{"id":59150,"date":"2025-11-24T19:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/59150\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T19:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:22:12","slug":"childrens-movement-of-florida-adds-ashley-bell-barnett-monesia-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/59150\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Movement of Florida adds Ashley Bell Barnett, Monesia Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Their expertise, passion, and leadership will strengthen our efforts to ensure every Florida child has access to quality early learning.’<\/p>\n

The Children\u2019s Movement of Florida<\/a> is adding two new members to its Board of Directors: Ashley Bell Barnett and Monesia Brown.<\/p>\n

Bell Barnett is an education leader and community advocate who also serves on the Florida Board of Governors for the State University System and the Polk State College District Board of Trustees. Brown is a veteran policy strategist and executive consultant whose work focuses on education policy, strategic transformation and leadership development.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are honored to welcome Ashley and Monesia to our board,\u201d Children\u2019s Movement of Florida President and CEO Madeleine K. Thakur said. \u201cTheir expertise, passion, and leadership will strengthen our efforts to ensure every Florida child has access to quality early learning, health care, and nurturing family support.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to her work in the education space, Bell Barnett\u2019s civic involvement also includes leadership roles with United Way of Central Florida, the Southwest Florida Water Management District and the Lakeland Regional Health Foundation Board.<\/p>\n

A fifth-generation Floridian, Bell Barnett has been a longtime supporter of early childhood initiatives and literacy programs. Her family was one of the founding supporters for The Children\u2019s Movement of Florida, specifically the ReadingPals program, which is active across 22 Florida counties.<\/p>\n

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Bell Barnett earned her Master of Public Administration from the University of South Florida and her bachelor\u2019s degree from Florida Southern College.<\/p>\n

Brown is President and CEO of Monesia T. Brown, LLC. She has more than 30 years of experience in the corporate, government and nonprofit sectors. She previously served on the State Board of Education, chaired the Early Learning Coalition of the Big Bend Region, and is currently a Trustee at Tallahassee Community College. Brown has been recognized among Florida Trend\u2019s 500 Most Influential Business Leaders for her impact on Florida\u2019s education landscape.<\/p>\n

The Children\u2019s Movement of Florida works to unite parents, educators, business leaders and policymakers to champion early childhood education. The group advocates for smart policies and investments that ensure Florida kids can thrive from birth through age 5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Their expertise, passion, and leadership will strengthen our efforts to ensure every Florida child has access to quality…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36034,5129,28,30,29,36035,36036,36037],"class_list":["post-59150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-ashley-bell-barnett","tag-early-childhood-education","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-madeleine-k-thakur","tag-monesia-brown","tag-the-childrens-movement-of-florida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}