Florida School Boards Association
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Lee Swift
President
Lee Swift is president of the Florida School Boards Association and will complete his seventeenth year of school board service in November 2011. He has held numerous offices and committee leadership posts in the Florida School Boards Association over the last eight years, as well as being on the boards of the Florida School Boards Insurance Trust and the Florida Educators Purchasing Consortium.
He currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Charlotte County School Board in Punta Gorda, FL.
Dr. Wayne Blanton
Executive Director
Dr. Wayne Blanton is the executive director of the Florida School Boards Association, a position he has held since 1985. Prior to that, Dr. Blanton served as Assistant Director for 10 years. During his 35 years of representing school boards, he has worked closely with local, state, and federal education officials and legislators to promote public education throughout the state of Florida.
Dr. Blanton has written extensively on education issues and finance for numerous publications, and has been a vocal supporter of our schools, having given hundreds of presentations before school boards, PTA groups, legislative committees, and business groups. He is an active member of his community having served as local and state president of the Florida Association for Retarded Citizens, United Cerebral Palsy of Florida, and President of the FSU College of
Education Alumni Association. He is a veteran of Vietnam and the proud father of two children who attended public schools and Florida State University.
He received his Ph.D. from Florida State University, his Masters Degree from Florida A & M University, and his undergraduate degree from Florida State University. He has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Florida State University College of Education, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Flagler College.