Board of Directors and Management Team
Lighthouse of Pinellas, Inc.
Board of Directors
Ricky Bouchard
Lendel Bright
Nora Lee Cothran
Jackie Evans
Carolina Grainger
Dan Katsiyiannis
Jeff Kula
Thomas Lambert
Don Mandeville
Jamie Neilson
Paula Swain
Ron Tucker
Senior Management Team
Kimberly Church
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kim grew up in New Hampshire and graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. She started her career as a Certified Public Accountant with KPMG in Portland, Maine and worked in public accounting for 20 years. She became interested in transitioning to a nonprofit management while working as an auditor here in the Tampa Bay area. She joined HEP, Homeless Emergency Project, as the Finance Director and then moved to the Lighthouse of Pinellas where she became Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In June of 2017, Kim was selected by the LHP Board of Directors to succeed Dan Mann as President & CEO following his retirement.
Meri Taylor
Director of Programs
Meri Taylor, an Alabama native, graduated from Florida State University with Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Visual Disabilities. After interning for six months at the Hines VA Hospital's Blind Rehabilitation Center in Chicago, Illinois, she moved back to Florida and began working as a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist. She has been working in the field in various instructional capacities for 13+ years and at Lighthouse of Pinellas, in particular, for 10 years. In January 2022, Meri became Director of Programs at LHP. She is certified through ACVREP as a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (CVRT) and an Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist for People with Visual Impairments (CATIS).
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Lighthouse of Pinellas
6925 112th Circle North, Suite 103
Largo, FL 33773-5200
Phone: 727-544-4433
Fax: 727-544-5511
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday