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Joie
Alexander District 3 representative
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Joie Alexander represents District 3 on the Volusia County Council. Her district includes Port Orange, a small area of South Daytona, New Smyrna Beach, Edgewater and Oak Hill.
She holds the designations of Certified County Commissioner and Advanced County Commissioner from the Florida Association of Counties.
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Government experience
- Chair, Volusia County’s 2010 Census Complete Count Committee
- Chair, Volusia County Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
- Chair, Volusia County Value Adjustment Board
- Chair, Public Safety Coordinating Council
- Chair, Beach Concession Review Board
- Member, Florida Association of Counties (FAC) Board of Directors
- Treasurer, Florida Counties Foundation (FCF) Board
- Member, FAC Steering Committee, New Commissioner Handbook
- Member, FAC Strategic Planning Committee (2009-2014 Plan)
- Member, Volusia County Claims Committee
- Member, Central Florida MPO Alliance
- Member, VCOG Smart Growth Committee
- Former member, East Central Florida Regional Planning Council
- Former member, Substance Abuse Policy Advisory Board
- Former member, myregion.org Board of Directors
- Former member, School Readiness Coalition
- Member, Volusia County Canvassing Board, 2004-2005, 2008-2009
Community service
- Vice President of Government Affairs, Crime Stoppers of NE Florida
- Vice President of Government Affairs, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
- Board member, United Way Women's Initiative Board
- Board member, Daytona State College Women's Center Advisory Board
- Member, Rotary International, Daytona Beach Chapter
- Member, NAACP DeLand Chapter
- Member, Volusia County Women’s Network
- Member, Phi Delta Kappa, East Central Florida Chapter, President 1999
- Member, Mary McLeod-Bethune Statue Committee
- Past chair, Florida’s Coast to Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross
- Former member, State Service Council of American Red Cross
- Former member, American Red Cross Blood Council
- Former loan executive/volunteer, United Way
- Former member, Conklin Center Celebrity Auction Committee
- Graduate, Citizens Academy, 2002
Education
Ms. Alexander received a bachelor’s degree in Business Education and a master’s degree in Business from Georgia Southern University, and a specialist degree in Educational Leadership from Nova University.
Employment
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She was employed by the School District of Volusia County from 1978 to 1999, serving as Principal of Samsula Elementary School, Director of Personnel, Staff Development Specialist, and Department Chair/Teacher at DeLand High School.
In 1999, she was named Elementary Principal of the Year by the Florida Art Education Association of the State of Florida.
Previously, she was owner of Budget Rent-A-Car of DeLand; Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Ga.; caseworker for Florida’s Department of Welfare; and a realtor for Hayward Brown Inc. and Spruce Creek Fly-in Realty.Personal
Ms. Alexander moved to Volusia County in 1977 and has lived in DeLand, New Smyrna Beach and the Port Orange area. She has one daughter, Andrea (Mrs. Jim Gleason), and four grand-children (Jared, Thad, Ali-Mae, and Tucker).
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