John Stokesberry, Judge Emeritus

John L. Stokesberry, former Director of the Alliance for Aging, the Federal Area Agency on Aging for Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties, has had a rich, varied and passionate career in the service of the people of Florida.

 

In his 40-year career, he has served as State Director of the Office of Aging & Adult Services in Tallahassee during a crucial four-year period, and was an HRS District Administrator in three of the original eleven districts. From 1968 to 1971, Mr. Stokesberry was Executive Director of the Dade County Assn. of Retarded Citizens; 1971-73, Director of Programs and Services, as well as Interim Superintendent of the Sunland Training Center, District XI (DHRS); 1973-76, Regional Retardation Director, District X; 1976-79, District Program Manager, District X; 1979-80, District Administrator, DHRS, Pensacola, FI; 1980-81, District Administrator, Jacksonville, 1981-84, State Director, A&AS, Tallahassee; 1984-87, District Administrator, DHRS, Ft. Lauderdale; 1988-91, Adjunct Professor, Institute for the Study of Aging, Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, and Project Director, Center on Aging and Developmental Disabilities, University of Miami School of Medicine. From 1992 to the present, he has been a Director of Special Projects, Dade County Emergency Management. Mr. Stokesberry also served from 1987 through 1992 as President of Aging Dynamics, Inc., and

President of FEISTY (Florida's Elderly Service to Youth, Inc.).

 

John’s many professional associations and appointments include the American Society on Aging; the National Council on Aging; the American Society for Public Administration; the American Association on Mental Deficiency; the Editorial Board of The Journal of Applied Gerontology; the Institute of Government Policy Council of the Florida Board of Regents; and the Board of Directors and Trustees of the Greater Miami Chapter of the American Red Cross. He was the U.S. Coordinator, International Committee on Elder Abuse, Toronto, Canada, and an Official Observer at the 1995 White House Conference on Aging. John is also a special projects officer in the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol. John was also the recipient of the 2005 C. Colburn Hardy Older Advocate Award. 

 

Mr. Stokesberry, a native Miamian, earned his B.S. in Secondary Education and a M.Ed. from The University of Florida in 1959. He is married and has two children and five grandchildren.

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