Phil Scarpelli

Chief Executive Officer

Phil Scarpelli is the Chief Executive Officer of the Brevard Family Partnership Family of Agencies. Phil joined Brevard Family Partnership in November 2018. He has been proudly involved in Florida’s child welfare system since the inception of privatization, as early as the late 1990s. Previously, Phil worked as part of the Department of Children and Families Central Region’s Leadership on the professional development and talent management of its middle and senior managers. Prior to that, he was the State Director with Key Assets Florida, Inc., part of the International Core Assets Group, a leading children’s services provider.

Phil has 30 years of experience working in behavioral healthcare and child welfare in both clinical and administrative capacities. Throughout his career, he has been committed to children and families at risk, and to the development of a perpetual learning environment willing to challenge the status quo, embrace innovation, inclusion, transparency, and trust.

Phil has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Gerontology from Iona College and a Master’s Degree in Psychology from Yeshiva University.

Valerie Holmes

Vice President of Operations, Master Trainer and Consultant

Valerie Holmes is the Vice President of Operations at Brevard Family Partnership. She also serves as a Master Trainer and Consultant at the National Center for Innovation and Excellence.

Valerie spent five years serving as the Executive Director of Brevard C.A.R.E.S. where she was responsible for the oversight of all administrative, fiscal, and programmatic activities of the organization. During this time, she led the agency through its initial accreditation in COA and secured several state and federal grants. Prior to her role at Brevard C.A.R.E.S. and since BFP’s inception, Valerie served as the Director of Operations, Child and Family Services at Brevard Family Partnership where she provided leadership of Intake, Placement, Adoption, the Child Welfare Pre-Paid Mental Health Plan, Out of Home Care, Licensing and Child Placing Agencies.

Valerie continues to work in concert with the C.A.R.E.S. national replication team, trains social service professionals in System of Care and Wraparound, and serves as the principal point-of-contact and project lead on any research and data analysis of Brevard C.A.R.E.S.

Valerie received a Master’s in Counseling and Psychology from Troy University in 2005, a Masters in Criminal Justice from the University of Central Florida in 2001, and a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Central Florida in 1993. She has worked in the social services field in a variety of community-based, non-profit settings for the last 21 years, including child welfare, child abuse prevention, mental health, and domestic violence. Valerie enjoys spending time with her husband and son.

Tracy Little, MBA

Director of Wraparound Fidelity and Training

As a former foster parent and legal guardian to children with mental health needs, Tracy is both a consumer and a seasoned Wraparound Practitioner. As the Director of Wraparound Fidelity and Training, he provides classroom training of Wraparound 101, Wraparound 201, and Advanced Facilitation Trainings, technical assistance, coaching, and mentoring. Tracy is a master practitioner who serves the system of care as he ensures continuous quality improvement of Wraparound and Family Team Conferencing and collects and uses data from the WOF to coach, mentor, and supervise Wraparound trainees and practitioners. In addition, Tracy serves as a Master Trainer and Consultant at the National Center for Innovation and Excellence.

Tracy has been involved in human services for many years and truly exemplifies family-centered, youth-driven care values. Tracy will stop at nothing to impart hope to those he encounters. His motto is to do whatever it takes, and that he does. No matter where he goes or who he works with Tracy is a role model and agent of change.

Tracy was instrumental in launching Brevard County’s signature child abuse prevention program, Brevard C.A.R.E.S. as the first Prevention and Diversion Care Coordinator hired in August of 2005. Since then, he has led the program as the Program Manager, and now leads our System of Care’s Wraparound efforts as the Wraparound Fidelity Liaison and member of the National Replication Team, most recently, being named the 2015 Child Abuse Prevention Task Force CAP Leader.

Recognized nationally for his work in the area of youth advocacy, Tracy has provided training for the National Wraparound Initiative in the area of Initial Family Engagement, and the role of the Family Partner. He holds a Master of Business Administration and has 20 years’ experience in the fields of child welfare and mental health. He also serves as a National Consultant and Trainer in family strengthening models.

Tracy Pellegrino

Executive Director

Tracy Pellegrino is currently the Executive Director for the National Center for Innovation & Excellence. In addition to being the former Executive Director at Brevard C.A.R.E.S., she has over 30 years of work experience in the child welfare, mental health, and exceptional educational systems. The most recent 17+ years of professional services, Tracy has been assisting communities transform their systems of care and implement programs that utilize a high-fidelity wraparound process. Tracy received a bachelor’s degree from Cornerstone University and a master’s degree from Florida State University; her expertise is with children and youth living with Behavioral Health challenges and developing Systems of Care to support these individuals and their families’ needs. She is a Certified Behavioral Health Case Manager Supervisor with the Florida Certification Board, a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), National Wraparound Initiative (NWI), and has provided private consultation and grant writing support to multiple initiatives and non-profit organizations.

In addition to her professional experience, Tracy is also an advocate, and proudly shares her lessons learned through her continual journey of widowhood, being the single mother of a child with an intellectual disorder and being a part of a neurodivergent family.