Florida Retail Federation Staff

 

 

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Rick McAllister  Rick@frf.org 

President & CEO

 

Rick has overall responsibility of day-to-day operations for the Florida Retail Federation, including oversight of the association's legislative and regulatory efforts and FRF's for-profit businesses; OrdinanceWatch and Florida Bankcard Solutions.  Rick McAllister's bio

 

 

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Randy Miller  RMiller@frf.org

Executive Vice President

 

Randy is responsible for coordinating all aspects of FRF's government affairs efforts.

 

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John A. Rogers, Jr.   John@frf.org

Senior Vice President & General Counsel


 

John is the Federation's General Counsel.  He serves as the Federation's chief lawyer. He also represents the Federation before the Florida legislature and state regulatory agencies and is  responsible for managing the Florida Retail Foundation and the Florida Retail Masters leadership development program.

 

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Elaine Mann Carpenter   Elaine@frf.org

Vice President, Operations & Membership

 

Elaine is the team leader for FRF's Membership Acquisition and Retention.  She also coordinates the office operations and is the liaison and corporate secretary for the Board of Directors.  She also serves as executive assistant to President McAllister.

 

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Debra A. Crow  Debbie@frf.org

Chief Financial Officer

 

Debbie is responsible for all financial aspects of FRF and its subsidiaries including:  investments; budgets; oversight of accounts payable, receivable, and payroll; employee benefits; and asset procurement.

 

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Sherry Whitney Sherry@frf.org  

Legislative Team Administrator

 

Sherry provides support for FRF's government affairs efforts, and assists with the Retail Beverage Council and the Florida Retail Masters Program .

 

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Sherry S. Spencer  SherryS@frf.org

Director, Information Services


Sherry is the membership database administrator whose duties include processing dues billings and receipts, generating mailing lists, creating reports, and processing any membership updates.  She also serves as the primary liaison to Summit Consulting, the third party administrator for the workers' compensation fund, as well as serving as the payroll coordinator for the staff, and the in-house IT specialist.

 

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Tara Whitney Tara@frf.org

Manager of Administration

 

Tara is responsible for maintaining the Federation's primary website.  She also supports FRF's Awards programs and operations administration.

 

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Sally West  Sally@frf.org

Director, Government Affairs

 

Sally manages the Federation’s government affairs activities, leads FRF’s political campaign involvement, and serves as Treasurer for our 10 CCE’s and our ECO.  Sally is the primary lobbyist for: Affordable Housing, Healthcare, Health Insurance, Pharmacy and Transportation. 

 

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Ashleigh Amburn  Ashleigh@frf.org

Legislative Communications Manager

 

Ashleigh assists the government affairs team in their daily activities.  She is responsible for coordinating fundraisers and coalition meetings; keeping a current schedule of legislative activities; and maintaining the legislative database.

 

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LaShunda White   LaShunda@frf.org 

Finance Assistant 

 

LaShunda serves as the accounts payable and receivable coordinator, the supply procurement specialist, and assists in the day-to-day activities in the Finance department.

 

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Samantha Hunter Padgett    Samantha@frf.org 

Deputy General Counsel, Governmental Affairs

 

Samantha serves as primary legal counsel to the AIP Team, appearing on behalf of FRF in court and administrative proceedings when necessary.  She represents the interests of FRF and its members in front of the legislative and executive branches of government, as well as regulatory agencies.  Samantha serves as the staff liaison to the Sustainability Council and oversees the FRF Emergency Preparedness Network.

 

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Joy Spillers  Joy@frf.org

Database Specialist

 

Joy handles many aspects of the member database, including membership updates and invoicing and posting of dues. She also manages all Summit correspondence and assists in the day to day activities in the Membership department.

 

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Keith M. Wemm  Keith@frf.org

Vice President, OrdinanceWatchTM

 

Keith oversees all day to day functions of the OrdinanceWatchTM program.

 

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Juliet Fogarty  Juliet@frf.org

OrdinanceWatchTM Director of Operations

 

Juliet administers quality control, data analysis, operational structuring and monitors local government action.

 

 


 

 

Florida Retail Federation Services Staff

 

Florida Bankcard Solutions 

 

 

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Jon Stolp   JonS@frf.org

Vice President, Florida Bankcard Solutions

 

Jon oversees all day to day functions of the Florida Bankcard Solutions program.

 

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Crystal Laake   Crystal@frf.org

Regional Territory Manager, Florida Bankcard Solutions 

 

Crystal is the RegionalTerritory manager covering the West Coast of Florida.  She dedicates her time selling credit card, debit card, remote check deposit and check guarantee services for the FBS program.


Florida Retail Federation Part-time Staff

 

 

 

 

Meredith Ringle

Florida State University

Political Science

 

Kayla Anderson

Florida State University

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