RAY JUDAH
COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT
No. 3
Iona/McGregor Area, Fort
Myers Beach, South Fort Myers, Estero
& Bonita Springs to Collier County Line
PERSONAL/EDUCATIONAL
Born in 1953, Cebu Islands, Philippines
Proudly and
happily married to Kristen Leigh Judah
Devoted father of Kallen Lee Judah, born August
1988
Master of Science
in Natural Resources and Bachelor of Arts in Zoology
Graduated Cum
Laude from California State University, Humboldt
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
- Lee County Commissioner Since 1988
- Principal Land Use Planner
- Lee County Department of Community Development
Biologist
- Bureau of Land Management, United States
Department of Interior
Kern County, California
- Marine Biologist
- Environmental Quality Laboratory, GDC Charlotte County
- Environmental Specialist
- Florida Department of Environmental Regulation
Charlotte & Lee Counties
GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
- Chairman of the Lee County Commission, 1994, 1998, 2003
- Member, Metropolitan Planning Organization
- Co-founder, CREW - Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem
Watershed
- Past Chairman of the Lee County Tourist Development Council, 1998, 2003
- Member, Lee County Chapter of the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Council
- Chairman, Local Coordinating Board/Transportation
Disadvantaged
- Past Chairman of the West Coast Inland Navigation
District
- Lee County Delegate to the Governor's Conference on Information
Services and Library Systems
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Spearheaded beach restoration of Fort Myers Beach
- Championed the acquisition of critical water
resource areas in the Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed
- Led the successful effort to put the Conservation
20/20 initiative on the referendum in 1996 to purchase environmentally
sensitive land
- Championed the construction of numerous community
and regional parks and libraries
- Took the lead to construct state-of-art Waste to Energy Plant
(Honored as the "Best Project in the World" by Power Engineering
International in 1995)
- Awarded "Conservationist of the Year"
from the Florida Audubon Society in 1984 & 1996
- Won 1992 "Environmental Public Service
Award" from Keep Lee County Beautiful
- Strong advocate of major infrastructure projects
such as the expansion of Southwest Florida International Airport, regional water and sewer facilities, and road
transportation network, which support economic development in Lee County
- Continues to take the lead in balancing growth
management and responsible stewardship of our natural resources
- Awarded the 2001 Community Coordinating Council
"Most Outstanding Public Official"
- Recipient of the "Friend of Fort Myers Beach Award" from the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce in 2002
- Received the 2003 Estero Chamber of Commerce "Person of the
Year Award"
- Named as a "Champion of the
Environment" by Gulfshore
Life Magazine in 2003
- Recipient of the "Pathfinder Award" for
vision and leadership by the Urban Land Institute in 2003
MEMBERSHIPS
- Kiwanis Club of Downtown Fort Myers
- Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium
- Lee County Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society
- Children's Math and Science Center in Cape
Coral
- National Association of Underwater Instructors
COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT
- Coach, South Fort Myers
and Fort Myers American Little League for over 15 years
- Assistant to the Bishop Verot High School Baseball Program
- Judge of the Edison Regional Science Fair
- Coastal Clean Up
- Community Redevelopment Clean Up &
Beautification Projects