Dr. Mohinder "Mona" Jain, M.D., Ph.D.

Spring 2007

Commissioner Mohinder “Mona” Jain, M.D., Ph.D., diligently serves the Florida Commission on the Status of Women (FCSW) and is known among her colleagues as an individual that “leaves no stone unturned.” She has not only dedicated many years to the FCSW, she also serves as Honorary Chair Emeritus of the Manatee Commission on the Status of Women. The expertise that she brings from her many facets of life is invaluable.
 
She is a former Fulbright and National Science Foundation Scholar. Dr. Jain has been a teacher and Supervisor/ Administrator in the American, British and Indian System of Education since 1961. Dr. Jain recently retired as Director of Children and Families Health Services for Manatee County Head Start. She believes in education for all students, especially Continuing Education for non-traditional mature students. She has helped women and men return to school for the last two decades at Bethune-Cookman College Bradenton Site. She is presently coordinator at the site.

During a visit to India, her county of birth, she was granted private audience with Mother Teresa. Commissioner Jain has traveled extensively in almost all the State in USA and over 60 countries in all the 5 continents of the world. Sarasota and Manatee Counties have been home to Dr. Jain and her family for the last forty years. Mona’s husband Kailash is owner of a jewelry store in Sarasota and her daughter Dr. Anila Jain is medical consultant and child advocate in Manatee County.