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    Florida Board of Education

    By Times staff writer

    © St. Petersburg Times,
    published July 23, 2001

    JIM HORNE (secretary of education)

    BACKGROUND: Certified public accountant. State senator elected from a northeast Florida district in 1994, where he served as Senate Appropriations Committee chairman.

    PARTY: Republican.

    EDUCATION: B.S. in accounting from Florida State University.

    HOME: Orange Park.

    * * *

    PHIL HANDY (chairman)

    BACKGROUND: Financier who was chairman of the Education Governance Reorganization Transition Task Force. Launched the 1992 "Eight is Enough" referendum in which Florida voters overwhelmingly approved term limits.

    PARTY: Republican

    EDUCATION: B.A. in economics from Princeton University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

    HOME: Winter Park.

    * * *

    JULIA JOHNSON

    BACKGROUND: Former member of the Public Service Commission.

    PARTY: Democrat

    EDUCATION: B.S. and J.D. degrees from the University of Florida.

    HOME: Orlando.

    * * *

    T. WILLARD FAIR

    BACKGROUND: Founder of Liberty Charter School in Miami. President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Miami. Member of the Board of Trustees of Miami-Dade Community College and Florida International University.

    PARTY: None. Backed Jeb Bush in 1998.

    EDUCATION: B.A. from Johnson C. Smith University and M.S.W. from the Atlanta University School of Social Work.

    HOME: Miami.

    * * *

    LINDA EADS

    BACKGROUND: Administrator at Nova Southeastern University.

    PARTY: Republican

    EDUCATION: B.E. from University of Miami, M.A. from the University of Northern Colorado and a Ph.D. in education from Nova Southeastern University.

    HOME: Miami.

    * * *

    CAROLYN ROBERTS

    BACKGROUND: Owner of a real estate agency. Former chair of the Florida Board of Regents.

    PARTY: Republican

    HOME: Ocala

    * * *

    CHARLES P. GARCIA

    BACKGROUND: Decorated former Air Force officer and current chairman and chief executive officer of Sterling Financial Investment Group.

    PARTY: Republican

    EDUCATION: B.S. degree from the U.S. Air Force Academy, M.P.A. from the University of Oklahoma and a J.D. from Columbia University's School of Law.

    HOME: Boca Raton.

    * * *

    WILLIAM L. PROCTOR

    BACKGROUND: President of Flagler College in St. Augustine for 30 years.

    PARTY: Republican.

    EDUCATION: Graduate of Florida State University with a B.S. in education and an M.S. and Ph.D. in education administration.

    HOME: St. Augustine.

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