The Betty Griffin Center Board of Directors elected John Daly, Gina Mangus, Jodi Midiri, Karen Breakell, Lauren Carpenter and Anthony Coleman to join the board this month for the 2024-25 Fiscal Year.
Daly is a senior director with Cisco Systems where he has been employed for 18 years. Offering a broad base of professional experience, Daly just received a graduate certificate in artificial intelligence and machine learning from the University of California at Berkeley. He has also worked with a tech company in Silicon Valley, where he managed project management offices and engineering organizations. During his career, he also worked as a deputy sheriff and volunteer fire fighter.
Mangus serves as senior director of asset strategy and development for GuideWell Health, where she leads strategic initiatives to optimize and expand delivery of high quality, affordable clinical care across the State of Florida for members of Florida Blue. Prior to joining GuideWell, she spent 17 years at a Northeast Florida-based health system serving in progressively responsible leadership roles in marketing, community health improvement, strategic planning and patient engagement, most recently as executive vice president of strategy and advancement.
Midiri is a board-certified neurologist and psychiatrist who is currently an outpatient psychiatrist with Mosaic Lifecare, where she provides full-time clinical services to children, adolescents and adults. Previously, she served in a similar capacity at Southern Illinois Healthcare in Carbondale, Illinois, and as an inpatient psychiatrist at Hartgrove Hospital in Chicago. Midiri began her professional career as outpatient psychiatrist and medical director at St. Joe’s CMH at Centerville, Michigan.
Breakell is the manager of development for major gifts at K9s For Warriors, a nonprofit that provides support services to veterans. Her previous career included work at several nonprofit and government organizations, including leadership roles at a major university and Nemour’s Children’s Hospital. Breakell began her professional career at Duke Energy in St. Petersburg, Florida, where she served as manager of Florida corporation communications. She lives in Ponte Vedra Beach.
Born and raised in St. Augustine, Carpenter has built an extensive career in finance and has a strong commitment to nonprofit work. She is currently the chief financial officer for SJC Cultural Events Inc. — now a nonprofit agency managing the St. Augustine Amphitheatre, Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Sing Out Loud Festival and Fort Mose Jazz & Blues Series.
Prior to that, Carpenter served as Betty Griffin Center’s chief financial officer for eight years and previously was the finance director for the Early Learning Coalition of St. Johns County.
Coleman, who is the board vice chair for the St. Johns County School System, has served as a role model to thousands of children in St. Johns County, spending most of his career as a youth resource deputy at Pedro Menendez High School.
Previously, Coleman served in law enforcement, joining the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office in 1986 before joining the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office (SJSO) in 1988 as a patrol officer. During his time with the SJSO, he worked in both patrol and community-oriented policing before moving to the youth resource deputy section.
