Jeb Bush - Governor of Florida
JEB BUSH was born in Midland, Texas. In 1981 he helped start a real estate development company, the Codina Group, now the largest full-service commercial real estate company in southern Florida. He served as its president and chief operating officer until December 1997. He served as Florida's secretary of commerce from 1987 to 1988 and was the Republican nominee for Governor in 1994. He has volunteered his time to assist the Miami Children's Hospital, the United Negro College Fund of South Florida, the United Way of Dade County, and the Dade County Homeless Trust
Jeb Bush established the Foundation for Florida's Future, a nonprofit organization that seeks to affect public policy at the grassroots level. As chairman of the foundation, Bush cofounded the Liberty City Charter School with the Urban League of Greater Miami. This independent public school, one of the state's first, now serves more than 180 underprivileged kindergartners and first, second, third, and fourth graders from the poorest sections of Miami. Bush also successfully led an effort to cut unemployment compensation taxes for Florida businesses while expanding benefits for the unemployed. His foundation trained law enforcement officers to respond better to elder abuse and neglect cases, and in 1995 he authored a book profiling fourteen of Florida's civic heroes.
Official home page Info and Facts on the Executive Office of Jeb Bush
State of Florida Address Florida Governor Jeb Bush's State of the State Address
Kinder, Gentler--And In The Lead After a family crisis and religious conversion, Jeb Bush is back in the running for Governor of Florida
Political Graveyard Index to Politicians: Bush