Vincent House Leadership
Senior Leadership and Board of Directors
Dedicated to filling lives with love, friendship, happiness and employment
Vincent House’s work is overseen by a board of directors and senior leadership staff who deeply believe that all people deserve strong and meaningful relationships that promote HOPE.
Vincent House’s board is responsible for establishing policy and guiding Vincent House’s work to promote recovery from mental illness through work.
Vincent House’s Senior Leadership
Karis Kaeser
Executive Director
Jacki Killeen
Program Director, Vincent House Pinellas
Alexandra Stocks
Assistant Program Director, Vincent House Pinellas
Steven Lockwood
Program Director, Vincent House Hernando
Elizabeth Statzer
Program Director, Vincent House Pasco
Jessica Bonanno
Director of Administration
Vincent House’s Board of Directors
David Lambert – President
Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative
Dr. Daniel Strauss – Vice President
Dean, National University of Health Sciences – FL
Bob Dillinger – Secretary
Public Defender, Retired
Elliott Steele – Treasurer
Co-Founder, Vincent House
Mark Ballenger
Owner, Ballenger & Company Inc.
Peter Kennedy
Chief Hospital Administrator, Florida Department of Children and Families
Bill Mischler
Mayor Emeritus, City of Pinellas Park
Noreen H. Hodges
Marketing, Retired
Dianne Steele,
Co-Founder, Vincent House
Denise McCabe
McCabe Editing
Dorene Thomas
Police Chief, Pinellas Park, Retired
John Posey
UBS
John Ehlenbeck
Account Manager/Mortgage Loan Originator, Retired
Shahra Lambert
Senior Advisor, NASA
Toni Roach
Captain, Pasco Sheriff’s Office
True Michaels
Vincent House Member Representative
Martin Greif
President, SiteTuners
Leah Bergoffen
Community Advocate
Awards and recognition
Employment partners include
Our Need Here in Florida
Those living with a serious mental illness in your community
49th
in the nation
Florida ranks 49th in the nation for access to mental health care
85%
not working
Adults with a serious mental illness
1 in 6
adults
Have a mental health condition
1 in 6
homeless
Live with a serious mental illness
The Vincent House Difference
The impact that friendship, education and employment creates
5X
Increase in long-term employment
and less reliance on public benefits
3X
Decrease in rates of hospitalization
and incarceration
2X
Double the employment rates
compared to the public mental health system
1,225
Lifetime Vincent House members
Over 70 daily Vincent House members
Ready to Get Your Life Back?
Discover friendship, purpose and community
1 Start with a tour
See if the Vincent House is a good fit. Start by scheduling a tour of one of our locations.
See the facility, meet members, talk to the staff, and discuss what our program can offer.
2 Become a member
If an invitation to membership is offered, a application and eligibility requirements will need to be completed and confirmed.
Membership is voluntary and for life; and there is no cost.
3 Gain skills to change your life
Find a place where you are wanted, needed and valued.
Work side-by-side with the Vincent House staff. We’re here to help members build skills to find and keep employment, return to school, locate stable housing, and much more.
Your generosity will allow us to help more adults living with mental illness
Vincent House has served over 1,225 members, but more need your help.
In Florida, over half of adults with a mental illness are going untreated.
Your donation will help us to fulfill the needs of those in your community who are facing daily challenges with mental health.
The myths that generate negative stigma around mental illness, and the lack of funding, stand in the way of the life saving help many people need.