PCC DBOT Vice Chair is Appointed to National and State  Organizations

02/25/2008: Twyla G. Ely, Vice Chair of Polk Community College’s District Board of Trustees, was recently appointed to the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) as Florida Coordinator. She was also appointed to the Board of the Foundation for Florida’s Community Colleges, Inc. (FFCC).

ACCT is a non-profit educational organization representing more than 6,500 trustees who govern over 1,200 community colleges in the United States. Ely was selected to a three-year term as the Florida Coordinator. In this capacity, she will serve as the primary liaison for ACCT in Florida.

Ely was also selected to a three-year term with the FFCC Established in July 1994 as a Direct Support Organization (DSO) for the Florida Community College System. Its primary mission is to raise funds to help support Florida’s 28 public community colleges. The Foundation currently has nearly $19 million in assets and provides scholarships to thousands of students each year. Funds donated to the FFCC are eligible to be matched through the Dr. Philip Benjamin Matching Grant Program (s. 1011.85, F.S.) thus doubling the contribution. 

Trustee Ely is a political and media consultant, who has consulted on numerous political campaigns, including Sen. JD Alexander, Rep. Marty Bowen, Sen. Paula Dockery, and Rep. Baxter Troutman. She is the former Executive Director of the Republican Party of Polk County and Staff Assistant for Congressman Andy Ireland. Ely is currently serving in her final term as a Trustee for PCC.