Scott Eller
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Eller dreamed about Renaissance Manor until its inception 24 years ago, a permanent home for individuals with behavioral and co-occurring disorders, many of whom came from homelessness. In its humble beginnings, the Ellers were the administrators, the cooks, housekeeping, and facility maintenance. To this day, Scott is acting President/CEO and an avid advocate of our community’s severe and persistently mentally ill. Early on, Scott recognized the need for different levels of residential options for vulnerable populations who thrive when given stable housing and the quality of life they deserve.
A few years later, a long-time friend of the Ellers, Charley Richards, founder of Community Affordable & Supported Living, reached out to Scott about partnering to leverage the economy of scale so the two organizations could grow together to reach more people. Charley’s focus was on the intellectual and developmental disabled (I/DD) population, offering affordable scattered-site housing for persons with med-waiver support partners to live independently. So in 2009, Renaissance Manor and Community Affordable merged to become: CASL (Community Assisted and Supported Living).
In 2017, Scott Eller and Shawn Wilson, President of Blue Sky Communities, created a partnership to develop permanent supportive housing throughout Florida. Since then, Blue Sky and CASL have been awarded over $120 million in Federal and State Funding and have worked together on eight affordable housing projects. CASL’s success is focused on permanent supportive housing, not just housing individuals but surrounding them with the support services to make them integral members of the community.
By the end of 2022, CASL served over 1,000 low-income clients in Alachua, Manatee, Sarasota, Orange, Polk, Charlotte, Lee, Pinellas, and Collier counties. Through multiple collaborations, joint ventures, and partnerships, CASL continues to grow throughout the State of Florida to provide supportive, affordable housing. Scott has a BS in Psychology with a minor in Biology from the University of Central Florida. Scott is a community advocate for the developmentally disabled, homeless, mentally ill, and disabled veterans and works tirelessly to better meet their needs in the community.
Vickie Tiutyama
Chief Financial Officer
Melissa Larkin-Skinner
President
PJ Brooks
Chief Operations Officer
PJ is an accomplished behavioral health executive and forward-looking strategist with over 33 years of providing leadership and developing programs that assist people needing intervention across a broad continuum of care and multiple environments. He is a highly respected subject matter expert in the field of behavioral health.
A proven communicator, from the board room, to the front desk, and in the community, PJ is a “roll up your sleeves” leader whose coaching style develops employee loyalty to the organizational mission and vision.
Tanya Hart
Chief Information Officer
Tanya Hart provides oversight of CASL’s information systems to enable the delivery of high-quality programs, services, and management processes. She brings over 15 years of experience in electronic health record and data administration in the nonprofit sector serving persons experiencing homelessness, severe mental illness, and addiction disorders.
Tanya resides in Sarasota and enjoys serving as the Music Director at Beneva Christian Church and traveling with her husband, Jon.
Therese Everly
Gulf Coast Regional Executive Director
Therese Everly has over 30 years of experience in healthcare management, real estate sales, and property management. Prior to joining the CASL team, she served as the Executive Director of the Lee County Homeless Coalition.
Therese has a BA in Healthcare Administration from Hodges University, is a Florida Licensed Realtor, and is a Registered Respiratory Therapist. Therese also serves on the publicly elected Lee Health Board of Directors. She is a community advocate for affordable, accessible health care and housing and works tirelessly to improve the quality of life in the community.
Shad Renick
Director of Quality Improvement
As the Director of Quality Improvement, Shad provides operational and strategic leadership to the organization by working collaboratively with leadership and team members throughout the organization to develop, implement and lead the organization’s quality, staff training, and safety program, including clinical quality and client and team member safety.
Shad has over 20 years of experience leading juvenile justice and juvenile social service programs. Shad grew up in Sarasota and has an intimate knowledge of the programs and services in the community as well as a wide range of contacts in the community.
April Donaldson
Human Resources Director
April Donaldson started with CASL in 2015 as a Case Manager. After two years, April transitioned to become the Human Resources Director. April has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and has resided in Florida since 2005.