Policy and Public Affairs
Step Up For Students is a non-profit managing the largest Tax Credit Scholarship Program for low-income students in the United States, serving 100,300 students. Step Up also manages Florida’s newest school choice program, the Gardiner Scholarship (formerly the Personal Learning Scholarship Account), serving 10,153 students with special needs. Step Up is adding two new scholarships for the 2018-19 school year: the Reading Scholarship and Hope Scholarship, for bullied students.
If you are a reporter or academic researcher and you need information about these programs, please contact our team.
For media inquiries please contact Jon East (727-451-9819, jeast@sufs.org), Ron Matus (727-451-9830, rmatus@sufs.org) or Patrick Gibbons (727-451-9827, pgibbons@sufs.org).
Jon East
Vice President, Policy and Public Affairs
Office phone: 727-451-9819
Cell phone: 727-420-6993
Email: jeast@sufs.org
Sara Clements
Director of External Affairs
Office phone: (727) 451-9811
E-mail: sclements@stepupforstudents.org
Amy Graham
Senior Policy Director
Office phone: 850-270-6357
Cell phone: 850-980-2736
Email: agraham@sufs.org
Jody Hysler
Director of Compliance
Office phone: 904-352-2241
Cell phone: 904-610-1335
Email: jhysler@sufs.org
Ron Matus
Director of Policy and Public Affairs
Office phone: 727-451-9830
Cell phone: 727-580-1577
Email: rmatus@sufs.org
Jeff Barlis
Communications Manager
Office phone: 727-451-9816
Cell phone: 352-328-4662
Email: jbarlis@stepupforstudents.org
Geoff Fox
Public Relations & Strategic Communications Manager
(727) 451-9851
gfox@stepupforstudents.org
Patrick Gibbons
Public Affairs Manager
Office phone: 727-451-9827
Cell phone: 813-528-3435
Email: pgibbons@sufs.org
Dava Hankerson Fedrick
Research Manager
Office phone: 727-451-9813
Cell phone: 954-290-7942
Email: dfedrick@sufs.org
Scott Kent
Strategic Communications Manager
Office phone: 727-451-9832
Cell phone: 850-866-8152
Email: skent@sufs.org
Renée Stoeckle
Director, Catholic School Initiatives
Cell phone: 813-766-1049
Email: rstoeckle@sufs.org
Lauren May
Coordinator, Catholic Schools Initiatives
Office phone: 904-416-0643
Cell phone: 904-445-8523
Email: lmay@stepupforstudents.org
Livi Stanford
Associate Editor, redefinED (www.redefinedonline.org)
Office phone: 727-451-9814
Cell phone: 978-877-9423
Email: lstanford@sufs.org
Amy Stringer
Research Analyst
Office phone: 727-451-9875
Email: astringer@sufs.org
David Hudson Tuthill
Assistant Editor, redefinED (www.redefinedonline.org)
Office phone: 727-451-9835
Cell phone: 727-542-3854
Email: dhudson@sufs.org
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