Alex Sink
Before her election in 2006, Alex Sink was a successful businesswoman, with
26 years of
experience in the financial industry, culminating in her leadership of Florida's
largest bank. While establishing herself as a leader in the business community,
Sink also used her business skills to help the state, serving as vice chair of
Florida TaxWatch and appointed by Governor Chiles to the Commission on
Government Accountability to the People.
For over two years, CFO Sink has been an outspoken watchdog, demanding
accountability for Florida's contracts with private companies including putting
a stop to Project Aspire, an $85 million over-budget and under-performing
accounting program she inherited upon taking office. CFO Sink is also working to
cut waste in her own department, such as saving taxpayers $2.2 million annually
by consolidating consumer-hotline call centers.
CFO Sink stands out as an aggressive consumer advocate, launching initiatives
like the Safeguard Our Seniors Task Force, created to protect older Floridians
from financial fraud, and Florida's Housing Help Initiative, which provides
assistance to Floridians facing mortgage foreclosure.
CFO Sink has worked on behalf of Florida's children through her service on
Governor Chiles' Commission on Education, the Hillsborough Education Foundation
Board of Directors and as chair of Take Stock in Children. Her civic work also
includes service in the Florida Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, Junior
Achievement of West Central Florida and as chairman of the board of the United
Way of Hillsborough County.
La Tesorera Sink creció en una granja en Mt. Airy, Carolina del Norte, y obtuvo una licenciatura en matemáticas en Wake Forest University. Actualmente vive en Tallahassee y Thonotosassa con su esposo, Bill McBride. Son padres orgullosos de Bert, estudiante y jugador de fútbol americano de Stanford University, y Lexi, estudiante de Wake Forest University.