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Halsey Beshears' Biography

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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

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