President and founding member. Before beginning this organization, Rosanne spent a decade working with students of various Special Needs at the Conklin Center for the Blind, serving people who are blind with additional disabilities. Rosanne is a proud Mainland Buc, growing up in Volusia County before moving to Flagler County with her husband Chris in 2008. Here they have raised their 2 boys and Annabelle. Of all her unmentioned accomplishments Rosanne is most proud to have homeschooled all 3 of her children and to see all of their amazing success - one has now grown to become a US Marine and the other working on his pilot career as an ERAU Admiral’s Scholarship recipient from the USAF, while Annabelle continues to work toward her dreams of a future theater career.

The family worked through many challenges in Annabelle’s early years with her diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder, a Phobia disorder, and a later diagnosis of Celiac Disease. She is excited to work with this organization and hopes to bring experience and understanding of these situations to other families along the journey while our kids all get to know each other and make true friendship bonds with acceptance instead of discrimination for their differences.

I am Annabelle’s dad. I was born and grew up in Volusia County and have lived in Flagler County for the past 20+ years. I am a CPA and own/operate LCI Taxes in Bunnell. I have been married to Rosanne since 2008 and we have two older boys in addition to Belle – Andrew is currently a Marine and Evan is on a path to fly with the Air Force. We have been blessed in our lives in many ways and have a desire to give back; Yes! You’re Invited! is one of the ways we want to bless others’ lives the way ours have been over the years.

Hiiiiii! This is Annabelle 💖 I am 10 years old. We had the idea for this organization after my birthday party, where I invited some other kids with disabilities who I knew… and some of them had never been invited before and were so surprised! Some of them didn’t believe me… we were saying, “Yes, You’re invited!!!!!!” So… that’s how we came up with the name… after a while 😝.

Hi 👋 I’m Meghan and I have been an RN for 13 years, but have been in the medical field since 2006. I have a background in emergency nursing and currently work as a Trauma Coordinator. Additionally, I help teach Stop the Bleed courses and hands only CPR. I am married with 1 son and 2 stepdaughters (ages 21, 20, 16) and am part of the praise team at my church. I am overjoyed to be part of this organization. I’m so incredibly proud of Annabelle for seeing the need for inclusion and wanting to do something about it.

I’m Carolyn McGahan. I have 30 years of experience working with individuals who are blind and have additional disabilities. I have a Bachelor’s degree in exceptional education and a master’s in Rehabilitation Teaching for the Blind. I’m a certified vision rehabilitation therapist and certified work incentive counselor to guide people who receive SSI or SSDI benefits as they transition to work. I’m retired and am a person with cerebral palsy.

Erica Mendes is originally from New Jersey and has lived in Palm Coast since 2017. She is a proud mama of 2 amazing kiddos, that attend Flagler County public schools.

She completed her Bachelor's in Psychology at Kean University (New Jersey) in 2012. She is currently attending the University of West Florida to obtain her Masters in Exceptional Student Education and Applied Behavior Analysis. Erica also volunteers her time with another Flagler County organization, Vincent's Clubhouse, as a Program Coordinator.