Ms. Olsen is also the co-founder of Pinellas Cares, a volunteer organization in Pinellas County. She is a nationally recognized expert in the area of Sick Child Day Care and is the author of Sick Child Care: A How-To Guide for Hospitals. She received the 2002 Gail D. Gonzalez Founder's Award at the National Association's Annual Conference.

Susan designed and administered the Florida Corporate Child Care Study. The results of her research and work have been published in Investing in Child Care: The Florida Employers' Response and A Family Day Care Primer: A Procedural Guide and Investing in Child Care: The Florida Employer's Guide to Child Care Benefits.

She worked for a year for the Educational Foundation, an exchange student organization, and then relocated to Roswell, New Mexico. While in Roswell, she worked as Assistant Director to the United Way, and became the Executive Director of the Roswell Refuge for Battered Adults (The Refuge). The Refuge is a shelter for victims of domestic violence, as well as a counseling center for the community at large. During her tenure at the Refuge she became very active in the community, and at the State level.

She was instrumental in developing the city's first Task Force Against Violence, and became the President of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

In 1995 Kathryn came to St. Petersburg to attend Stetson University College of Law. In 1998 she graduated Cum Laude. Upon graduation she worked in private practice, concentrating in Criminal and Family Law. After practicing law for several years, she decided to reenter the human services arena.

Barbara Letvin is the Career Development Coordinator for the Resource Center for Women in Largo . Prior to her role as Career Development Coordinator, Letvin was affiliated with the Resource Center for Women Foundation, and worked on a grant with the U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau to assist employers, and women seeking employment in the Tampa Bay area. She also teaches work-place issues for Pasco Hernando Community College .

Prior to moving to Florida in 1998, Barbara directed a department serving international students, minority students, orientation, freshman seminar and the women’s center at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester , New York . She developed the first international student affairs department, where she helped it grow from 125 students to 850 students from 83 countries, and represented the university in China , Taiwan and Hong Kong . While in Rochester , Barbara resettled Vietnamese refugees for United States Catholic Conference and was president of the board of directors for the Boys and Girls Club of Rochester. The Rochester Area Chamber of Commerce recognized her for her service to the community. Once a teacher in the City School District of Rochester, Barbara is a former Fulbright grantee and a returned Peace Corps Volunteer.

A graduate of Ohio State University and the State University of New York at Brockport, Barbara has also studied sign language and deaf culture. In Florida , she is an adjunct instructor at Pasco Hernando Community College where she teaches classes in workplace issues. She enjoys going to baseball games, growing orchids and is a volunteer gardener at Brooker Creek Preserve.

Deborah Brock-Hilleary has been with the Resource Center for Women since 2001.  She started as a volunteer to coordinate the September 2001 business showcase for the Tribute to Women Celebration.  For the past five years, Deborah has acted in a variety of roles at the Center.  She has worked as Program Specialist, Volunteer Coordinator and Computer Lab Program Coordinator.  For the 2002-2004 period, she worked on grants from the Department of Labor to develop and deliver pilot programs for RCW’s Focus on Success program.  In October 2005, Deborah became the Center’s full-time Fiscal Manager. 

Deborah has over twenty years of business experience working for local companies including Raymond James Financial and Jabil Circuit.  She has extensive experience in management, marketing, sales and technology.  She has a B.S. in Finance from the University of Maryland and is currently attending USF to get her Accounting degree.  She plans to take the CPA exam in 2008. Deborah moved to Pinellas County from Bethesda , Maryland in 1988.