Staff
JENNIFER MAINEY
B.A. Education, University of Florida
M.A. Guidance and Counseling, University of South Florida
Jennifer has been a teacher and guidance counselor at the secondary level for over thirty years. She currently coordinates prevention programs in the office of Safe and Drug Free Schools for Sarasota County. As part of her role in prevention, Jennifer has promoted Community of Caring in the district for many years. She is heading up the distictwide four year project with the Gulfcoast Community Foundation of Venice to bring Community of Caring to 42 area schools. Jennifer has written numerous grants, provided district workshops in the areas of violence and substance abuse prevention and character education, and is currently focusing on youth addiction as the tobacco prevention coordinator for Sarasota County. Her passions are peer programs, student leadership, and service learning. She facilitates district high school workshops on diversity and healing racism, and provides support for the student transition programs into high schools and middle schools. Jennifer is a new trainer for Community of Caring and will be involved in the "Because It Matters" civility project for the next three years. Jennifer's love is traveling internationally, she loves horseback riding and she is an avid scuba diver.