People Group Archives: Staff

Tamara Nelson (she/her) joined UCF RESTORES in 2024 as a Mental Health Clinician. Tamara received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from the University of Central Florida (UCF). She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with the state of Florida, Qualified Supervisor (QS), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), […]

Sarah Deibner joined UCF RESTORES in September 2023 as a Behavioral Health Navigator before later moving into the Clinical Case Coordinator position. Sarah earned her Bachelor of Social Work at Southeastern University in Lakeland, FL and her Master of Social Work from the University of Central Florida. Prior to joining UCF RESTORES, Sarah worked as […]

Chief Brett Meade began his police career in 1982 with the DeLand Police Department in Florida. Chief Meade served almost 25 years with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida, retiring as a Patrol Commander. He was appointed Deputy Chief of Police for the University of Central Florida Police Department in September of 2014 […]

Suzie Nazzaro joined UCF RESTORES in 2022 as a Research Coordinator after spending 20 years as an educator and senior administrator with Orange County Public Schools.  She holds a B.S. in Secondary English Education from UCF, as well as a Master’s in Educational Leadership from American College of Education.  Married to a law enforcement officer, […]

Tara Gamble joined UCF RESTORES as the Business Staff Specialist in June 2022. Originally from Georgia, she received a B.A. degree in Political Science from Valdosta State University, and an A.S. degree in Entrepreneurship and Business Management from Seminole State College. Having resided in Florida for over 10 years, she has experience working in both […]

In 2021, Robin joined the UCF RESTORES team as a mental health clinician. Prior to joining UCF, she completed her undergraduate degree at California State University, San Marcos, in human development with a minor in psychology. She went on to graduate from Wayne State University in Detroit with her master of social work degree. Robin […]

Casey O’Brien first joined the UCF RESTORES team as a volunteer in the fall of 2018, following her honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps. At that time, Casey was attending UCF as a Master of Social Work (MSW) student and she found herself greatly intrigued by the immense success UCF RESTORES was having […]

After completing a tour of duty in the US Army, Keith completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology and his graduate degree in Social Work at UNLV in Las Vegas, NV, where he worked at as primary responder for over 25 years in some of Las Vegas’ famous casinos. After completing clinical internships in community mental […]

Nancy Rosado, a retired NYPD sergeant and Clinical Social Worker, serves as the Outreach Consultant for UCF RESTORES. Ms. Rosado has an extensive history in law enforcement, including being among the first police officers to respond to the attack on 9/11. While Nancy was born and raised in Bronx, NY, she has been living in […]

Christina Alecse joined UCF RESTORES in March 2018. She volunteers at Seminole County Sheriff’s Office on the Search and Rescue Team and as a Citizen on Patrol at Sanford Police Department and Seminole Sheriff’s Office. She graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in German and International and Comparative Political […]