Erika B. Donalds

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Erika B. Donalds

Prior offices

Collier County Public Schools school board District 3

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Bachelor's

Florida State University

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Florida Atlantic University

Personal

Profession

Accountant

Kontakt

Personal website

Erika B. Donalds was the District 3 representative on the Collier County School Board in Florida. She faced Luis Bernal, JB Holmes and Kathy Ryan in the general election on August 26, 2014. Since neither she nor Ryan received 50 percent plus one of the vote, she challenged her in a runoff election on November 4, 2014. Donalds defeated Ryan in the runoff. Donalds did not seek re-election in 2018.

In March 2017, Donalds was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission, a 37-member commission that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution.

Biography

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Donalds has her bachelor's degree in accounting from Florida State University and her master's degree from Florida Atlantic University. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA). At the time of her tenure, Donalds was a controller and partner at Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co., LLC (DGHM), a New York-based investment group. She was an active member of the Collier County Republican Executive Committee and the Republican Women’s Club of Naples. She and her husband, Byron, have three sons.

Florida Constitution Revision Commission

In March 2017, Donalds was appointed to the Florida Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) by Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Richard Corcoran, a Republican.

The Florida Constitution Revision Commission is a 37-member commission provided for in the state constitution that reviews and proposes changes to the Florida Constitution. The CRC refers constitutional amendments directly to the ballot for a public vote. The commission convenes every 20 years. Members of the commission travel to different parts of Florida to perform research and receive public testimony before recommending these ballot measures.

The Constitution Revision Commission of 2017-2018 was composed of 37 members. Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, appointed 15 members of the CRC. President of the Florida Senate, Joe Negron (R), appointed nine members. Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, Richard Corcoran (R) appointed nine members. Jorge Labarga, chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, appointed three members.

Elections

2014

See also: Collier County Public Schools elections (2014)

The August 26, 2014, general election in Collier County featured three seats up for election. Roy Terry III was the only incumbent to seek re-election in 2014, facing a challenge from Thomas Andler in District 5. Kathleen Greenawalt, Kelly Mason and Jacob Winge were running to replace Pat Carroll, who did not file for re-election in District 1. Luis Bernal, Erika B. Donalds, JB Holmes and Kathy Ryan were seeking election to the District 3 seat held by Barbara Berry.

The general election determines if candidates for each seat could garner a majority of the vote total. If no candidate received 50 percent plus one of the general election votes in a particular district, the top two vote recipients advanced to the runoff election on November 4, 2014.

Results

Runoff

Collier County Public Schools, District 3 Runoff Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Erika B. Donalds	58.3%	55,480
	Nonpartisan	Kathy Ryan	41.7%	39,707
Total Votes				95,187
Source: Collier County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 General Election Official Results," November 14, 2014

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Collier County Public Schools, District 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Nonpartisan	Erika B. Donalds	46.7%	15,852
	Nonpartisan	Kathy Ryan	26.7%	9,059
	Nonpartisan	JB Holmes	17.3%	5,886
	Nonpartisan	Luis Bernal	9.3%	3,146
Total Votes				33,943
Source: Collier County Supervisor of Elections, "2014 Primary Election Official Results," August 28, 2014

Finanzierung

As of October 27, 2014, Donalds reported $75,606.63 in monetary contributions, $1,493.11 in-kind contributions and $67,750.41 in expenditures to the Collier County Supervisor of Elections, which left her campaign with $7,856.22 on hand.

Endorsements

Donalds was endorsed by The Libertarian Party of Collier County, Naples Daily News and former Rep. Tom Grady (R-76).

Campaign themes

2014

Donalds provided the following statements on her campaign website:

"	Excellence for our Children Our children deserve the best quality education from our neighborhood schools. We must empower our kids to achieve their highest potential by learning at their own unique pace. This requires that students be the primary factor in all decision making. A Voice for Parents Parent involvement is the most accurate indicator of student performance. As a parent, I’ve seen the need for this participation and have united parents to engage in our local education system. Freedom for our Teachers Our educators are often forced into government mandated regulatory boxes that hamper them. We need to provide our teachers with the freedom to educate our children as they know best; We need to keep politics out of the classroom. Accountability to Taxpayers I am committed to ensuring that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently with maximum benefit to our students. I will utilize my financial expertise to analyze the budget and provide solutions which reduce top-heavy administrative costs, shifting those dollars to the classrooms.	”
—Erika B. Donalds' campaign website (2014)

See also

• Collier County Public Schools, Florida
• Collier County Public Schools elections (2014)
• Florida Constitution Revision Commission

External links

Suggest a link

• Collier County Public Schools
• Office website
• Campaign website