Meet our Board of Directors

Kay Abbitt

Kay is the co-founder of Boulware Springs Charter School, along with Megan Lane Conklin. Kay is currently an Alachua County School Board member.

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1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609

Steve Bradford

Steve is a Sergeant with the Gainesville Police Department in Youth Services. He is head of the School Resource Officers and is heavily involved in school safety in Northeast Gainesville. He has experience consulting with school officials regarding issues at the school or in the community, investigating the circumstances surrounding crime that may have occurred on the school grounds, conflict intervention/resolution between students, providing advice to a troubled student, teaching law-related topics to students in a classroom setting, and building a positive rapport with the students at the schools. He is also a point of contact for parents in the community.

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1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609

Cindy Boulware  

Cindy is a descendant of the Boulware family of North Gainesville. She is an active member of the NE Gainesville community. She has taught and/or coached at Gainesville High School for 32 years. She retired as the Athletic Director at Gainesville High School. She had an extremely successful career as the volleyball coach, having been named the Florida Dairy Farmers’ state coach of the year in 2003. In 2009 Coach Boulware was named The Gainesville Sun’s Coach of the Decade, and in 2012 was inducted into the Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Email: [email protected]

1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609

Audrey Sommer

Audrey is retired and has been a volunteer at Boulware Springs Charter School since 2015, dedicating approximately 300 hours a year to the school. She had previously volunteered in Gainesville at the Boys & Girls Club as well as Kids Count. Prior to retirement, Audrey was a Fitness Director for Club Corporation of America (CCA), managing 95 employees at one of their flagship clubs in New York City. She was a Certified Fitness Director by the American College of Sports Medicine and had been recognized by CCA as the Health Fitness Director of the Year (award given to the top performing CCA Fitness Director in the country). Audrey graduated from University of Florida with a B.S. in Business Administration.

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1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609

Megan Lane Conklin

Megan is the co-founder of Boulware Springs Charter School, along with the school’s former director, Kay Abbitt. Megan helped launched the school’s opening and served as a co-director for the first 3.5 years of the school’s operation. She is currently a Harvard University fellow for the Strategic Data Project where she provides high-level policy and data analysis for the Talent Department.

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1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609

Marcia Leary

1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609

Cassie Macias 

Cassie is retired and has a 40 year career in education including teaching, coaching and being an administrator. Cassie was the Captain of the first Varsity Women’s Basketball Team at the University of Florida and was the first female Athletic Director at San Diego City College. She was honored as Florida Women’s Basketball 2012 SEC Great (a program that showcases the extraordinary talent women have brought to athletics in the Southeastern Conference). Cassie is very involved with the community and was the Director for Living Well, is a Gator F Club member, past President of Gator Backcourt Club, past Director of Living Well (UF) and is a former Executive Board Member at Girls Place, Inc.

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1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609

Nagheme Thomas

Nagheme is the parent representative on Boulware’s board of directors.

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1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609

Austin Young

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1303 NE 23rd Ave, Gainesville, FL 32609