ELECTED PLI ALUMNI
The Polls Have Spoken
Since its inception in 2008, over 30 graduates from the Central Florida Public Leadership Institute have served in public office in our region. Other graduates are actively considering their candidacies for further elections. Successful graduates include:
- Senate President Ben Albritton
- Former Seminole County Supervisor of Elections Chris Anderson
- Former Osceola School Board Member Jon Arguello
- State Senator Kristen Arrington
- Osceola County Commissioner Brandon Arrington
- Polk County Supervisor of Elections (former State Representative) Melony Bell
- Former Winter Park Mayor Ken Bradley
- Winter Springs City Commissioner District 2 Victoria Bruce
- State Senator Colleen Burton
- Orange County School Board Member Melissa Byrd
- Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Judge Melanie Chase
- Osceola County Commissioner Peggy Choudhry
- Orange County Court Judge Eric DuBois
- Former Clermont City Council Member Ebo Entsuah
- Former Orange County Clerk of the Court Eddie Fernandez
- Orange County School Board Member Pam Gould
- Canaveral Port Authority District 4 Commissioner Bob Harvey
- Former Canaveral Port Authority District 5 Commissioner Robyn Hattaway
- Seminole County Commissioner Andria Herr
- City of Sanford Mayor Christina Hollerbach
- Former Winter Springs Mayor Charles Lacey
- Lake Mary City Commissioner District 4 Daniel Lopez
- City of Belle Isle Commissioner Katy McGinnis
- Seminole County School Board Member Holton Mills
- City of Altamonte Springs Commissioner Bob O’Malley
- Former State Representative Bobby Olszewski
Lake County Commissioner Sean Parks - Seminole County Supervisor of Elections (former Seminole County School Board Member) Amy Pennock
- Former Orange County School Board Member Nancy Robbinson
- Orange County Commissioner Mike Scott
- Ninth Judicial Circuit Judge Ralph Seegobin
- Former Daytona Beach City Councilwoman Edith Shelley
- City of Oviedo Mayor Megan Sladek
- State Representative David Smith
- Florida State Representative Leonard Spencer
- Former Winter Park City Commissioner Sarah Sprinkel
- Orange County Court Judge Elizabeth J. Starr
- Former Seminole County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor Scott Sturgill
- Former Orange County Commissioner Jennifer Thompson
About PLI
A unique nonpartisan, regional initiative was designed to prepare and strengthen the next generation of public leaders before they formally choose to run for an office or seek an appointment to a government board or commission.
PLI Graduates
Graduates are contributing through service on government boards and commissions or impacting public policy and politics.