FRANK T. BROGAN, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Florida, was elected on the ticket with Governor Bush and inaugurated on January 5, 1999. Because of his experience as a teacher, school administrator, Superintendent of Schools in Martin County and Commissioner of Education, Frank Brogan knows the issues facing Florida's schools and has made education the hallmark of his successful public service career. Mr. Brogan was elected Florida's Education Commissioner in 1994.

During his term at the Department of Education he made progress in raising academic standards for Florida students by winning unanimous approval from the State Board of Education to raise the passing score on the High School Competency Test, a minimum skills test students must pass to earn a high school diploma. In May 1996, the State Board of Education unanimously adopted the new Sunshine State Standards, which were developed under Commissioner Brogan's leadership with the input of teachers, parents, administrators, business people, and concerned citizens.

In 1996, Commissioner Brogan received the Civil Rights Award in Education from the Florida Commission on Human Relations for his efforts to provide greater opportunities for minorities at the Department of Education and in Florida public schools. As Commissioner of Education, Frank Brogan helped to lead the effort to establish the Lottery-funded Bright Futures Scholarships, allowing over 98,000 new college and vocational students to realize the chance to better their life opportunities. More recently, Lt. Governor Brogan's lifetime work in education culminated in the enacting of the Bush/Brogan "A+ Plan for Education." Heralded as the first-of-its-kind in the nation, A+ raises the education standards of K-12 schools, and significantly increases funds for schools.

Lt. Governor Brogan is the first in his family to receive a college degree. Lt. Governor Brogan worked his way through school and earned a B.A. in Education from the University of Cincinnati. Later, he earned a Master's Degree in Administration/Supervision, with a 4.0 GPA, from Florida Atlantic University. Lt. Governor Brogan began his career in education as a teacher in 1978 and worked his way up in various administrative positions before being elected Superintendent of Schools in Martin County in 1988 and he was unopposed for reelection in 1992.

GINNY BROWN-WAITE is from Brooksville and represents Florida Senate District 10. She was elected to the Florida Senate in 1992 and subsequently reelected. While in the Senate, Senator Brown-Waite has served as a member of the Committees on Community Affairs, Children, Family & Seniors, Ways & Means and Regulated Industries, and has served as Chairman of the Committees on Health Care, and Natural Resources and Conservation. Currently, she is Chairman of the Criminal Justice Committee and a member of the Committees on Banking and Insurance, Fiscal Policy, Governmental Oversight and Productivity, and Rules and Calendar.

Senator Brown-Waite, by occupation, is a college professor and consultant, and a member of the West Hernando GOP, Hernando Spouse Abuse Shelter Board, and the Business and Professional Women's Association. Senator Brown-Waite has received community service awards from Spring Hill Civic Association, the Florida Association of Community Health Centers, Pasco-Hernando Community College, the American Lung Association, the American Heart Association, and the American Cancer Society. Her numerous other awards include: the Business and Professional Women Woman of the Year Award, the Florida League of Cities Quality Floridian Award, the Florida Trial Attorneys Consumer Rights Award, the Florida Public Health Association Outstanding Legislator Award, the Mothers Against Drunk Driving Legislative Excellence Award, the American Business Women's Association Associate of the Year Award, the Redlands Christian Migrant Association Exceptional Moments in Good Government Award, the Florida Medical Association Leadership Award, the Florida Sheriffs Association Legislative Award, and the Florida Conservation Association Award. Senator Brown-Waite is married to Harvey Waite of Albany, New York and has three children: Danene, Lorie Sue, and Jeannine.

LOCKE BURT is from Ormond Beach and represents Florida Senate District 16. He was elected to the Florida Senate in 1991 and subsequently reelected. While in the Senate, Senator Burt has served as the Chairman of the Criminal Justice committee (1994 to 1996), the Majority Whip (1996) and the Republican Leader (1996-1998), and is currently Chairman of the Budget Committee. In 1999 Senator Burt served on the Money Laundering Task Force.

Senator Burt, by occupation, is a reinsurance executive and a member of the Florida Bar, American Bar Association, Illinois Bar association, and Volusia County Bar Association. Senator Burt has received numerous awards which include: the Florida Sheriff's Association and Florida Police Chiefs Legislative Awards, the Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency Chapter XVII Distinguished Service Award, the Printing Association of Florida Paul Revere Award, the Florida Economic Development Council Legislator of the Year Award, the Florida Association of Counties County Champion Award, the Florida Sheriffs Senator of the Year Award, the HRS District 12 Outstanding Leadership Award, and the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association Furtherance of Justice Award. Senator Burt has been married to his wife Ann for 29 years and they have two children: Melissa and Thomas.

COLUMBA BUSH, Florida's First Lady, is active in Informed Families of Florida, a non-profit organization, involved in educating families of the perils of drug abuse. In addition, she is the Chairman of the Foundation of the Ballet Folklorico, which raises money for the national dance troupe of Mexico so that it can give free performances to school-age children across the United States. Thus far, more than 250,000 children have seen the Ballet. Mrs. Bush and Governor Bush have been married for 25 years, and have three children: George 23, Noelle 22, and Jeb 15.

