Kelly Serving Orange County & Beyond
A major part of Kelly’s efforts to improve people’s quality of life & our environment are reflected in her memberships & leadership positions she holds with organizations in our county and across the state of Florida.
Professional Career:
- UCF tourism professor specializing in poverty alleviation
- International policy reform on social, labor, environmental & economic policy
- International reputation for successful tourism tax and environmental policy implementation
Community Involvement:
- Vice-Chair, Save Orange County, Inc.
- District 5 Neighborhood Advisory Council Chair
- OC Redistricting Committee Member
- UFF-UCF Government Relations Chair (former)
- UCF elected senior ranking senator (former)UCF tourism professor specializing in poverty alleviation
Organizations & Memberships:
Save Orange County, Inc.
Vice Chair Kelly Semrad, Board of Directors
Save Orange County, Incorporated exists to establish a community of interest and to effect necessary amendments and changes to county ordinances or state statues for the preservation of rural and agricultural lands and rural communities.
District 5 Neighborhood Advisory Council
Co-Chair Kelly Semrad, Advisory Council;
Executive Council Member Kelly Semrad
The District 5 Advisory Council advises, assists and supports, and
advocates for the District 5 initiatives as discovered by tCommissioner Emily Bonilla
through Community Meetings and Focus Groups. Members are volunteers who share
expert knowledge or interest in bettering Orange County.
United Faculty Union of Florida at UCF
Executive Council Member/Alternate Senator Kelly Semrad;
Chair Kelly Semrad, Government Relations Committee;
Member
The UCF Union Chapter brings faculty and professional employees of UCF and the State University System into a relationship of mutual assistance and cooperation in order to obtain and maintain for them the rights and privileges to which they are entitled. As well as promotes a democratization of UCF that will enable faculty to better serve the people of the State of Florida.
UFF is affiliated with and AFT, the two largest educator unions in the U.S. as well as with the broader labor union movement under the umbrella of the AFL-CIO. Affiliate unions support the work of our members by using pooled resources to provide services and take collective actions that local chapters could not accomplish on their own. UFF also helps build at the state and national levels in ways that directly improve the lives of our members and families.
Sierra Club
Member
Recipient, Citizen Engagement Award 2019, Central Florida Sierra Club Chapter
Sierra Club protects wild places and endangered species. Keeps our air and water clean. Ensures a clean energy future. Curbs climate change. And keeps the pressure on politicians and corporations to ensure safe and healthy communities.
The League of Women Voters is a national nonpartisan, grassroots organization working to protect and expand voting rights and ensure everyone is represented in our democracy.
The Faculty Senate is composed of seventy-five elected members from the general faculty. Eligible members are those persons employed by the University of Central Florida during the regular academic year and whose primary assignment is to carry out the academic mission of the university, namely, teaching, research and academic service.
Orange County Democratic Party
Member
Orange County Democrat Party is committed to electing Democrats everywhere – from the school board to the Oval Office. We’re mobilizing voters across the country and building on our historic victories in 2020 and 2022. Together, we will build a better America.
As a chartered caucus of the Florida Democratic Party, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida is built on the foundation of the progressive history and values of the Democratic Party. The DPCF works to develop and promote these core Democratic principles with members throughout Florida who work to strengthen the relationship between the progressive community and the Democratic Party.
The purpose of the CFLDPC shall be to strengthen and maintain a relationship between the progressive caucus and the Democrat Party.
Greater Orlando NOW
Member
Greater Orlando NOW’s (GO-NOW’s) purpose is to act through intersectional grassroots activism to advance feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all people, especially women and girls, in all aspects of social, political, and economic life. We should all be feminists.
Member
Florida Rising strives to build independent political power that centers historically on marginalized communities so everyday Floridians can shape the future.
Federal law, the Florida Constitution, and the Orange County Charter requires Orange County undergoes a redistricting process after each federal decennial census. The purpose of such process is to reconfigure the political boundaries of the six County Commission Districts in order to account for population changes. The U.S. Census Bureau completed the latest census in 2020, and the County subsequently completed its required decennial redistricting process on February 22, 2022.
Orange County Watch
Member
County Watch is a formal permanent committee of Orange County citizens, business and political leaders dedicated to the openness and responsiveness in local government.
County Watch was created and is maintained as a “bipartisan” council of the Orange County Executive Committees of the Republican and Democratic Parties. (REC and DEC)
The County Watch mission is to investigate and report for the purpose of public awareness on the activities and agendas of “Non-Partisan” elected officials of the Orange County and Municipal Governments.
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