The Florida Faculty System Council of Presidents (COP) publicizes new management for the upcoming 12 months. Through the June enterprise assembly hosted at Daytona State Faculty, the Council voted Seminole State Faculty President Dr. Georgia Lorenz as chair, South Florida State Faculty President Fred Hawkins as vice chair and Valencia Faculty President Dr. Kathleen Plinske as vice chair elect.
“I’m honored and humbled to be chosen to chair the Florida Faculty System Council of Presidents. Florida leads the nation in greater training,” mentioned Seminole State Faculty President and COP Chair Dr. Georgia Lorenz. “Our state and faculties are really altering the lives of scholars and the communities that they serve. I stay up for working with my fellow school presidents and training companions to steer the council this 12 months.”
Dr. Lorenz is the third president of Seminole State Faculty bringing intensive expertise in greater training to the school. Beneath Dr. Lorenz’s management, Seminole State was named among the many high 10 neighborhood and state faculties within the nation by the Aspen Institute. Dr. Lorenz was honored as one in all Orlando Journal’s 2025 Girls of the Yr and 50 Most Highly effective Individuals in Schooling, in addition to Orlando Enterprise Journal’s 2023 Girls Who Imply Enterprise. Her dedication to training and transformative management continues to encourage her colleagues and college students alike.
“Our faculties stay the cornerstone of innovation and alternative in Florida’s greater training panorama,” mentioned South Florida State Faculty President and COP Vice Chair Fred Hawkins. “I’m dedicated to collaborating with my fellow leaders to make sure that each scholar, no matter their background, has entry to high quality training and the instruments crucial to construct a profitable future.”
President Hawkins is the fifth president of South Florida State Faculty. He previously served within the Florida Home of Representatives for Osceola and Orange counties because the vice chair of the Larger Schooling Appropriations Subcommittee and the whip of all training committees. He was additionally the president and CEO of the Osceola County Schooling Basis. His intensive management expertise continues to form his dedication to advancing instructional alternatives for all college students.
The Florida Faculty System Council of Presidents is the collective physique on points and issues of concern to Florida’s public school system. They supply info, when acceptable, to the State and Federal Government and Legislative branches and to the Chancellor of the Florida Faculty System, the Commissioner of Schooling, the State Board of Schooling and different private and non-private entities and people as acceptable.