JOHN ELLIS "JEB" BUSH was elected Governor of Florida in November of 1998. Governor Bush came to Florida nearly 18 years ago, as a small businessman with a small family and big dreams of opportunity. In 1981, with only three employees, he helped start a new real estate development company called the Codina Group. Until recently when he left the company to run for Governor, he served as the president and chief operating officer of that same small business. With over 200 employees, the Miami-based Codina Group is now the largest full service commercial real estate company in South Florida. However, Governor Bush's desire to "build" a better Florida has not been limited to the bricks and mortar of real estate. Since his arrival in the state, he has been equally active in civic and political affairs. He served as Florida's Secretary of Commerce under Governor Bob Martinez, promoting Florida's business climate worldwide, and was the Republican nominee for governor in 1994. Furthermore, he has volunteered his time to assist the Miami Children's Hospital, the United Negro College Fund of South Florida, the United Way of Dade County and the Dade County Homeless Trust. More recently, he established the Foundation for Florida's Future, a not for profit organization that has worked to impact public policy at the grassroots level for the last three years. It was in his capacity as the Chairman of the Foundation that he co-founded the Liberty City Charter School with the Urban League of Greater Miami. This independent public school, one of the state's first, now serves more than 140 underprivileged kindergarten, first, second and third graders from the poorest sections of Miami.

Governor Bush's first priority is creating a world-class educational system in Florida. Governor Bush ardently believes that all children should learn a year's worth of knowledge in a year's worth of time and that no child should be left behind. Passed by the Florida Legislature during its 1999 session, the Bush/Brogan "A+ Plan For Education" will raise standards, increase funding, increase school accountability, improve school safety, and provide opportunity scholarships for children in chronically failing schools.

Early in his administration, Governor Bush proposed and forcefully advocated the largest tax relief package in Florida history - over $1.2 billion in tax cuts. The 1999 legislature subsequently adopted a $1 billion tax relief package that will provide Florida's families, small businesses and seniors with the long overdue tax relief they deserve.

In an innovative and fiscally conservative plan, Governor Bush proposed taking revenue from Florida's settlement with the tobacco industry to create the "Lawton Chiles Tobacco Endowment for Children and Elders." Passed by the legislature during its 1999 session and signed by Governor Bush on May 13, 1999, the endowment will provide a committed source of revenue to fund future human services needs such as the increased needs of Kidcare, the children's health program, and elder aging-in-place programs, such as Community Care for the Elderly.

On March 31, 1999, Governor Bush followed through on a campaign commitment to sign the "10-20-Life" legislation that will ensure certainty of punishment for violent gun criminals. This law requires that criminals be locked up for 10 years if they commit a violent crime with a gun, 20 years if they fire the gun while committing a violent crime, and 25 years to life if they cause death or bodily injury with a gun during the commission of a violent crime.

On May 27, 1999, Governor Bush signed the first state budget of his administration. Thanks to the hard work and tremendous leadership of the Florida legislature, Governor Bush's signing of the 1999-2000 state budget made history in its unprecedented commitments to our schools, our working families, our elders, our children, and our neediest residents.

Spending on K-12 public schools will increase by $1.4 billion-the largest increase ever. The budget also sets aside over $1 billion in the Lawton Chiles Endowment to provide for future health and human services needs. Furthermore, to provide taxpayers with deserved tax relief and to help keep our economy healthy, the budget signed by Governor Bush also provides more than $1 billion in tax cuts, the largest in Florida history.

While Governor Bush proudly signed the historic 1999-2000 state budget, he also exercised the responsibility of the Governor's line-item veto to eliminate certain spending projects. Governor Bush vetoed items that were not an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars because they did not have statewide impact or were not cost-effective. In doing so, Governor Bush saved Florida taxpayers a record $313 million dollars. As a result of his line-item vetoes, the State of Florida will now have over $2 Billion in reserves to protect our schools and social services against future economic downturns.

Following through on an environmental initiative he proposed during his campaign for Governor in 1998, on June 7, 1999, Governor Jeb Bush signed into law the Florida Forever program. Florida Forever will commit $3 billion over the next ten years to preserve and protect Florida's natural environment. Florida Forever places additional emphasis on acquiring, protecting and restoring open spaces, greenways and recreation properties within urban areas; and provides for certain water resources and water supply development projects.

Still, Governor Bush's most important role remains that of a husband and as a father. He has been married to his wife, Columba, for 24 years. His eldest son, George, is a public school teacher in south Dade County, and his daughter, Noelle, is a student at Miami Dade Community College. His youngest son, Jeb, will begin the ninth grade this year. He and Columba were long-time members of Epiphany Catholic Church in Miami.

SHIRLEY D. COLETTI is the President of operation PAR (Parental Awareness Responsibility), and has distinguished herself as a leading advocate for substance abusing women and their children, high-risk youth and families. She was the driving force behind the founding of Operation PAR and has been an outstanding contributor to the field of substance abuse treatment, prevention and education for over 30 years. Her personal commitment and leadership has developed PAR from a grass roots parents' group to a comprehensive substance abuse treatment, prevention and research organization, which serves thousands of individuals each year.

To honor her life long commitment and achievements in the field of substance abuse, Dr. Coletti was awarded, in May of 1996, an honorary doctorate degree in Human Letters from the College of Public Health of the University of South Florida. Dr. Coletti is well known nationally and internationally as a leader and expert in her field. Among her many honors and accomplishments are two Presidential appointments, one made by former President Ronald Reagan to the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Controls and the second made by former President George Bush to the Commission on Model State Drug Laws. She is a former member of the National Institute of Drug Abuse and currently serves as a member of the National Advisory Council of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. In addition, Dr. Coletti serves on the Advisory Committee on the Dually Diagnosed for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). She has served as a U.S. delegate to international drug abuse conferences on three continents and as a long time advisor to state and national leaders regarding substance abuse issues and concerns. She and PAR were recognized by the George Washington University Center for Health Policy Research in Washington, D.C. as leaders in the substance abuse treatment, prevention and research fields. Mrs. Coletti was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to serve on Florida's Drug Policy Advisory Council in 1999.

