Government Contacts

State of Florida
Governor Charlie Crist State of Florida PL05 The Capitol 400 S. Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 (850) 488-4441 Fax: (850) 487-0801 Web: www.flgov.com fl_governor@myflorida.com	Lt. Governor Jeff Kottcamp State of Florida PL05 The Capitol 400 S. Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 850/488-4711 Fax: 850/921-6114 fl_ltgov@myflorida.com
Senator J. D. Alexander (R) District 17 Capitol Office: Room 312 Senate Office Building 406 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 (800) 444-9747 or (850) 487-5044 District Office 1: 391 Avenue A, SW Winter Haven, FL 33880-2931 (863) 298-7677 *District* Office 2: 403 S. Commerce Ave Sebring, FL 33870 (863) 386-6016 alexander.jd.web@flsenate.gov	Senator John McKay Capitol Offices: Office of the Senate President Suite 409, The Capitol 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee 32399-1100 (850) 487-5229 Room 320 Senate Office Building 404 South Monroe Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100 (850) 487-5078 mckay.john.web@leg.state.fl.us
Representative Richard A. Machek Capitol Office: 402 S. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 District Office 1: Suite 402-A 5353 West Atlantic Avenue Delray Beach, FL 33484-8102 (561)279-1633 District Office 2: Suite 87 4188 Okeechobee Road Fort Pierce, FL 34947-5414 (561)595-1380 machek.richard@leg.state.fl.us	Representative Denise Grimsley Capitol Office: 1003 The Capitol 402 S. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32399-1300 Phone (850)488-3457 District Office 1: Suite B 205 South Commerce Avenue Sebring, FL 33870-3604 (863)385-5251 grimsley.denise@leg.state.fl.us
Highlands County
County Commissioners: Don Bates 402-6863 dbates@strato.net Jeff Carlson 382-4141 jeff@carlsonaccounting.com Guy Maxcy 402-6514 g.maxcy@themaxcygroup.com Barbara Stewart* 402-6517 bstewart@hcbcc.org Edgar Stokes 402-6515 * = Chairman County Administrator Michael Wright 402-6517 mwright@hcbcc.com Mailing Address: Highlands County P. O. Box 1926 Sebring, FL 33871 (863) 402-6517 http://www.hcbcc.net/	Highlands County Lakes Manager Clell Ford (863) 402-6545 highlands_lakes@hotmail.com Erin McCarta (863) 402-6545 Emccarta@bcc.co.highlands.fl.us
South Florida Water Management District	Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Mailing Address: 3301 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, Florida 33416-4680 Phone: (561) 686-8800 or 1-800-432-2045 (Florida Only) Carol Ann Wehle - Executive Director Governing Board Members: Eric Buermann, Chair - Miami-Dade County Nicolas Gutierrez, Jr., Esq., Vice Chair – Miami-Dade County Michael Collins –At-large member for an area which includes St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties Charles J. Dauray - Lee, Collier, Hendry and Charlotte counties Shannon A. Estenoz - Broward County Melissa L. Meeker - At-large member for an area which includes St. Lucie, Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and Monroe Counties Patrick J. Rooney, Jr., Esq. – Palm Beach County Harkley R. Thornton - Glades, Highlands, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola and Polk Counties Malcolm S. “Bubba” Wade, Jr. - Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hendry, Glades, Osceola and Okeechobee counties	Law Enforcement Lt. Rodger Brutus (800) 282-8002 Rodger.brutus@myfwc.com (813) 272-2516 Lake Istokpoga Fisheries Biologist Beacham Furse (863) 462-5190 fursej@gfc.state.fl.us Steve Gornak (863) 462-5190 steven.gornak@MyFWC.com Regional Fisheries Administrator Tom Champeau (813) 648-3202 champet@gfc.state.fl.us
Florida Department of Environmental Protection	Updates
Bureau of Invasive Plant Management Erica Van Horn (863) 534-7074 Erica.VanHorn@dep.state.fl.us Jeff Schardt (850) 245-2815 Jeff.Schardt@dep.state.fl.us Submerged Lands and Environmental Resources Punta Gorda Office (941)575-5810	We will try to keep this information as current as possible. If you see any information on this page that needs updating, please send an email to president@istokpoga.org.