Board and Staff

Bio coming soon

Sandra (“Sandy”) Glazer, MSW, LCSW, is the QA/QI Director for the Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition.  She has over 25 years experience in community and public health, working the last 10 years in Maternal and Child Health.  She has worked directly with pregnant women and families of infants and children providing health education, parenting education, breastfeeding education, mental health counseling, and care coordination.  While she was a supervisor for Healthy Start program service providers, she was responsible for QA and QI there, staff trainings, client services, and designed trainings and curriculum aimed at reducing infant mortality and increasing positive parenting.

Sandy most recently has worked as a Consultant with the Infant, Maternal, and Reproductive Health section of the Florida Department of Health where she was involved in policy and programming design and implementation for programs with the goal of positive pregnancy outcomes.  She is certified as a parenting educator, a childbirth educator, a tobacco treatment specialist, a lactation counselor, and a CPR/BLS instructor.

Sandy is an FSU graduate, and has lived in Tallahassee for 20 years.  She is the proud mother of two wonderful adult children, Jasmine and Kody.   Sandy states she is “Very excited be here at the Coalition, continuing in the important area of maternal and child health with goals of reducing infant mortality.  Working in this field is my passion!”

Email:   sandy@CapitalAreaHealthyStart.org

Phone:  850.488.0288 ext 110

Vanessa Wynn is the Intake Specialist for Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition. She grew up in Marianna, Florida and knew at a young age that children and social work was her calling. She holds and Elementary Education A.A. degree and a Bachelor’s of Social Work degree from Florida State University. Vanessa has over 6 years of experience working closely with children and is extremely excited about this opportunity to work with pregnant woman, offering support and changing the lives of the people she encounters.

In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, going to the beach, traveling, making new memories, and continuing God’s will.