VICTOR CRIST is from Temple Terrace and represents Florida House District 60. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1992 and subsequently reelected. While in the House of Representatives, Representative Crist has served on the Business Regulation & Consumer Affairs Committee, as Vice Chairman of the Corrections Committee and as Chairman of the Justice Council. Currently, Representative Crist is a member of the Committees on Criminal Justice Appropriations, Rules and Calendar, Business Regulation & Consumer Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations, and is Chairman of the Criminal Justice and Corrections Council.

Representative Crist, by occupation, is President of Metropolitan Communications, Inc. and an executive member of numerous organizations, including the USF Area Community Civic Association, the Hillsborough County Weed and Seed Initiative, the University Area New Image Revitalization Task Force, and Hillsborough County Parent and Teacher Associations. Representative Crist has received the Legislator of the Year Award from the Florida Apartment Association, the Florida Life Care Residents Association, the Florida Professional Firefighter's Association, the Florida Association of State Troopers, and the Fourth District American Advertising Federation. He also received the House Member of the Year Award from the Florida Sheriff's Association. Representative Crist has also been recognized for legislative achievement by the Fraternal Order of Police, Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, Independent Funeral Directors, Florida Sheriffs Association, and Florida Life Care Residents. His numerous other awards include: the Tampa Center for Women Appreciation Award, the Dynamic Republican Women Federated Appreciation Award, the Florida Council on Crime and Delinquency Distinguished Service Award, the House Republican Caucus and Leadership Outstanding Productivity and Performance Award, the Tampa Bay Area Young Advertising Professional of the Year Award, and the USF Outstanding Service and Humanitarian of the Year Awards.

LARRY CROW has been involved in politics since he was an undergraduate at the University of South Florida. He had occasion in 1978 to work as a campaign intern for State Representative Dennis Jones in his first successful legislative campaign. Since that time he has obtained a law degree from the University of Florida's College of Law and is currently a board certified real estate attorney practicing in Tarpon Springs.

Representative Crow was elected to the Florida House of Representatives from District 49 in 1994 and is now in his third term. He has served on the following committees in the House of Representatives: Criminal Justice, Judiciary, Regulated Industries, Environmental Protection and Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations. He was also appointed to the Select Committee on Reapportionment. In the past, Representative Crow has sponsored and passed important legislation on subjects including, but not limited to: Probate and Trust Laws, Frivolous lawsuits by prison inmates, Medicaid debt collection, and Condominium and mobile home owners and construction lien laws.

Representative Crow has been appointed Chairman of the Financial Services Committee during the 1999 legislative session. Previously, as Chairman of the Real Property and Probate Committee, legislation was passed relating to homestead tax exemption, condominiums and cooperatives, homeowners' associations, and the Coastal Zone Protection Act. Representative Crow continues to be active in supporting environmental conservation measures and was the House prime sponsor of the Everglades "River of Grass" license plate to provide a dedicated funding source for the Everglades Restoration program.

DONALD F. ESLINGER was appointed Sheriff of Seminole County in 1991 by the Governor of Florida for a two-year term and was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1996.

Sheriff Eslinger has 21 years of service with the Seminole County Sheriff's Office. His career began in 1978 as a radio dispatcher and he advanced through the ranks as a patrol deputy, criminal investigator, special operations investigator, watch commander, two tours with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a task force agent, returning as Commander of the City/County Investigative Bureau. He held the position of major, third in command of the Sheriff's Office at the time of his appointment. Currently, Sheriff Eslinger is a consultant and instructor for the National Sheriff's Association regarding community policing related topics.

Sheriff Eslinger is a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy, Quantico, Virginia. He attended the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Chief Executive Institute, Tallahassee, Florida; the National Academy of Corrections - U.S. Department of Justice, Seminole Community College - Criminal Justice studies; Macomb Community College, Mt. Clements, Michigan - Criminal Justice studies; and National Louis University.

Sheriff Eslinger is involved in numerous community programs, including Seminole Hope (Chairman), Seminole South Rotary Club, Crimeline Board of Directors, Central Florida Prevention Coalition, and Beat the Heat, Inc. (Florida Director). His professional activities include: The Florida Sheriff's Association (Treasurer); the National Sheriff's Association (Director); the Florida Sheriff's Self Insurance Fund (Vice-Chairman, Board of Managers); Florida D.A.R.E. (Chairman, Board of Directors); Florida Jail Standards Committee; Federal Department of Law Enforcement Uniform Crime Reports Advisory Committee; and Central Florida High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area "HIDTA" (Vice Chairman, Executive Board).

DONALD JERRY FEULNER has thirty years of experience in the substance abuse field. In the early 1970's Dr. Feulner administered a large treatment program based in Jersey City, New Jersey. He went on to serve as Chief of Treatment and Rehabilitation of the New Jersey Department of Health Addictions Unit. After three years with the community Health Center in Pensacola, Florida, he became CEO of the Center for Drug-Free Living in Orlando. This is a 25 million dollar organization, which provides prevention, treatment and juvenile justice services to the Central Florida community.

