Meet Our Staff

Deputy John Cox

Deputy John Cox is the Director of Sarasota PAL. Deputy Cox joined the Sarasota County Sheriff's Department in 1984. He has worked in several areas within the Sheriff's department including School Resource Officer, PAL Deputy, SWAT Team and Camp XRAY'D.

Patty Campbell

Patty is the  PAL Sailor Circus Manager and fiscal officer for PAL. Patty is a Sailor Circus Alumni, having participated in the program from 1969 to 1976.  She became a Coach/Rigger in 1991, and in 1992, began serving as the Assistant to the Director of Sailor Circus and became Director in 2003. She is also the mother of 5 Sailor Circus Alumni.

Susan Loeffler

Susan is the Artistic Coordinator of the PAL Sailor Circus.  She is a Sailor Circus alumnus who performed from 1978 to 1988 doing side-by-side trapeze, tumbling, adagio, swinging trapeze, web and flying trapeze and more.  She went on to perform at Flying High Circus while attending school at Florida State University.  Like many alumni, Susan returned to help coach, organized our alumni show of 1999, choreographs our dance numbers, and was the circus director for 3 years. 

Joan Leonard

Joan is the Program Coordinator for PAL. She served as the volunteer coordinator for Sailor Circus for 3 years and joined our staff as full time in September of 2008. She is our media liaison and grant-writer for the program. Joan has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from Western Michigan University and a Masters Degree in Pastoral Theology from Barry University in Miami.

Ashley Campbell

Ashley is the Secretary for PAL.  She joined the PAL team in 2005.

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Karen is retired from the Sarasota County Sheriffs Office and holds a teaching degree. She is PAL Sailor Circus' tutor.