogilvie
Senior Care Consultant -Senior Solutions of Pinellas County;
City of Gulfport Senior Advisory Committee Past Chairperson
Past Member of the Board of the Gulfport Chamber of Commerce

Patricia M. Smoot
Retail Management 35 years
Reverse Mortgage Specialist Integrity Financial Services
Account Executive First Financial USA
Secretary, Friends of Weedon Island  501 c 3
Member Suncoast Blues Society
Volunteer AARP Tax program