In addition to a broad spectrum of prevention and treatment consulting experiences for the USIA and the Florida Association of Volunteers for Caribbean Action, Dr. Feulner has worked on both of the two former CSAP projects for Prevention TA and Training to the states. In the first project he visited eight states and in the second, an additional five states. He is also a NLI Consultant.

MAJOR B. HARDING was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Governor Lawton Chiles on January 22, 1991. He currently serves as the Court's Chief Justice. Chief Justice Harding is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina. He began his tenure on the bench in Florida with his 1968 appointment as a Duval County juvenile court judge. In December 1970, he was appointed to the circuit bench in the Fourth Judicial Circuit. As a circuit judge, he was elected chief judge in 1974 and again in 1975. At the time of his appointment to the Supreme Court, he was the dean of the Florida Judicial College and Chair-elect of the Florida Conference of Circuit Judges. In 1996, Chief Justice Harding was appointed Chair of the Florida Court Education Council.

Chief Justice Harding received his Bachelor of Science and bachelor of laws degrees from Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1957 and 1959, respectively, and he attended the United States Army Infantry School and the United States Army Judge Advocate General School. He received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Stetson University in 1991. Chief Justice Harding received a degree of Master of Laws in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1995. While at Wake Forest, he was a member of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity, Sigma Chi Fraternity, and Scabbard & Blade Honorary Military Fraternity. He was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1959, to The Florida Bar in 1960, and is a member of the American Bar. From 1960-62, he served as assistant staff judge advocate at Fort Gordon, Georgia, where he received trial experience in general courts martial, legal assistance and government contracts. From 1962-1963, he was the assistant county solicitor prosecuting in Duval County's Criminal Court of Record, and in 1964 he entered private practice. Chief Justice Harding's accomplishments are many.

Most recently, in September 1998, Chief Justice Harding was awarded the Justice Harry Lee Anstead Professionalism Award by the Dade County Trial Lawyers Association. Chief Justice Harding was active in civic affairs in Jacksonville and as a member of a Presbyterian church in Jacksonville, he has served as deacon and elder, and has been active in church education, teaching adults, youth, and primary age children. He is now a member of Christ Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee where he serves as an Elder and Clerk of the Session. Chief Justice Harding and his wife, the former Jane Lewis, have three children: Major, David, and Alice -- and eight grandchildren.

TONI JENNINGS is a well-respected statewide legislative leader and foremost Florida businesswoman. She is currently serving her second successive term as President of the Florida Senate, and is in her fifteenth year as president of the family construction business - Jack Jennings and Sons, Incorporated General Contractors.

In 1976, Toni Jennings walked into the chambers of the Florida House of Representatives, took a seat on the back row with the Republican minority and set off on an excursion few women would have dared to journey. From the back row to the front row, Jennings now stands at the President's rostrum leading a Republican majority Senate. Her 23-year tour has blazed the trail for future Republican women.

Throughout her tenure in the Florida Legislature, President Jennings has garnered a list of accomplishments few have attained. She was the first Republican woman in the state House and Senate elected by her peers to serve as the Republican leader; she was the first woman to serve as chair of the powerful Senate Rules Committee; she served terms on nearly all standing committees; and is the first Senator in history to serve two successive terms as President of the Senate.

Her legislative achievements include bold legislative initiatives to improve Florida's business image. Faced with sky rocketing workers' compensation costs, President Jennings chaired a Select Committee on Worker's Compensation to draft a solution. The recommendations made by the Select Committee served as a framework for legislation passed during a special legislative session. These reforms helped reduce Florida's welfare recipients by nearly half. Most recently, she championed Florida's school readiness program through the State Legislature - ensuring the state's youngest citizens will be ready to enter school when the school bell rings.

President Jennings has been recognized by many of Florida's top public and private organizations for her outstanding leadership. Among them are: Legislator of the Year by the Florida School Board Association, Florida Guardian of Small Businesses from the National Federation of Independent Business and Friends of the First Amendment by the First Amendment Foundation.

As president of Jack Jennings and Sons Construction Company, Senator Jennings established herself early on as a reputable leader in an industry dominated by men. As a leading Central Florida businesswoman, she experiences the typical pressures of running a successful business - making payroll, paying insurance premiums, complying with government requirements and competing for business.

President Jennings is a native Floridian born and raised in Orlando. The eldest of three children, she graduated from Central Florida public schools and later obtained a B.S. degree from Georgia's Wesleyan College. After returning from college, she launched her education career by becoming a fifth-grade teacher at Orlando's Killarney Elementary School.

President Jennings continues to pay the "civic rent" she learned from her father to the Florida communities that have provided the foundation for her success. She is a board member of Salvation Army, Brown and Brown, SunTrust Board of Directors, Metropolitan Orlando Urban League, Inc., and Trustee Emeritus for the Orlando Science Center. Additionally, she has aggressively worked to raise funds for many charitable organizations including the Salvation Army, the Leukemia Society of America, the American Cancer Society, and most recently, the Ronald McDonald Houses throughout Florida.

JOHN F. LAURENT is from Bartow and represents District 17 in the Florida Senate. Senator Laurent is an Attorney, Cattleman and is in Citrus Groves and Real Estate Investments. He has served in the House of Representatives from 1990-1998 and was elected to the Senate March 10, 1998.

