
NACo has 10 policy steering committees and 21 other committees covering a wide range of county issues. Policy steering committee members are nominated by state associations and serve one-year terms. Any committee or subcommittee chairs and vice chairs are appointed by the NACo President.
Policy steering committees review and make recommendations on federal policy issues and legislation like transportation, infrastructure, healthcare, public safety and public lands management. They start the policy development process leading to the development of the American County Platform, which guides the county government message presented to the Administration, Congress, U.S. Courts and the American public.
To serve on a policy steering committee, you must submit a nomination form to FAC. It is then approved by the Executive Director at FAC and forwarded to NACo for consideration. Please mark on the nomination form your first and second choice for which policy steering committee you would like to serve. Only eight individuals from any state (including up to two from any one county) can serve on a particular committee. NACo will notify you of your appointment in September. To view the nomination form, click here.
Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Responsible for all matters pertaining to USDA agriculture, rural development programs, rural renewable energy development, research and extension, food safety and conservation programs. Florida representatives include:

BARBARA GIRTMAN
Subcmte. Vice-Chair
Councilwoman
Volusia County

MICHELE LIEBERMAN
Subcmte. Vice-Chair
County Manager
Alachua County

JOHN “TRAY” HAWKINS
Commissioner
Washington County

JOHN MEEKS
Commissioner
Levy County

RAMSAY BULKELEY
Building Services; Code, Planning Zone
Palm Beach County
Community, Economic, & Workforce Development
Responsible for all matters pertaining to housing, community and economic development, public works, and workforce development including the creation of affordable housing and housing options for different populations, residential, commercial, and industrial development, and building and housing codes. Florida representatives include:

KATHRYN STARKEY
Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Pasco County

KIONNE MCGHEE
Subcmte. Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Miami-Dade County

EMILY BONILLA
Commissioner
Orange County

MICHELLE COLDIRON
Commissioner
Monroe County

JOE MULLINS
Commissioner
Flagler County

JEANNIE RICKMAN
Assistant County Administrator
Marion County

JONATHAN BROWN
Director, Housing & Economic Development
Palm Beach County

HOLLY DAVIS
Commissioner
Citrus County

TRACY STRAUB
Asst. County Administrator
Marion County
Environment, Energy & Land Use
Responsible for all matters pertaining to air, water, energy and land use; including water resources/management; stormwater; pesticides; air quality standards; solid; hazardous and nuclear waste handling; transport and disposal; national energy policy; renewable/alternative energy; alternative fuel vehicles; energy facility siting; electricity utility restructuring; pipeline safety; oil spills; superfund/ brownfields; eminent domain; land use; coastal management; oceans; parks and recreation. Florida representatives include:

MARIA MARINO
Subcmte. Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Palm Beach County

CARL ZALAK, III
Subcmte. Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Marion County

DOUGLAS SMITH
Commissioner
Martin County

WILLIAM MCDANIEL
Commissioner
Collier County

DEVON WEST
Legislative Policy Advisor
Broward County

KEN CORNELL
Commissioner
Alachua County

LEE CONSTANTINE
Commissioner
Seminole County

BILLIE WHEELER
Councilwoman
Volusia County
Finance, Pension, & Intergovernmental Affairs
Responsible for all matters pertaining to the financial resources of counties, fiscal management, federal assistance, municipal borrowing, county revenues, pensions, the federal budget, federal tax reform, elections and Native American issues. Florida representatives include:

JONATHAN LEWIS
County Manager
Sarasota County
Health
Responsible for all matters pertaining to public health and healthy communities, including disease and injury prevention, health disparities reduction, health financing, health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care, behavioral health services, substance abuse prevention and treatment. Florida representatives include:

CHRISTOPHER CONSTANCE
Subcmte. Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Charlotte County

MICHAEL MEJIA
Legislative Policy Analyst
Broward County
Human Services & Education
Responsible for all matters pertaining to children’s issues, foster care, public assistance and income support, services to senior citizens and individuals with disabilities, immigration policy, social services, and elementary, secondary and post-secondary education. Florida representatives include:

CLAUDIA TUCK
Subcmte. Vice Chair
Director
Alachua County

SHERYL GRAHAM
Subcmte. Vice-Chair
Sr. Director, Community Support Svcs.
Monroe County

CARRIE WALSH
Director, Department of Human Services
Charlotte County

PEGGY CHOUDHRY
Commissioner
Osceola County
Justice & Public Safety
Responsible for all matters pertaining to criminal justice and public safety systems, including law enforcement, courts, corrections, homeland security, community crime prevention, juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, emergency management, fire prevention and control, and civil disturbances. Florida representatives include:

JERRY DEMINGS
Chair
Mayor
Orange County

WILLIAM TRUEX
Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Charlotte County

DANNY GLIDEWELL
Subcmte. Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Walton County

SALLY HEYMAN
Commissioner
Miami-Dade County

KELLY OWENS
Commissioner
Okeechobee County

LINDA BARTZ
Commissioner
St. Lucie County
Public Lands
Responsible for all matters pertaining to federally-owned public lands including federal land management programs, natural resource revenue sharing payments, payments in lieu of taxes, and property tax immunity concerns.
Telecommunications & Technology
Responsible for all matters pertaining to telecommunications and technology policy, including the county role as a telecommunications regulator, service provider, and consumer. Florida representatives include:

GREGG WEISS
Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Palm Beach County

LARRY HARVEY
Commissioner
Putnam County

MICHELLE STONE
Commissioner
Marion County

ARCHIE SATCHELL
Chief Information Officer
Palm Beach County
Transportation
Responsible for all matters pertaining to federal transportation legislation, funding and regulation and its impacts on county government. This includes highway and bridge development, finance and safety, public transit development and finance, transportation planning, airport development and service, passenger and freight railroads, ports and waterways, freight movement, and research and development of new modes of transportation. Florida representatives include:

EILEEN HIGGINS
Vice-Chair
Commissioner
Miami-Dade County

ROBERT WEINROTH
Commissioner
Palm Beach County

MOUNIR BOUYOUNES
Commissioner
Marion County

RAMON GAVARRETE
Public Works Director
Alachua County

KEN DOHERTY
Commissioner
Charlotte County

RUTHIE DAVIS SCHLABACH
Commissioner
Citrus County

EDWARD LABRADOR
Sr. Legislative Counsel
Florida Association of Counties

JACK MARIANO
Commissioner
Pasco County