Jeff Atwater
A fifth-generation Floridian, husband and father of four, Jeff Atwater was elected Florida's Chief Financial Officer on November 2, 2010, and sworn into office on January 4, 2011. His commitment to public service began in 1993, when his hometown of North Palm Beach elected him Vice Mayor. Mr. Atwater was subsequently elected to the House of Representatives in 2000 and the Florida Senate in 2002 and was unanimously selected by his fellow senators to serve as Senate President in 2008.
Jeff Atwater's family has had a long and distinguished commitment to public service at local, municipal and state levels. Family values of fairness, stewardship of the public trust, and an unshakeable faith in the American ethos have informed his sense of duty and responsibility in all facets of his public and private careers. He believes that the principle role of government is to create the conditions where the individuals, families and businesses of Florida are given every opportunity to flourish. Hard work, the value of education, commitment to Judeo-Christian ethics, and belief in the promise of America are to be encouraged and rewarded, not stymied by an overreaching government.
CFO Atwater's priorities since assuming office have been to aggressively eliminate the fraud that increases the cost of living for Floridians, reduce regulations that inhibit job growth and economic expansion, expand his earlier efforts at fiscal transparency and governmental accountability, and protect the state's most vulnerable citizens from financial harm and abuse.
Mr. Atwater earned his bachelor's degree in finance and an MBA from the University of Florida. His private sector experiences, which included twenty-five years of community banking, provide him a unique and valuable perspective on the sacrifices and challenges facing the business men and women of Florida, as well as the impact of government on the individuals and families of this state. In addition to his service as an elected official, CFO Atwater has performed volunteer work with many charitable and not-for-profit organizations and has served on a number of governing boards, including the United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and Take Stock in Children, among others.
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El Oficial Principal de Finanzas de la Florida (OPF) supervisa las funciones de contabilidad y auditoría, y de propiedad no reclamada del estado; monitorea las inversiones de los fondos del estado y administra los programas de compensación diferida y de control de riesgo para el estado.
También se ocupa del servicio al consumidor de seguros, y la oficina es responsable de las licencias y supervisión de los agentes y agencias de seguros, así como de las funerarias y los cementerios.
El OPF supervisa las investigaciones de fraude de seguros, además de garantizar que las empresas cuenten con la cobertura de compensación legal por accidentes de trabajo para empleados vigente y ayuda a los trabajadores lesionados con pagos de beneficios y reincorporación.
El Oficial Principal de Finanzas de la Florida funge además como Jefe de Bomberos del Estado. La División del Jefe de Bomberos del Estado es una agencia de policía juramentada que brinda diferentes servicios relacionados con incendios en todo el estado, desde asistencia a los departamentos de bomberos locales en la conducción de investigaciones sobre incendios premeditados, hasta entrenar ciudadanos en uno de los mejores colegios del estado dedicados a la capacitación sobre incendios.
El Oficial Principal de Finanzas de la Florida se desempeña como uno de los tres miembros ejecutivos estatales elegidos constitucionalmente del Gabinete de la Florida, el cual está conformado por el Oficial Principal de Finanzas, el Procurador General y el Comisionado de Agricultura y Servicios al Consumidor.
El Gobernador y el Gabinete se desempeñan como junta directiva, o jefes de agencia, regulando cuestiones como la compra de tierras del estado; asuntos de clemencia; la administración de bonos y fondos de fideicomiso del estado; asuntos de veteranos; administración de la policía estatal; recaudación de impuestos; plantas energéticas y líneas de transmisión, y la regulación financiera y de seguros en el estado de la Florida.