Senator Laurent has served on the following legislative committees: Budget-Subcommittee on Public Safety & Judiciary (Chairman); the Judiciary Committee (Vice-Chairman); the Natural Resources Committee; the Transportation Committee; the Select Committee on Apportionment and Redistricting; the Steering Committee on Fiscal Issues; Chairman of the House Water & Resource Management Committee; Chairman of the Governmental Restraint Policy Committee; and lead Republican on Congressional Redistricting.

Senator Laurent's other public service include: Assistant State Attorney, 1972-1974; past chairman, Board of Trustees, Polk Community College; past president, Bartow Chamber of Commerce; former member, Bartow Memorial board of Directors; former member, Polk County Child Development Council; Water Management District Review Commission; and Adoption Task Force, Family Law Section of the Florida Bar.

Senator Laurent is also affiliated with Citrus Mutual; Nature Conservancy; Florida Conservation Association; The National Rifle Association; The Florida Bar; the Polk County Cattlemen's Association; the Florida Cattlemen's Association, and Stop Turning Out Prisoners (S.T.O.P.).

Senator Laurent has received numerous awards including Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association Legislator of the Year 1999, 1997; Florida Home Builders Association Legislator of the Year 1999; Florida Farm Bureau Legislator of the Year 1999; Florida School Board Association Legislator of the Year 1999; Florida Department of Law Enforcement - Recognition for Outstanding Service 1999; TRUE Legislative Appreciation Award 1999; Florida Bar (Real Property & Probate and Trust Law Section) Distinguished Legislative Service Award 1999; American Planning Association, Florida Chapter, Legislative Appreciation Award 1998; Coastal Conservation Association, Florida Legislative Conservation Award 1998; Florida Chamber of Commerce, Top 40 Legislators 1998, 1997; Friend of the Family Award 1997; Nature Conservancy, Friend of the Conservancy 1997, 1998; Florida Home Builders Association - Recognition Award; Police Benevolent Association - Appreciation Award; and the Florida Farm Bureau Legislative Award, 1996.

Senator Laurent graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S., Economics in 1969 and received his J.D. in 1972. He is married to Martha Espinosa of Cuba and has two children: John Alex and George

EVELYN J. LYNN is from Ormond Beach and represents District 27 in the Florida House of Representatives. She is a consultant and retired educator. Representative Lynn was elected to the House in 1994 and reelected subsequently.

Some of her areas of public service include: Ormond Beach City Commission 1991-1994; Florida Commission on Education Reform and Accountability; the Commissioner of Education's Blue Ribbon Committee; the National Conference of State Legislature's Fatherhood Advisory Committee and the Drug Strategies Task Force; Women's Caucus Chair; Institute on Urban Policy and Commerce; and the Governor's Task Force on Domestic Violence.

Representative Lynn's affiliations include: Seaside Music Theater; Stewart-Marchman Center board member and past vice president; Halifax Medical Center Foundation board member and past secretary; member of the Museum of Arts and Sciences Endowment; Pioneer Settlement for the Creative Arts Advisory Board; Art League of Daytona Beach Trustee; Civic League of the Halifax Area; Tiger Bay Club of Volusia County; member of the Ormond Beach Historical Trust; Phi Delta Kappa; United Way of Volusia County board member; Volusia County Women's Network; Junior League Community Advisory Board 1997-1998; and the Women Legislators' Lobby.

Representative Lynn has received numerous awards which include: Republican Leader's Freshman Award for Most Diligent Member on Education 1994-1996; Florida Association of Community Colleges Legislative Service Award 1997; Bethune-Cookman College Women's Advisory Board Valentine 1997; Florida Chamber of Commerce Top 40 Legislators Award 1997, 1998, and 1999; Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities Legislator of the Year Award 1997; Florida Chapter/National Women's Political Caucus Special Award 1997; District 12 Girls Initiative Girls Leadership Award 1997; State Courts Dependency Court Improvement Committee Special Appreciation 1998; Florida School Board Association 1998 Legislator of the Year; Children's Advocacy Center Friend of Children Award 1998; Boys and Girls Club C.A.R.E. Award 1999; ACE/FAAE Senator Bob Johnson Award for Arts Education Support 1998; The Family Source of Florida Child Abuse Prevention Award 1998; Howard A. Doolin Memorial Award for music and arts education 1998; Daytona Beach Community College Child Care Endowment honoree 1999; Florida Museum Service Award 1999; Sickle Cell Association Award 1999; Westside Business and Professional Association Community Service Award 1999; Healthy Start Appreciation Award 1999; and FMA Legislator of the Year.

Representative Lynn has a B.A. from Queens College in New York, 1950; M.A. from Stetson University, 1969; and an Ed.D. from University of Florida, 1979. She has two children; Karen Jans and Robert Grimm, and one grandchild, Sara Jans.

JAMES R. MCDONOUGH is the Director of the Florida Office of Drug Control Policy. Appointed by Governor Bush, he is responsible for the coordination of all State efforts to decrease drug abuse and its consequences in Florida.

From 1996-1999, he was Director of Strategy for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the White House agency that leads the nation's efforts to reduce drug abuse and its consequences on the American people. In that capacity he was the advisor to the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy on the comprehensive strategy to reduce the demand for and cut the supply of drugs in America. He was a key player in the conceptualization, planning and execution of national drug policies.

