Donald Jay Gaetz

Family

Wife: Victoria; 2 Children: Matthew, Erin,

EDUCATION

MA, Public Administration, Troy State University, 1999
BA, Religion/Political Science, Concordia College, 1971

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Candidate, Florida State Senate, District 1, 2024
Member, Constitution Revision Commission, 2017-2018
President, Florida State Senate, 2012-2014
Senator, Florida State Senate, District 1, 2006-2016; 2024-present
Superintendent, Okaloosa County School District, 2000-2006
Chairman, Okaloosa School Board, 1994-2000
Town Chairman, Seaside, Florida, 1990-1991

COMMITTEES

Education Pre-K-12 Committee
Ethics and Elections Committee
Finance and Tax Committee
Fiscal Policy Committee
Health Policy Committee
Joint Committee on Administrative Procedures
Judiciary Committee
Rules Committee
Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Co-Founder/Vice-Chair, VITAS Healthcare Corporation, 1984-2004

RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Fellow, Churchill Center, present
Member, Theodore Roosevelt Association, present
Member, National Press Club, present
Member, Capitol Hill Club, present
Former Chair, Board of Trustees, Cushman School
Former Chair, National Hospice Organization
Former Chair, Bluewater Elementary School Advisory Council
Former Co-Founder/Chair, Florida State Hospice Organization
Former Member, United States Capitol Historical Society
Former Member, University of West Florida Presidential Selection Committee
Former Member, Air Force Association
Former Member, Gulf Coast Council, Boy Scouts of America
Former Member, Niceville-Valparaiso-Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Former Member, Board of Directors, Niceville-Valparaiso Youth Baseball
Former Member, Board of Directors, James Madison Institute
Former Member, Board of Directors, Salvation Army
Former Member, Board of Directors, Bob Hope Village, Air Force Enlisted Widows Foundation
Member, Okaloosa County Republican Club