Sharonda Crawford

Leadership Team Sharonda Crawford, MS Program Manager Healthy Families Palm Beach Sharonda Crawford joined Families First in 2010 and works in the Healthy Families Program. Sharonda has a wealth of experience in the Healthy Families Program and has worked as a Family Assessment Worker, Family Support Worker, Family Support Worker Supervisor, and now as Program […]

Melissa Wijngaarde

Leadership Team Melissa Wijngaarde, MSW, LCSW Maternal & Infant Mental Health Director Melissa Wijngaarde is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and is the Maternal and Infant Mental Health Director at Families First. Melissa was promoted to the position after serving for two years as the Clinical Director of Families First’s Child First Program. Melissa came […]

Roxanna Childs

Leadership Team Roxanna Childs, MSW, LCSW, CAP Deputy Director Roxanna Childs has been deputy director at Families First since 2002 and with the organization since 1998, beginning as clinical director. As deputy director, she oversees all agency client services – six programs with more than 50 employees. She works closely with the CEO and executive leadership […]

Julie Swindler

Leadership Team Julie Swindler, MSW, LCSW Chief Executive Officer Julie A. Swindler, LCSW, has dedicated her career to strengthening children, families, and communities in Palm Beach County for more than four decades. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Florida Atlantic University in 1982 and her master’s degree in social work from Barry University in 1985. […]