He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the United States Military Academy. He served a full career as a United States Army Officer before assuming his current position. During his active military service he held a number of key assignments, to include command at every level through brigade; senior military assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; Director of the School of Advanced Military Studies; and the principal author of the Army's central war fighting doctrine, Field Manual 100-5 Operations. He concluded his career in command of the Southern European Task Force (SETAF) Infantry Brigade (Airborne) with operational deployments to Africa (Rwanda/Zaire/Uganda) and the Balkans (Bosnia).

In addition to his military assignments, he served as an associate professor of political science and international affairs at the United States Military Academy, as an analyst with the Defense Nuclear Agency, and as a detailee to the US State Department.

In 1997 Mr. McDonough was Editor-in-Chief of the National Defense Panel, a congressionally mandated panel tasked with preparing a report on the challenges and opportunities of US defense strategy in the next century.

He is author of a number of professional articles and has published three books: Platoon Leader (also a movie), The Defense of Hill 781, and The Limits of Glory.

JOHN MCKAY was first elected State Senator in 1990 and has been reelected subsequently. He represents District 26, which includes Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, Highlands and Sarasota counties.

Senator McKay is Chairman of the Rules and Calendar Committee, which determines the legislation that is placed on the Senate calendar. In 2001 and 2002, Senator McKay will be President of the Senate. Senator McKay currently serves on the following committees: Agriculture and Consumer Services, Children and Families. Commerce and Economic Opportunities, Fiscal Resource that is responsible for all revenue and investment operations of state government, and Gubernatorial Appointments and Confirmation.

Senator McKay also serves on the Southern Growth Policies Board, which creates strategies for economic development, and Florida's Economic Summit, which brings together Florida's government and business leaders in an effort to improve the economic quality of life for Floridians.

Senator McKay is a sixth generation Floridian who graduated from Florida State University in 1971. He is in the commercial real estate business.

JOHN L. MICA was first elected to the United States Congress in 1992 to serve the East Central Florida 7th Congressional District, which consists of the suburban area between Orlando and Daytona Beach, Florida. Congressman Mica is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives (1976-1980) and is currently serving his fourth term in Congress.

Congressman Mica is currently Chairman of the U.S. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources. As Chairman he has become a national leader in development of our nation's counter-narcotics policy and has worked to strengthen our anti-drug effort.

Congressman Mica has worked on the drug issue since the early 1980s when he served as Chief of Staff to Florida U.S. Senator Paula Hawkins. During that time, he helped draft legislation later enacted into law, which prohibits drug producing countries from receiving foreign aid and financial assistance from the United States, unless they are actively helping in the fight against drugs.

In Congress, he has helped direct our national, State and local anti-drug efforts. He has conducted more than 40 committee hearings in Washington and around the country, including one held in Central Florida on the heroin epidemic that has killed dozens of young Americans in the Orlando area. He is a national leader in promoting drug education, prevention, enforcement, eradication and interdiction programs.

In February, 2000, Congressman Mica organized and hosted, along with the Speaker of the House and U.S. Drug Czar; General Barry McCaffrey, a two-day international drug summit in Washington focusing on global trafficking trends and a new Colombia strategy. Ministers from more than 20 countries attended.

Congressman Mica is a graduate of the University of Florida (1967) and Miami-Dade Community College (1965). Mica, 57, and his wife, Patricia, have been married for twenty-seven years, have two children and have resided in Central Florida since 1972.

SANDRA MURMAN is going into her fourth year as a member of the Florida House of Representatives. Currently, she serves as the Chair of Children and Families. She also serves on the following committees: Environmental Protection, Health and Family Service Appropriations, Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations, and Transportation. Recently, the Speaker of the House appointed Representative Murman to serve on the Commission on Responsible Fatherhood, and she is also a member of the Commission for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, and the Jimmy Ryce Enforcement Task Force.

She represents the citizens of District 56, which covers Davis Island, Gibsonton, Riverview, parts of Brandon, downtown Tampa, Seminole Heights and Carrollwood.

Before deciding to seek election to her present office, Representative Murman had a successful career in business as a manager and sales representative for Top 500 Companies.

Representative Murman has spent many hours volunteering her time to make children safer, smarter, healthier, and better prepared for the future. She has been directly involved with more than 20 organizations that support our community and enhances the lives of our children. Her hands on approach to helping others have earned her recognition and numerous awards for her unequaled support, such as the Police Chiefs Association Legislative Award. Her commitment to Florida's children is well noted and is evident by her selection to the Florida Bar's Commission on the Legal Needs of Children.

As a civic leader, Representative Murman has held very distinguished positions, such as the President of the Children's Home, Brandon Chamber of Commerce Board member, Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County Board member, Goodwill Industries Board member, and Community Support Coordinator for Metropolitan Ministries.

A native of Indiana and a graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Marketing, Representative Murman was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1996. She won a seat in the Florida House of Representatives for the first time in 1996.

She is married to local attorney Jim Murman and they have a daughter, Michele, 16.

ROB PORTMAN is currently in his sixth year in Congress representing the Second Congressional District in Southwest Ohio. He has become widely recognized as one of the most effective legislators in Congress. In fact, during the last Congress alone, nine bills authored or co-authored by Congressman Portman passed the House and Senate and were signed into law by the President.

