Our Team

  • Lauri Schiffbauer

    Lauri Schiffbauer

    CEO & Executive Director
  • Kathie DuPree

    Kathie DuPree

    Director of Operations & HR
  • Katelyn Drummet

    Katelyn Drummet

    Director of Development
  • Tavia Sumpter

    Tavia Sumpter

    Director of Shelter Services
  • Eric Davis

    Eric Davis

    Director of Housing

  • LaKeisha Hill

    Director of Food Services

  • Rita Palacio-Savory

    Case Manager
  • Fiores

    Elizabeth & Joe Fiore

    CFOs - Fiore Accounting & Tax Services

  • Jo Aine Clark

    Client Advocate

  • Penny Dasher

    Client Advocate
  • Algera Lavan

    Algera “Pastor” Lavan

    Client Advocate

  • Mary Lewis

    Client Advocate
  • Kenetra McClendon

    Kenetra McClendon

    Client Advocate
  • Sherry Moffitt

    Sherry Moffitt

    Client Advocate

  • Barbara Pellicer

    Client Advocate
  • Pine

    Ronald “Pine” Warren

    Kitchen Services

  • Joshua Eddy

    Maintenance
  • Barry Vaughn

    Barry Vaughn

    Maintenance

Board of Directors

PRESIDENT:

  • Charles (Al) Cockrell, Jr., Partner and Certified Financial Planner, Clarity Wealth Plan

VICE-PRESIDENT:

  •  Robert Atwood, Owner/President, Physicians’ Financial Corporation

SECRETARY:

  • John (Jack) Mecholsky, Jr. Ph.D., FACerS, Professor and Associate Chair in the Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of Florida

TREASURER:

  • TBD

BOARD MEMBERS:

  • Betsy Suda, Owner, Suda’s FitFoot
  • Brenda Cesar, Vice President, Commercial Relationship Manager, Truist Bank, Gainesville
  • Eric Ligman, Commercial and Land Division, Bosshardt Realty Service
  • Kyler Burk, Marketing Coordinator, FileForms
  • Pam Worsham, Finance Systems Specialist, Finance Department, School Board of Alachua County
  • Walter (Tony) Rosenbaum, Editor-in-Chief, Journal for Environmental Studies and Sciences, Director Emeritus, Bob Graham Center for Public Service, and Professor of Political Science, University of Florida

  • St. Francis House has been a part of the Gainesville community since 1980. Over the years we have adapted to the immediate needs of the community and focused our programs to provide direct services to those most in need.

    Al (Charles) Cockrell, President