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Ms. Betty Castor
Betty Castor was the 2004 Democratic Party nominee
for the US Senate from Florida. She has held prominent leadership
positions in education, most recently as President
and CEO of the National Board for Professional
Teaching Standards located in Arlington Virginia. Before
joining the National Board, Castor served for
six years as president of the University of
South Florida, one of the largest metropolitan
universities in the nation with four campuses
and a medical school located in the Tampa Bay
Area. Prior to
joining the university, Castor served as Florida
Commissioner of Education for seven years from
1986-93. She was
the first woman ever elected to the Florida
Cabinet and was a strong advocate for increasing
teacher salaries and broadening the revenue
base to support education at all levels. She
served three terms as a state senator from the west coast of Florida,
becoming the first female to hold the position of President Pro Tempore
(1985-86) and chaired the Appropriations Committee on Education. She
is currently a member of the National Commission
on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF), a
trustee of the Board of the National March
of Dimes, a member of the Hillsborough County
Education Foundation and the Tampa Bay History
Center. She presently is the founder and president
of political action committee called Campaign for Florida’s
Future focused on increasing participation
in public life by citizens in Florida and the
nation.
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