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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.
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.