Executive Director

Ann Davis has been Executive Director of Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition since its founding in 1992.  She has 21 years of nonprofit management experience.  Starting with an initial agency budget of $113,000/year, Mrs. Davis guided the agency to an annual budget of  $1.3 million.  Prior to her current position, she was the Assistant Director of Elder Care Services in Leon County and ran their Meals on Wheels program.  She tells people, "I went from the old people business to the new people business…and most of the issues are the same."  A frail home-bound elderly person has many of the same needs for an advocate as the neonatal intensive care unit infant.

Mrs. Davis has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Florida State University and did her Post-Graduate work at the University of South Florida College of Public Health Leadership Institute.  She was named one of the Tallahassee Democrat’s 25 Women You Need to Know in 2010; a 2004 Distinguished Leadership Finalist by Leadership Tallahassee; a 2003 Outstanding Community Woman by the American Association of University Women Tallahassee Branch; and a 1998 Florida's Finest by the Executive Office of the Governor for her work to lower infant mortality.  She is married and has one son.

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Community Liaison

Kristina Abernathy is the Community Liaison for Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition. Kristina started her role in mid-July, and feels blessed to have this position. As a former elementary education teacher and Northwest Florida Field Director for the Florida Department of Education, Kristina believes her professional experiences will come in handy as Community Liaison. “My background in education and public relations allow me to assist with the roles and responsibilities I have on a daily basis,” explains Kristina.

Increasing the awareness among the public about Healthy Start’s efforts to assist families and babies is crucial. As the Community Liaison, Kristina serves Leon and Wakulla Counties by providing valuable information about Healthy Start’s resources and tools through a series of health fairs and presentations for young women. “It is important to educate our target audience on the factors involved before and during pregnancy,” says Kristina. “There are pregnancy myths and misconceptions, and Healthy Start feels like it is necessary to offer truthful information through health education with pamphlets, brochures, DVDs, etc.”

Kristina works closely with the Capital Area staff to gain knowledge and insight about her position, and feels right at home at the office. “It’s a learning process, and I take it in stride,” explains Kristina. To continue the success Healthy Start has had over the past 18 years is a goal Kristina is striving for as Community Liaison.

Born and raised in Tallahassee, Kristina attended Florida State University. In her free time, she enjoys reading, exercising, spending time with family and friends, and watching the FSU Seminoles play football.

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Quality Assurance / Quality Improvement Director

Kristy Goldwire currently serves as the Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement Director (QA/QI Director) for Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition. Kristy accepted the position in July of 2010 and is responsible for monitoring the Healthy Start Program at the Leon and Wakulla County Health Departments. Kristy is also responsible for completing monthly and quarterly reports for three of the four Healthy Start services contracts the Coalition receives from the Florida Department of Health. In conjunction with her QA/QI duties, she supervises the MomCare Program, S.T.R.O.N.G.E.R Afterschool Program, and the Campaign for Health Babies Program. She also serves as the Sunshine Law expert and the HIPPA Compliance Officer for the agency. Kristy is also a recipient of the 2012 Florida A & M MSW Alumnus Award.

Prior to becoming the QA/QI Director, Kristy served as the Health Educator for Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition. She provided preconception and interconception education to more than 2000 women in Leon and the surrounding counties. She appeared in numerous TV interviews promoting healthy lifestyles for women and has presented at infant mortality conferences and workshops. She also coordinated several continuing education trainings for more than 200 maternal and child health professionals. In March 2010, Kristy was honored for her service in the community by the Chi Theta Zeta Chapter of Theta Phi Zeta as a Finer Women in Service. Kristy continues to assist the Coalition with seeking funding to sustain its health education program.

Kristy attended Florida Agriculture & Mechanical University receiving a Bachelors Degree in Social Work in 2003 and a Masters Degree in Social Work in 2004. She’s married to Staff Sergeant Nicholas Goldwire, an active duty member of the Florida Army National Guard. She enjoys reading, running and spending time with family and friends.

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MomCare Coordinator

Tracy Coomer M.S.  is currently the MomCare Advisor, as well as the Annual Walk To Remember Event Coordinator.  She began working at CAHSC in 2007 as the Fetal/Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Project Coordinator.  Although her job description has changed over time, Tracy’s dedication to improving the lives of women and babies has not.  In Tracy’s role as MomCare Advisor, she continues to reach out to Medicaid eligible pregnant women to offer these moms-to-be information and referrals to ensure each mom and baby has a better chance for a healthy start.

Tracy graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Social Work from The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 1987. She then moved to Florida where she worked for several years as a Social Worker with children and teens. In 1994, she earned a Masters Degree from University of Wisconsin-Stout.

Tracy has lived and worked in Tallahassee since 1999 and currently resides with her 9 year-old daughter, Jessie, and their two dogs.

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Community Health Educator

Denée Glenn coordinates the S.T.R.O.N.G.E.R. Girls Afterschool Program. Before joining the Healthy Start family in 2009, she worked at Jack McLean Community Center where the program is held. She believes passion is what separates the exemplary from the mediocre. Denée is truly passionate about the success of the girls program.

Denée graduated from FAMU in 2008 with a Bachelors in Psychology.  On that same day, she tearfully accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend of 5 years, Breyon. The couple wedded on February 21,2010.

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FIMR Nursing Advisor

Chris Rivers is the new FIMR Nursing Advisor for Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition. Chris started her role in mid-May and says she “loves this job and loves coming to work every morning”. As a former Nursing Consultant for Infant Maternal and Reproductive Health Unit, Maternal Child Health Division at the Florida Department of Health, Chris believes her experience and knowledge will be valuable for performing her job. She was also the FIMR Quarterly Call coordinator at the Department of Health where she was involved with FIMR and developed the respect she has for the FIMR process.

As part of her job, Chris leads the monthly Community Review Team that reviews cases of fetal and infant mortality from Leon, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla Counties. The team looks for strengths and challenges in the delivery of prenatal care and pediatric care for each case and then forms recommendations that are forwarded to CAHSC various working groups. Through this process the community benefits from the information gathered, and the solutions provided.

Chris received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Valdosta State University, and was inducted as a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing. She began her nursing career in the emergency room at South Georgia Medical Center, while at the same time also working at Valdosta State University as a nursing adjunct instructor. After moving to Florida, she worked with the Tallahassee Pediatric Foundation, and then with the Florida Department of Health at Children’s Medical Services, and then Infant Maternal and Reproductive Health. She has been married 36 years and has two children.

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