The PAIMI (Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness) regulations require the PAIMI program to have an advisory council to "advise the system on policies and priorities to be carried out in protecting and advocating the rights of individuals with mental illness."
PAIMI Advisory Council
PAIMI Advisory Council Members
Aleya Siegel
PAIMI Advisory Council Chair
Tamarac
Frank Blankenship
PAIMI Advisory Council Vice-Chair
Gainesville
Maria Bardo-Colon
Jacksonville
Lindsey Betterman
Key Largo
Enrique Escallon
Miami
Deborah Larew
Oviedo
Ariel Parets
Valrico
Alvin Romer
Margate
Karina Smith
Boca Raton
Danielle Tate
St. Petersburg
Takita Williams
Jacksonville
About the PAIMI Advisory Council and How to Apply
The PAIMI Advisory Council is comprised of at least 60% primary mental health consumers with the chairperson being an individual who has received or is receiving mental health services or who has a family member who receives such services. Additional members of the PAIMI Advisory Council are family members of mental health consumers, attorneys, mental health professionals, providers of mental health services, and individuals from the public who are knowledgeable about mental illnesses.
If you are interested in applying for membership to the PAIMI Advisory Council, you can complete an online application. Or you can download the application as a Word document and mail it to:
PAC ApplicationDisability Rights Florida
2473 Care Drive, Suite 200
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
- PAC Governing Rules - Updated and Amended as of 2/10/2020 (PDF, 486k)
- PAIMI Assurance Grievance Procedure (Word, 78k)