MARIANNA TUTWILER, CPM

Associate Director, Administration - Florida Institute for Child Welfare
Marianna Tutwiler

8:30-10:00 Wednesday Room HSS108
Incorporating CPM Lessons During Rapid Growth.

Imagine navigating a significant change in your organization’s mission with a tenfold increase in funding overnight– and the Florida Legislature is watching. After more than a few deep calming breaths, I leaned into my training during the CPM courses to thoughtfully: manage a 900% increase in staff, avoid creating silos, and build a culture of curiosity and acceptance. During this interactive session, participants will learn how to utilize several principals taught in the CPM levels to better handle rapid growth in staff and significant organizational change.

Ms. Tutwiler was the program director at the Florida Institute for Child Welfare from 2016 to 2022 and became the associate director after the Institute received a $10 million annual increase in its appropriation.

She now oversees the administration of $11 million. She was instrumental in facilitating the rapid growth of staff – from 3 full-time and 4 part-time to a staff of 53, one-third being part-time, in two years. Additionally, she was responsible for ensuring $ 7 million in contracts were executed in FY 23-24.  She credits the CPM certification for better equipping her and her leadership team to handle this level of growth, change, and uncertainty.

Prior to this position she was with FSU’s Center for Prevention and Early Intervention Policy, directing a multi-million-dollar project to prepare the Young Parents Project for evaluation and to educate physicians, social workers, nurses, obstetricians, and early care coordinators that serve children and families in the child welfare system about toxic stress and increase their understanding and appreciation for infant and early childhood mental health. While working 12 years for the Lawton and Rhea Chiles Center at the University of South Florida, she was the Principal Investigator for over $10 million of contracts and awards that addressed the needs and or evaluated the outcomes of vulnerable families. As a consultant to the Department of Health, she worked with multiple experts and wrote Florida’s 2010 plan to spend $35 million in federal monies for the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.

Ms. Tutwiler also has been a consultant with several agencies since 2011. In 2017, she led the implementation of the Florida Association of Infant Mental Health’s Endorsement efforts for Florida’s infant mental health professionals. In 2019, she oversaw the development of Florida’s 2020 Needs Assessment for continued funding for the Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.