Public Liaison Advisory Committee
Committee Members
Pursuant to s. 1006.20(6), Florida Statutes, the Association shall establish, sustain, fund and provide staff support to a Public Liaison Advisory Committee composed of the following: the Commissioner of Education or his or her designee; a member public school principal; a member nonpublic school principal; a member school principal who is a member of a racial minority; an active athletic director; an active coach, who is employed full time by a member school; a student-athlete; a district school superintendent; a district school board member; a member of the Florida House of Representatives; a member of the Florida Senate; a parent of a high school student; a member of a home education association; a representative of the business community; and a representative of the news media.
The authority and duties of the Public Liaison Advisory Committee are to act as a conduit through which the general public may have input into the decision-making process of the Association and to assist the Association in the development of procedures regarding the receipt of public input and disposition of complaints related to high school athletic and competition programs; to conduct public hearings annually in each of the four administrative sections during which interested parties may address issues regarding the effectiveness of the rules, operation, and management of the organization; and to conduct an annual evaluation of its findings, organization as a whole and recommendations to the Board of Directors, to the Executive Director of Education, and to the respective education committees of the Florida Senate and Florida House of Representatives. The recommendations must delineate policies and procedures that will improve the implementation and oversight of high school athletic programs by the organization.
The Public Liaison Advisory Committee shall meet four times annually. Additional meetings may be called by the committee chairperson, the Association president, or the Executive Director.
To e-mail everyone in the PLAC at once: publicinput [at] fhsaa [dot] org (click here).
blumerd [at] pcsb [dot] org (Donna Blumer), committee chairperson
Dixie Hollins High School
4940 62nd St. North
St. Petersburg, FL 33709
Phone: (727) 547-7876
Fax: (727) 547-7727
Represents: Athletic Directors
supt [at] gm [dot] sbac [dot] edu (Dr. Dan Boyd)
Alachua County Public Schools
620 E. University Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32601
Phone: (352) 955-7880
Fax: (352) 955-7255
Represents: Superintendents
jacksovl [at] gm [dot] sbac [dot] edu (Veita Carter-Jackson)
Hawthorne Middle/High School
21403 S.E. 69th Ave.
Hawthorne, FL 32640
Phone: (352) 481-1900
Fax: (352) 481-4859
Represents: Member School Principals (Minority)
consultingbrenda [at] gmail [dot] com (Brenda Dickinson)
PO Box 12563
Tallahassee, FL 32317
Phone: (850) 877-3494
Represents: Home Education
BigRandle [at] ymail [dot] com (Randy Dickson)
631 Lloyd St.
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32547
Represents: News Media
hallgirl47 [at] gmail [dot] com (Katilia Hall)
944 NW 34th Ave.
Gainesville, FL 32609
Represents: Parents
publicinput [at] fhsaa [dot] org (Jennifer Kizza)
Eastside High School
Represents: Student-Athletes
hankersone [at] leonschools [dot] net (Earl Hankerson)
Rickards High School
3013 Jim Lee Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: (850) 488-1783
Fax: (850) 922-7104
Represents: Coaches
herschwp [at] gm [dot] sbac [dot] edu (Bill Herschleb)
Santa Fe High School
16213 N. US Highway 441
Alachua, FL 32615
Phone: (386) 462-1125
Fax: (386) 462-1711
Represents: Public Schools
oelrich [dot] steve [dot] web [at] flsenate [dot] gov (Steve Oelrich)
State Senator
4131 NW 28th Lane, Suite 7
Gainesville, FL 32606
Phone: (352) 375-3555
Fax: (352) 955-6262
Represents: Florida Senate
bill [dot] proctor [at] myfloridahouse [dot] gov (Bill Proctor)
State Representative
900 State Road 16, Suite 2
St. Augustine, FL 32084
Phone: (904) 823-2550
Fax: (904) 823-2552
Represents: Florida House of Representatives
djsmith [at] volusia [dot] k12 [dot] fl [dot] us (Diane Smith)
Volusia County School Board
1355 Voltaire St.
Deltona, FL 32725
Phone: (386) 216-7901
Represents: School Boards
holly [dot] thompson [at] mfathletic [dot] com (Holly Thompson)
MF Athletic
411 Keenan Avenue
Fort Myers, FL 33919
Phone: (800) 667-9363
Represents: Business Community
TrainerJ [at] bolles [dot] org (Dr. John Trainer)
The Bolles School
7400 San Jose Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32217
Phone: (904) 733-9292
Fax: (904) 739-9363
Represents: Non-Public Schools
Nichole [dot] Wilder [at] fldoe [dot] org (Nichole Wilder)
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines St., Suite 432
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Phone: (850) 245-0480
Represents: Commissioner of Education