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Debra Jenks was appointed to the New College of Florida board on January 6, 2023 by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as part of his attempt to re-engineer the small public liberal arts honors college.
Debra is a 1980 New College grad, earning an Economics degree with a senior thesis on “Railroads”, sponsored by Dr. Dana Stevens. She earned a law degree from Lewis & Clark College and has practiced law in Florida for several decades.
Debra Jenks has been active in her local legal profession, serving as President of the North County section of the Palm Beach Bar Association in 2008.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-harvey-44190610/details/experience/
Robert Harvey continued with his separate legal practice after their marriage, but they worked together for 7 years from 2015-22.
Securities Attorneys
What does a “securities attorney” do? Robert and Debra were quoted as saying “For us, it means we’re either defending financial advisors and brokerage firms against lawsuits filed by customers or actions taken against them by regulators, or we’re representing customers. Firms must arbitrate disputes between each other. As a litigation firm, we defend our clients once the regulators like FINRA, the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), and state regulators come after them.”
https://www.finra.org/arbitration-mediation
Judicial Nominating Committee (JNC) Members
Debra was first appointed to the 4th District Court of Appeals Judicial Nominating Committee in 2012 and has served as its Chairperson.
Robert was first appointed to the 15th Circuit Judicial Nominating Committee in 2015.
Political Donors
Their law firm donated $1,000 to the DeSantis campaign. (page 17)
Federalist Society Members
https://www.facebook.com/groups/196338439232/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Society
Political Appointees of Governor DeSantis
For Debra, see the first link for her January, 2023 appointment. For Robert:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-harvey-44190610/details/experience/
https://www.enterpriseflorida.com/about/efi-leadership/
What is Enterprise Florida, Inc? A separate organization used to promote Florida business. What is the Florida Opportunity Fund? A subsidiary that invests on behalf of the state of Florida.
There have been historical political battles about having a separate organization not directly accountable to the legislature and questions of spending and excessive compensation and political appointments. It appears that the governor and legislature found mutual ground in 2022 and revised the governing statute and agreed upon direct and indirect budgets.
Employee compensation is not recorded on the state’s central website.
https://salaries.myflorida.com/
https://www.enterpriseflorida.com/about/transparency/
The governor describes this as a miraculous organization.
https://www.enterpriseflorida.com/about/
Summary
Debra Jenks and Robert Harvey are active political supporters of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Stakeholders of New College of Florida should consider this regarding her service on the Board of Trustees.
“We are a duo”.
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