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Alex Sink serves the citizens of the state of Florida as the state's elected Chief Financial Officer, State Fire Marshal, and as a member of the Florida Cabinet.

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.

CFO Sink grew up on a farm in Mt. Airy, North Carolina, and earned a degree in mathematics from Wake Forest University. She resides in Tallahassee and Thonotosassa with her husband, Bill McBride. They are the proud parents of Bert, a recent graduate of Stanford University, and Lexi, a student at Wake Forest University.

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Chief Financial Officer

Florida's CFO oversees the state's accounting and auditing functions and unclaimed property, monitors the investment of state funds and manages the deferred compensation program and risk management program for the state.

Insurance consumer service is handled by the CFO, and the office is responsible for the licensing and oversight of insurance agents and agencies, as well as funeral homes and cemeteries.

Insurance fraud investigation also is overseen by the CFO, as well as ensuring businesses have workers' compensation coverage in place for employees and helping injured workers with benefit payments and re-employment.

State Fire Marshal

The state's CFO also serves as Florida's State Fire Marshal. The Division of State Fire Marshal is a sworn law enforcement agency that provides various fire-related services throughout the state, from assisting local fire departments by conducting arson investigations to training citizens at one of the finest fire-training colleges in the state.

Florida Cabinet Member

Florida CFO Alex Sink serves as one of three constitutionally elected state executives of the Florida Cabinet, which consists of the Chief Financial Officer, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

The Governor and Cabinet serve as a board of directors, or agency heads, governing such matters as the purchase of state lands; clemency matters; state bond, trust and fund management; veterans' affairs; state law enforcement administration; tax collection; power plant and transmission line sitings; and financial and insurance regulation for the state of Florida.