FL Senator Albritton (R) - "Update on 2021 Legislative Session, the Issues Facing Florida Citizens"
June 15, 2021
BEN ALBRITTON BIO
Ben was born in Florida’s Heartland in 1968. He is the 5th generation of a line of farmers, ranchers, citrus growers and businessmen who have lived and invested in Central Florida’s rich agricultural heritage. Ben graduated from Hardee High School in 1986 and then attended Florida Southern College where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Citrus/Business in 1990. After graduating from college Ben went to work in his family Agriculture businesses that now includes citrus grove ownership, grove care and management, payroll management, a general lines insurance agency, as well as risk and horticultural consulting.
In 1993, Ben married Missy Schrader of Wauchula, and they began the rewarding task of starting and raising a family in rural Hardee County. They have three children, Rebecca (19 yrs), Joshua (16 yrs), and Ryan (12 yrs). Missy and Ben invest daily very heavily in the lives of their children and in their Christian faith. Their family is lifetime members of First Christian Church of Wauchula, where Ben has served as an Elder since 2003.
Throughout his life, Ben has been taught and consistently practices the value and necessity of serving others, especially his “Ag” family across Florida. He is a past board member and President of the Peace River Citrus Growers Association, past board member and Chair of the East Charlotte County Drainage District, and a current grower member of Florida Citrus Mutual. In 2005 Gov. Bush appointed Ben to serve on the Florida Citrus Commission and he was subsequently reappointed for a second term in 2008. He served as Vice-Chair of the Domestic Marketing Committee in 2005, Chairman of the Admin & Budget Committee in 2006, and was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Florida Citrus Commission in 2007, a post he held until 2010.
District 26 consisted of DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands, Okeechobee counties and parts of Charlotte, Lee, Polk counties
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