Districts and Chairs
Florida is a long, spread-out geographical area, 850 miles from Pensacola to Key West. In order to stay close to its members, FEMEA has divided the state into seven districts, starting with the Keys in District I, progressing north to Jacksonville in District V, moving west to the edge of the state with Pensacola in District VI, then diving southeast to District VII with Palm Beach.

 

District I Chair: 
Lu Anne Leone

Counties in District I:
Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe
 


District II Chair:  Barbara Sullivan
 

Counties in District II:
Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee,
Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, and Sarasota

 


District III Chair: 
Ernesta Chicklowski

Counties in District III:
Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, and Polk


 

 
District IV Chair:  Merrybeth Schmidt

Counties in District IV:
Brevard, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia 

 
 
District V Chair:  Cynthia Tickel

Counties in District V:
Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Marion, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee, and Union
 
District VI Chair:  Ann Leffard

Counties in District VI:
Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsen, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington


 
District VII Chair:  
Karen VanBeek

Counties in District VII:
Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie