Billie Wheeler

Billie Wheeler is the District 2 representative on the Volusia County Council. District 2 includes Ponce Inlet, Wilbur-by-the-Sea, Daytona Beach Shores, Daytona, South Daytona, Port Orange and parts of unincorporated Volusia County. She began a four-year term in January 2017 and was re-elected to a two-year term in November 2020.

Government experience

Chair, River to Sea TPO, 2021-2022
Census 2020, Volusia County Complete Count Committee Co-chair
City Council member, Daytona Beach Shores, 2010-2016
Director, Volusia League of Cities, 2011-2013, 2015-2016
President, Volusia League of Cities, 2014
Director, Florida League of Cities, 2012-2015
Executive Director, Florida League of Cities, 2016
Florida League of Cities Legislative Policy Committee on Transportation, 2011-2014
Florida League of Cities Legislative Policy Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, 2014-2016
National League of Cities Policy Committee for Public Safety and Crime Prevention, 2012
Member, River to Sea TPO Board, 2010-2016

Education

Graduate of Northwestern High School
Seminole State College
Institute for Elected Municipal Elected Officials, 2011
Advanced Institute for Elected Municipal Officials, 2011
Florida League of Cities University Training for “Best Budget Practices”
Florida League of Cities University Training “Developing and Communicating your City Budget”
MPOAC Institute for Elected Officials

Community Service

Port Orange Certified Victim Advocate
Hospice
Honor Air for WWII Veterans
Port Orange Eagles Auxiliary
VFW 3282 Auxiliary
Halifax Yacht Club Commodores
Daytona Beach Symphony Guild
Daytona Beach Museum of Arts & Sciences Guild
Ponce Inlet Women’s Club
Daytona State College Advisory Board for the Center for Women and Men

Employment

Deputy Treasurer, Clark County
Business owner with her husband of an accounting and tax service for over 30 years

Personal

Mrs. Wheeler and her late husband, Jim, have a combined family of eight children and 23 grandchildren, a Yorkie and a Maltese. She lives in Daytona Beach Shores and is a member of the First Baptist Church.