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Florida First Amendment Foundation Staff

Barbara A. Petersen, President
First Amendment Foundation

Barbara A. Petersen, President First Amendment Foundation
A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia and Florida State University College of Law, Barbara A. Petersen is president of Florida's First Amendment Foundation. Before taking her current position in 1995, Petersen was staff attorney for the Joint Committee on Information Technology Resources of the Florida Legislature, where she worked exclusively on public records legislation and issues. A passionate advocate of the public's right to oversee its government, Petersen is the author of numerous reports and articles on open government issues. She currently sits on the board of the National Freedom of Information Coalition (NFOIC), having served as its president and treasurer.  Petersen served as chair of Florida's Commission on Open Government Reform.




Katherine Garner, Executive Director
Katherine Garner, Executive Director

Katherine is the First Amendment Foundation's Executive Director. She previously worked for the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas for 15 years, serving as FOIFT executive director from 2001 - 2009. Garner serves as Secretary and Grants Chair of the National Freedom of Information Coalition and has her own nonprofit consulting firm that manages other small nonprofit organizations. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business journalism from University of North Texas and a Master of Arts from the University of Texas at Dallas with emphasis in business and nonprofit management and communications.






Rosemary Calhoun, Office Administrator

A native of New Jersey, Rosemary moved to Tallahassee in 1993 from Pennsylvania, where she worked for the Pike County District Attorney. She has many years of administrative experience, and worked for over ten years for the State of Florida, most recently as an operations analyst for the Florida Department of Financial Services.


Rhianna Reichert, Office Assistant

Rhianna is a Tallahassee native and is currently studying for a BS in Information Technology at Florida State University.

 

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