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Gov. DeSantis appoints Patricia 'Trish' Petrosky to the Lee County Board of County Commissioners
By WGCU Staff
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM EST
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Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Patricia “Trish” Petrosky to the Lee County Board of County Commissioners late Friday afternoon.
Petrosky, 34, takes the seat left vacant by the death of Commissioner Mike Greenwell on Oct. 9. Greenwell was appointed Commissioner in 2022 and elected in 2024.
She will represent commission district 5 in northeast Lee County. The district includes a part of North Fort Myers, Alva, Olga and much of Lehigh Acres.
In recent years Petrosky and her husband have owned a home in San Carlos Park, quite a distance away from district 5. But three weeks after Greenwell died, the couple filed paperwork showing they had bought a home in the Alva area, in the commission district she now will represent. The information comes from the Lee County Property Appraiser website.
Petrosky has not made comments to WGCU News as of yet, so it's not certain whether she will run for the office in next year's election cycle.
But if she does run for the Republican nomination in the August primary election, she could face Amanda Cochran, who's lived in the district for many years. Cochran ran against Greenwell in the August, 2024, primary, and got 45 percent of the votes in the county-wide tally. That was considered a strong showing for someone running against a well-known incumbent. And Cochran received 65% of the Republican votes within the district itself.
Cochran has confirmed she applied to the governor's office, asking to be chosen for the vacant seat. But she did not get the appointment.
She announced around Thanksgiving that she will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for commission in the district in 2026.
Petrosky is an Executive Assistant at Evangelical Christian School.
Previously, she served as a Realtor for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Estero and was a member of the Naples Area Board of Realtors and the Bonita Estero Realtors Association.
Petrosky attended Palm Beach State College and is currently working toward her bachelor’s degree from Liberty University.
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Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of Patricia “Trish” Petrosky to the Lee County Board of County Commissioners late Friday afternoon.
Petrosky, 34, takes the seat left vacant by the death of Commissioner Mike Greenwell on Oct. 9. Greenwell was appointed Commissioner in 2022 and elected in 2024.
She will represent commission district 5 in northeast Lee County. The district includes a part of North Fort Myers, Alva, Olga and much of Lehigh Acres.
In recent years Petrosky and her husband have owned a home in San Carlos Park, quite a distance away from district 5. But three weeks after Greenwell died, the couple filed paperwork showing they had bought a home in the Alva area, in the commission district she now will represent. The information comes from the Lee County Property Appraiser website.
Petrosky has not made comments to WGCU News as of yet, so it's not certain whether she will run for the office in next year's election cycle.
But if she does run for the Republican nomination in the August primary election, she could face Amanda Cochran, who's lived in the district for many years. Cochran ran against Greenwell in the August, 2024, primary, and got 45 percent of the votes in the county-wide tally. That was considered a strong showing for someone running against a well-known incumbent. And Cochran received 65% of the Republican votes within the district itself.
Cochran has confirmed she applied to the governor's office, asking to be chosen for the vacant seat. But she did not get the appointment.
She announced around Thanksgiving that she will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for commission in the district in 2026.
Petrosky is an Executive Assistant at Evangelical Christian School.
Previously, she served as a Realtor for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices in Estero and was a member of the Naples Area Board of Realtors and the Bonita Estero Realtors Association.
Petrosky attended Palm Beach State College and is currently working toward her bachelor’s degree from Liberty University.
WGCU is your trusted source for news and information in Southwest Florida. We are a nonprofit public service, and your support is more critical than ever. Keep public media strong and donate now. Thank you.