Full Name:
Halsey W. Beshears
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Cristin; 3 Children: Grace, Caroline, Suzanne
Birth Date:
11/27/1971
Birth Place:
Winter Park, FL
Home City:
Monticello, FL
Religion:
Presbyterian
Attended, Wedgeworth Leadership Institute, Class V
BS, Social Science, Florida State University
MS, Entrepreneurship, University of Florida
Representative, Florida State House of Representatives, District 7, 2012-2019
Candidate, Florida State House of Representatives, District 7, 2018
Former Chair, Business & Professions Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Chair, Careers & Competition Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Commerce Committee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Vice Chair, Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Insurance and Banking Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight, Florida State Legislature
Former Member, Regulatory Affairs Committee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Select Committee on Triumph Gulf Coast, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Transportation & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives
Former Member, Ways & Means Committee, Florida State House of Representatives
Chief Financial Officer, Simpson Nurseries, 1997- present
President, Total Landscape Supply, 1997-2013
President, Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association, 2011-present
Member, Board of Advisers, Jefferson County Farm Bureau, 2009-present
Member, Presbyterian Church, Monticello
Member, Tallahassee Young Entrepreneurs Organization
Member, Board of Advisers, Farmers and Merchants Bank, 2007-2011
Member, Board of Directors, Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association, 2003-2008
Member, Board of Directors, Wedgeworth Leadership, 2002-2008
Member, Farm Bureau Family, Jefferson County, 2008
President, Tallahassee Young Entrepreneurs Organization, 2008
President, Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape Association, Big Bend Chapter, 2002-2004
Awards:
Young Nursery Professional of the Year, Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association, 2009
Hobbies or Special Talents:
My family, flying, cycling, hunting
Private Instrument Rated Pilot, 2000