Palm Beach County School Board Member Karen Brill was installed as president of the Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards at the Florida School Board Association’s 2014 Annual Summer Conference in Tampa Bay.
The consortium is comprised of 11 coastal school districts representing more than 42 percent of Florida’s public school students, 55 percent of the state’s property tax base and 51 percent of Florida’s legislative members.
The 11 school districts that form the consortium are: Indian River, St. Lucie, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota and Pinellas counties. The group’s goal is to increase the average funding per student to ensure that Florida is in the top half of the states and can provide a world-class education to enable its students to compete and excel in the global marketplace.
“The Greater Florida Consortium of School Boards has the potential to help shape the future of Florida’s public education system,” Brill said. “I am deeply honored to serve as its president as we explore new ways of collaborating to meet the needs of the students we serve.”
Brill has been a resident of Palm Beach County for 25 years. She has been actively involved in public education for more than 20 years. In addition to serving as school board member for District 3, she currently serves on the board of directors of the Education Commission of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Education Foundation, the Palm Beach Community Alliance and the COBWRA Education Committee.
Brill graduated summa cum laude from Palm Beach Atlantic College with a bachelor’s degree and also received her MBA from Palm Beach Atlantic University.
ABOVE: Karen Brill