Congressman Portman is perhaps best known for his work to reform the Internal Revenue Service. He served as Co-Chairman of the National Commission on Restructuring the IRS, a blue-ribbon panel of experts that developed the most comprehensive overhaul of the IRS since 1952. The Commission's recommendations served as the basis for the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act -- the sweeping IRS reform legislation that became law on July 22, 1998. Many observers regard this legislation as the most important accomplishment of the 105th Congress.

He has also gained national recognition for his leadership in the fight against illegal drug abuse. He is the first Member of Congress to establish an anti-drug coalition in his District, bringing together local community activists, business, education and religious leaders, parents and students. He authored the Drug-Free Communities Act, which is designed to support community-based solutions to the drug problem and was signed into law in June, 1997. He also authored the Drug-Free Workplace Act and the Drug Demand Reduction Act that were signed into law on October, 1998 to give parents, teachers, businesses and community leaders new tools in the fight against drugs. He has received awards from numerous national anti-drug organizations -- including PRIDE, CADCA and the National Red Ribbon Campaign -- for his efforts.

In 1995, after less than two years in Congress, he was chosen to serve on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee. He is one of the most junior Members ever to be named to this panel, which has jurisdiction over key national policies, including federal tax laws, Social Security, international trade, and health care and welfare reform. While serving on the committee, he has authored a number of bills that have been signed into law that expand the availability of retirement plans for millions of Americans; simplify the complex rules governing certain classifications of small businesses; exempt most home sales from capital gains taxes; improve Medicare's hospice benefits; and protect the pension plans of state and local government employees.

Before his election to Congress, he practiced business and international law as a partner in the Cincinnati law firm of Graydon, Head and Ritchey. He left Cincinnati from 1989 to 1991 to serve in the Bush White House -- first, as Associate Counsel to the President, and then as Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Congressman Portman was born and raised in Cincinnati. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Michigan Law School. He continues to keep his home in the Second District with his wife, Jane, and their three children.

DEBBY P. SANDERSON is a Republican State Legislator who was first elected in 1982 and has been subsequently re-elected and is serving her 9th term (18th year) in the Florida House of Representatives. She was the 1990 chairman of the 20 members Broward Legislative Delegation and its only Republican House Member.

Her district includes portions of eastern Fort Lauderdale, beginning with the Las Olas Isles - going north and includes Lauderdale By the Sea, Pompano Beach east of the intracoastal, Lighthouse Point, east Deerfield Beach, the Hillsboro Mile and 40,000 residents of eastern Boca Raton.

Representative Sanderson moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1958, graduated from Fort Lauderdale High, Class of '59 and attended Broward Community College and Florida Atlantic University. She has been married to Dr. Pete Sanderson for 34 years.

Representative Sanderson has received numerous awards and is active in many civic and charitable organizations. She currently serves on the following House Committees: Chairman of the Health & Human Services Appropriations Committee, the General Appropriations Committee, the Fiscal Responsibility Council, the Health Care Services Committee, and the Business Development and International Trade Committee. She is one of the few Republicans appointed to serve as a Conferee on every Budget Conference Committee for the past 11 years. In 1990, she was appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives as the only Republican member in the House to serve on the Constitutional Taxation and Budget Reform Commission.

After the 1998 Legislative Session, Representative Sanderson received a 100% on her voting record for issues vital to Associated Industries. She has been designated by the Florida Chamber of Commerce as one of its "Top 40" legislators, and NFIB have also ranked her as one of 17 legislators receiving 100% for her voting record.

RONALD SILVER is from North Miami Beach and represents Florida Senate District 38. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1978 and served there until 1992, when he was elected to the Florida Senate. Senator Silver has been subsequently reelected. While in the legislature, Senator Silver has served as the Chairman of the Dade County Legislative Delegation (1982-1983, 1995-1996), the House Majority Whip (1984-1986), the House Majority Leader (1986-1988), the House Floor Leader for Governor (1990-1992), and the Senate Majority Leader (1994). Currently, he is Chairman of the Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, is Vice Chairman of the Governmental Oversight and Productivity Committee, and is a member of the Committees on Criminal Justice and the Judiciary.

Senator Silver, by occupation, is an attorney and a member of the Florida Bar, American Judges Association, and North Dade Bar Association. Senator Silver has received numerous awards which include: the Florida Sheriff's Association Legislative and Senator of the Year Awards, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Outstanding Senate Member Award, the Police Benevolent Society Outstanding Senator of the Year Award, the Association of Counties County Champion Award, the United Teachers of Dade Public School Education and Leadership in the Florida Senate Award, the United States Department of Justice/Drug Enforcement Administration Legislative Leadership Award, the Council on Aging Humanitarian Leadership Award, the Allen Morris Award, and the Florida League of Cities Quality Floridian Award. Senator Silver is married to Irene Huth of Savannah, Georgia and has two children, Elayne and Joel and one grandchild, Jordyn Emily Hollander.

JOHN A. STEWART is a professional educator who has devoted his expertise and energies to helping students for over 30 years. Dr. Stewart began his career as a high school teacher in Indiana, and moved to Florida in 1968. After serving as an assistant principal and principal for 12 years in Central Florida, he became Superintendent of Polk County Schools in 1983. He lead the 46th largest school district with 73,000 students, 106 schools and an annual budget of $550 million.

Dr. Stewart's leadership was recognized nationally for administering school-based programs and initiatives to promote and reward educational achievement and excellence. Dr. Stewart's scholarly works have been published nationally, and many at state and national conferences have enjoyed his presentations. Some of the accolades he has earned include: Outstanding Administrator of the Year, State Superintendent of the Year, and National Superintendent of the Year Finalist.

