Leadership

Jocelyn Williamson, President

Jocelyn Williamson (she/her) is a lifelong atheist and co-founder of the CFFC. She is the American Atheists’ Florida State Director, serves on the Board of Directors for the Humanist Society, the Freedom From Religion Foundation Action Fund, and the Secular Coalition for America Education Fund.

Jocelyn serves on the Council of Traditions for the Interfaith Council of Central Florida, representing Humanism. She is the co-coordinator of FREEFLO, the biennial conference of the FHA. She is also a Florida State Representative for the Freedom From Religion

David williamson, Vice President

David Williamson (he/him) is a co-founder of the CFFC. Locally, he is a member of the Central Florida Commission on Religious Freedom and is Secretary of the Board of the Interfaith Council of Central Florida. He is the co-coordinator of that organization’s conference, FREEFLO.
David is on the Advisory Board of the Freethought Equality Fund and a Florida State Representative for the Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Chris Hoffman, Treasurer

Chris was brought up in a passive Catholic household, which entailed only going to church for holiday masses. After leaving home and experiencing life with various folks while serving his country in the U.S. Navy, many different jobs, and going back to college for his Associate’s Degree in Business Administration, he became apathetic to religious views and started identifying as agnostic. It was not until he met his current wife and best friend, Christina, did he begin to really question his beliefs and then identified as an Atheist and Skeptic. He now believes in a secular and humanist approach to everything especially government and education.

He is also the Treasurer for the Space Coast Freethought Association, a board member for the Humanist Community of the Space Coast, and a Global Issues Evaluator for the Florida Future Problem Solvers Program of Brevard County (grades 4 through 12). He is originally from McHenry, Illinois and the cold and snowy weather is the main reason why he lives in Florida now.

Joseph Richardson, Board Member

Joseph Richardson (he/him) has been a CFFC director since 2015. He has been involved in the CFFC’s Humanist invocations project facilitating invocations in municipalities across Central Florida.
Joseph grew up as a Christian but started to identify as a atheist, Humanist, and freethinker later in life. He likes to observe, ironically, how he has more friends who are pastors now than he ever did as a Christian. He is married with three grown boys.

KEITH BECHER, Board Member

Keith Becher (he/him) has been a CFFC director since 2015. He is President and co-founder of the Humanist Community of the Space Coast, a Brevard area group that focuses on community service, volunteerism, community outreach and education.
Keith serves on the Board of the Florida Humanist Association, the Space Coast Freethought Association, and is a certified Humanist celebrant.

Lisa Sklar, board Member

Lisa Sklar (she/her) has been a CFFC director since 2024. She has been active in CFFC’s Secular Women’s Group for five years and is committed to helping CFFC thrive as a strong, supportive community.

Lisa is a co-host of CFFC’s Pride Social, a group where freethinking LGBT+ community members can connect, network, and make new friends.

Kristin P., Secretary

Kristin was born and raised in South Florida and now lives in the Tampa area raising her daughter. She was raised Methodist and attended church 2-3 times a week, but by high school in the 1990s, she realized she was an Atheist and now identifies as Atheist and Humanist.

She then earned an Associates degree and begane working in healthcare in 2004. She has volunteered for the CFFC and the FREEFLO Conference since 2019. She also enjoys memes, nature, traveling, video games, gardening, hiking, science fiction, and politics/news.

Melanie Chen, Volunteer & Operations Manager

Melanie Chen (she/her) is CFFC’s Volunteer and Operations Manager, supporting the people and systems that make the organization’s work possible.

Melanie has been involved in volunteer work since middle school, from spending time in nursing homes to painting murals in pediatric cancer clinics. These experiences shaped her belief that generosity and showing up for others are what truly build strong communities.

With a background in people operations and community-centered work, Melanie is passionate about creating spaces where volunteers feel supported, seen, and valued. She brings a deeply human approach to operations, grounded in connection, care, and trust.

Outside of her work, Melanie is a lifelong reader and artist who believes creativity is another powerful way people connect and care for one another.

Jessica Robertson, Administrator