Serving DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee and Polk Counties

Chair

  • Nathaniel J. Birdsong, Jr., Mayor, City of Winter Haven

Vice Chair

  • Donna Howerton, Highlands County Gubernatorial Appointee

Executive Committee

  • Nathaniel J. Birdsong, Jr. – Chair, Mayor, City of Winter Haven
  • Donna Howerton – Vice Chair, Highlands County Gubernatorial Appointee
  • Noel Chandler – Okeechobee City Council
  • Neda Cobb – Mayor Pro-Tem, City of Wauchula
  • Don Elwell – Highlands County Commission
  • Judith George – Hardee County Commission
  • Steve Hickox – DeSoto County Commission
  • Keith Keene – Deputy Mayor, City of Arcadia
  • Stephanie Madden – Lakeland City Commission
  • Kelly Owens – Okeechobee Gubernational Appointee
  • Jacqueline Tucker – DeSoto County Commission Gubernatorial Appointee
  • Rick Wilson – Polk County Commission

FRCA Policy Board Members

  • Mayor Nathaniel J. Birdsong, Jr., City of Winter Haven
  • Commissioner Kelly Owens, Okeechobee County
  • Jacqueline Tucker, DeSoto County Gubernatorial Appointee

Alternates

  • Deputy Mayor Keith Keene, City of Arcadia 
  • Mayor Pro-Tem Neda Cobb, City of Wauchula

Finance Committee

  • Neda Cobb
  • Nathaniel J. Birdsong, Jr. – Chair, Mayor, City of Winter Haven
  • Commissioner Rick Wilson, Polk County Board of County Commissioners
  • Donna Howerton