Florida CFO Alex Sink is using her three decades of business experience to get results for the people of the state, cutting wasteful government spending, cracking down on financial fraud and reforming state-contracting practices to hold government more accountable.

Sink is serving her first term as Florida’s CFO, having been elected statewide in 2006 – her first run for public office. As CFO, Sink oversees nearly 2,000 employees and an annual budget of over $200 million in the Department of Financial Services. She is also a statewide elected officer of the Florida Cabinet.

For over two years, Sink has been an outspoken watchdog, demanding accountability for Florida’s contracts with private companies. CFO Sink is also working to cut waste in her own department.

CFO Sink also stands out as an aggressive consumer advocate. Sink has launched initiatives like the Safeguard Our Seniors Task Force, created to protect older Floridians from financial fraud, and the Florida Housing Help initiative, which provides assistance to Floridians facing mortgage foreclosure.

Before her election in 2006, Alex Sink was a successful businesswoman, with 26 years of experience in the financial industry. While establishing herself as a leader in the business community, Sink also used her 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.

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 student and football player at Stanford University, and Lexi, a student at Wake Forest University.


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