Richard Crotty
Vice Chairman
Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty is the vice chairman of the Central Florida Commuter Rail Commission Board of Directors.
Mayor Crotty grew up in Orlando, attending Orange County public schools, Valencia Community College and the University of Central Florida, where he majored in Public Administration and Communications. The year following his graduation from UCF, Mayor Crotty was selected to the prestigious Florida Legislative Staff Internship program where he attended Florida State University completing a graduate level executive program in Public Administration. While in Tallahassee, Mayor Crotty worked on the Senate Staff and completed his service as a member of the United States Army Reserve, serving in a military police unit.
A former member of the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate, Mayor Crotty was elected Orange County Property Appraiser in 1992. On Jan. 23, 2001, Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Mayor Crotty as Orange County Chairman following the resignation of then-Chairman Mel Martinez to serve as the U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). Mayor Crotty was elected to a full term in September of 2002. In 2004, Orange County citizens voted overwhelmingly to change the county leader’s title from Chairman to Mayor to better reflect his function as chief executive.
Mayor Crotty has taken tough stands to improve transportation and school capacity, while working with regional partners to protect our valuable water supply and diversify our local economy with an appropriate balance of high tech jobs. Mayor Crotty has drawn up a “Blueprint for Orange County’s Future”, focused on his top priority – effectively managing growth.
Mayor Crotty and his wife Pam live in Belle Isle with their daughter Christina and son Tyler.
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