The Florida board of education today elected board member and Duval County public school advocate Gary Chartrand to take over as Chairman.
Current Chair Kathleen Shanahan of Tampa is stepping down in order to devote more time to her new business.
Chartrand says he’s honored to take over as her replacement.
Chartrand is the head of a large sales and marketing company…as well as the chairman of the Jacksonville Public Education Fund, or J-PEF.
He was appointed to the Florida Board of Education in May 2011 by Governor Rick Scott.