He and his wife, Susan, are proud parents of two married daughters. As an active member of the community in Central Florida, Dr. Stewart served on the boards of many educational, cultural, and civic organizations vital to the welfare of the area.

JOHN THRASHER is the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A Jacksonville native, Speaker John Thrasher obtained his bachelor's degree in business from Florida State University before joining the United States Army. He served first in Germany, where he received the Army Commendation Medal, and later in Vietnam, where he was awarded two Bronze Stars. Thrasher attained the rank of captain before his honorable discharge.

Speaker Thrasher returned to Tallahassee and earned his law degree with honors from the Florida State University College of Law. He was in private law practice in Daytona Beach and Tallahassee for several years before returning to Jacksonville to serve as general counsel of the Florida Medical Association, a position he held for 20 years. Speaker Thrasher is currently of counsel to the law firm of Smith, Hulsey & Busey in Jacksonville.

His political career began with election to the Clay County School Board in 1986, where he served as vice chairman, then chairman, of the Board before running for the Florida House of Representatives. In 1992, he was elected to his first term as a state representative and was reelected without opposition in 1994, 1996, and 1998. For the last several years he has been ranked as one of the most effective members of the House of Representatives according to the Miami Herald. On November 17, 1998, the House of Representatives unanimously elected John Thrasher as Speaker of the House for the 1999-2000 term.

Speaker Thrasher has distinguished himself as a champion for causes that concern all Floridians: quality education, fighting crime, and preserving family values, while assuring that tax dollars are not wasted on extravagant government programs. At the beginning of the 1999 Session, Speaker Thrasher had six pieces of significant legislation he wanted to pass and have signed into law by the Governor. 1) A billion dollar tax cut for Florida's working families and small businesses and a budget that increased funding across the board for education and health and human services programs; 2) The Bush/Brogan A+Plan that would return choice to parents, and opportunities for a better education to our schoolchildren; 3) The preservation and protection of our state's natural resources, popularly known as the Florida Forever plan; 4) Public Safety legislation called 10-20-Life and Three Strikes You're Out, designed to keep violent criminals behind bars while providing harsher penalties against people who commit crimes while using a gun; 5) An end to frivolous lawsuits that increase product costs and penalize small businesses and consumers ; 6) A School Readiness program to ensure that all children enter school ready to learn and succeed. All of these programs were passed by the House and Senate and are now law in the state of Florida.

Speaker John Thrasher and his wife, Jean, have three children and one grandchild. They have lived in Orange Park, Florida, for 22 years, where John is an elder in the Orange Park Presbyterian Church.

ALEX VILLALOBOS is from Miami and represents Florida House District 112. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1992 and reelected subsequently without opposition. Representative Villalobos is currently Chairman of the House Criminal Justice Appropriations Committee. While in the Legislature, Representative Villalobos has acted as attorney for Speaker Daniel Webster before the Florida Supreme Court (case #92-474 Chiles v. Webster) and has been active on: the Commission on Legislative Reform of Judicial Administration; Florida Legislature Project; National Conference of State Legislatures Assembly on State issues 1995-1996; Dade County Legislative Delegation (Chair 1994-1995); Cuban-American Caucus (Chair 1995-1996, Vice Chair 1993-1994); Working Group to Investigate Comprehensive Juvenile Justice Reform Prospects; Republican Caucus Rapid Response Team; Cuban-American Caucus Scholarship Fund (Chair); Florida House of Representatives Republican Caucus, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties Campaign Committee Key Member; Implementation Task

Representative Villalobos' other areas of service include the National Interbranch Conference on Funding of the State Courts (alternate member 1995-1996); Florida Supreme Court 21st Century Justice Project; and Implementation Task Force on Domestic Violence.

Representative Villalobos is an attorney who has received numerous awards for his work on various commission and boards, some of which include: Florida Women's Political Caucus Stand Alone Award 1993; Dade County League of Cities Good Government Award 1993; We Will Rebuild Legislative Appreciation Award 1993; Dade County Psychological Association Outstanding Advocacy for Florida Families Award 1993; Florida Chamber of Commerce Cornerstone of Florida Business Award 1993; Republican House Leadership and the House Republican Caucus Champion for Florida's Children Award 1994; Metro-Dade Office of Victims Services (honored for his support and development of legislation dealing with domestic violence) 1994; Florida Commission on the Status of Women Special Recognition Award 1994, Florida Rehabilitation Facilities Legislator of the Year 1997; Florida Conference of circuit Court Judges Leadership Award 1998; Florida Autism Coalition Shining Star Award 1998; the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence Advocate Award 1995; Florida Conference of Circuit Court Judges Leadership Award 1998; Dade County Psychological Association Legislator of the Year Award 1999; Miami-Dade Police Department Certificate of Appreciation; and the Florida Police Chiefs Association Legislative Award 1999.

Representative Villalobos' other professional experience include: Member U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii; Member U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; Member U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; Member of the Florida Bar; Adjunct Professor at Florida International University (Constitutional Law); and Assistant State Attorney, 2nd Judicial Circuit of Florida, Tallahassee.

Representative Villalobos received his B.A. from the University of Miami in 1985 and his J.D. from the Florida State University in 1988. He is married to Barbara and has one child named Katherine.