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Committees: Grants/AmeriCorps, Committee Chairman; Legislative
Rosalind Y. Tompkins-Whiteside graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work from Florida State University and has worked in the field of prevention, intervention and treatment for more than 19 years. She is very involved in community service and is the founder of many community initiatives including the United Services Advocates (USA) and the Single Parent network (SPN). She is active in community initiatives such as the Providence Neighborhood Association, where she is intricately involved in the Neighborhood Revitalization initiative.
Ms. Tompkins-Whiteside is author of the book, As Long as There is Breath in Your Body, There is Hope. As a matter of fact, the quote, “As long as there is breath in your body, there is hope®” is Ms. Tompkins-Whiteside’s registered trademark with the U.S. Patent Office. Ms. Tompkins-Whiteside is truly a pioneer. She founded Mothers in Crisis, a non-profit, community-based, grassroots organization comprised of women in recovery from drugs and alcohol, in April 1991, and Turning Point International Church, Inc. in 1998, where she currently serves as the senior pastor.
Because of Ms. Tompkins-Whiteside’s community service and compassionate heart, she has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognition. She received the International Who’s Who of Entrepreneurs Award (2000), the Woman of Courage Award from Tallahassee Community College (2001), the Martin Luther King Jr., Humanitarian Award (2002), the Florida A & M University African American Heritage President’s Award (2003), NAACP Black Achievers Award (2003), a Resolution recognizing her as an Outstanding Spiritual and Community Leader by the Leon County Board of County Commissioners (2004), and a Delta Sigma Theta Alumnae Chapter Public Service Award (2005).
Ms. Tompkins-Whiteside was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida to Louise and Charles Clark. She is the single parent of a teenaged daughter, Janar, and is married to Charles Jerome Whiteside. Ms. Tompkins-Whiteside has 12 years of personal experience with drug addiction and has had more than 18 years drug and alcohol free. With both professional and personal experience with drug addiction, she believes in empowering families who are experiencing problems because of drugs and alcohol to be all that they were meant to be.
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