Statewide Family Leader
Office of Children’s Medical Services Care Plan and Specialty Programs, Title V Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program
Tallahassee, FL
Linda Starnes has spent her life fully involved in the disability community as a special educator, parent, speaker and advocate. After working in special education, then at the Depts. of Justice and Education in D.C., she began her most important role: Mother of two with different rare conditions and medical complexities. She managed years of 24-hour home nursing, worked with physicians and therapists in 15 medical specialties, and oversaw over 40 hospitalizations for her children. She has served on numerous boards of disability, healthcare and educational institutions, and presents at conferences each year. Linda is the Statewide Family Leader for Florida’s Title V CYSHCN Program and is the Family Delegate to AMCHP. Other activities: AMCHP’s Leadership Lab; Advisory Council for the UM-Miller School of Medicine's Mailman Center for Child Development; Board of Directors for Disability Rights Florida; Advisor on PCORI-funded research on SCD and healthcare transition; Cohort of Region IV's Public Health & Primary Care Leadership Institute.
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Sunday, May 7, 2023
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST