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Andy A. Anderson (born May 27, 1969) is the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, Brevard County, Florida, serving since November 2008. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Councilmember for City of Palm Bay, Florida (2003 - 2007).^[1]

Anderson was born in Ashtabula, Ohio, the youngest son and third child of Robert Dale Anderson and Darla Mae Anderson. His father was a gas operations worker for Union Carbide until his retirement in 1985 after 35 years. His mother was a full time homemaker.

Anderson attended Ashtabula Area City Schools and graduated from Ashtabula Senior High (Lakeside High School) in 1987.

On December 1, 1987, Anderson enlisted in the U.S. Army. After basic, advanced, and airborne training, he was assigned as a Criminal Investigator (United States Army Military Police Corps) and a member of the U.S. Army Drug Suppression Team.

After his service in the Army, Anderson attended and graduated from Brevard Community College and majored in Organizational Behavior at Rollins College.

Anderson's experience in the private sector includes over 20 Years executive managerial experience related to project management, business administration and business operations. Andy has worked for Johnson Controls, Harley-Davidson, and has owned two successful small businesses.

Anderson, who was not actively involved in local politics, decided to run for Brevard County School Board in 2002. He had been angered by an incident with his oldest child, Christian. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to contact the elected School Board Member representing his area, Anderson filed for election to oppose the incumbent. With no past political experience or campaign knowledge, his only goal was to get the School Board Members attention. Anderson was defeated in a three way contest, earning 25.35% of the vote.^[2]

In 2003, Anderson was asked by a group of business leaders and elected officials to seek election to a vacant City Council seat in the City of Palm Bay, Florida. Anderson entered the special election, along with six other candidates. Anderson lead the field by 2 votes out of a total of 7,083 cast, triggering a mandatory ballot recount. On April 30, 2003, Anderson was declared the winner after the recount, picking up an additional vote to bring his lead to 3.^[3] Anderson served on the Palm Bay City Council until November 2007.

On November 4th, 2008, Anderson was elected to the Brevard County Commission, District 5.^[4] Anderson subsequently sought reelection in 2012, and was elected without opposition.^[5]

On November 27, 2012, Anderson was selected by his fellow Commissioners to serve as Chairman of the Brevard County Commission.^[6]

Anderson has served on various government and community based organizations: Executive Board-member of Space Coast Economic Development Commission, Vice-Chairman of Brevard Public Safety Coordinating Council, founder and coordinator of Space Coast Coats for Kids, Vice-Chairman Brevard County Value Adjustment Board, Chairman of Brevard County Cystic Fibrosis GREAT STRIDES Walk, Board-member of Space Coast Tourist Development Commission, sponsor and spokesperson; Elves for Elders gift drive, Chairman of the Riverside District, Boy Scouts of America - Central Florida Council and is a member of Leadership Brevard and completed LEAD Brevard (class of 2011).

County may work with Brevard school district: Florida Today - Dec 23, 2012 - Dave Berman
District 5 Brevard County Commissioner Andy Anderson was selected as Commission Chairman: Brevard Times - Nov 28, 2012
Andy Anderson Campain Website
Brevard County's Web Portal
City of Palm Bay, Florida Website
Commissioner Andy Anderson's Official Facebook Page

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Andybrevard (talk) 02:42, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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You should have placed your draft article at User:Andybrevard/Andy A. Anderson per how to use user pages WP:UP and WP:USD, not on your own talk page. -- 70.24.247.127 (talk) 04:39, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]