2023-2024 Officers & Council Members

Charter Officers
President: Kelly McHugh, Florida Southern College, kmchugh@flsouthern.edu

First Vice President: Currently Vacant 

Second Vice President: Austin Trantham, Saint Leo University, austin.trantham@saintleo.edu

Secretary:  Sean Foreman, Barry University, sforeman@barry.edu

Treasurer:  Aubrey Jewett, University of Central Florida, aubrey.jewett@ucf.edu

Ex-Officio
Past President:  Leah Blumenfeld, Barry University, lblumenfeld@barry.edu

Editor, Florida Political Chronicle:  Marco Rimanelli, Saint Leo University, marco.rimanelli@saintleo.edu​

Editor, The Political Scientist Newsletter: Austin Trantham, Saint Leo University, austin.trantham@saintleo.edu

 Executive Council 
(staggered in 2 year terms)

Kevin Wagner (2022-2024)
Florida Atlantic University
kwagne15@fau.edu

Richard Murgo (2022-2024)
Tallahassee Community College
ricmurgo@gmail.com

Ben Smith (2023-2024)
University of Florida
bbsmith@ufl.edu
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Houman Sadri (2023-2025)
University of Central Florida
​houman.sadri@ucf.edu

Kelly McHugh (2023-2025)
Florida Southern College
kmchugh@flsouthern.edu
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Bradley Gardner (2023-2025)
​Bethune-Cookman University
​gardnerb@cookman.edu

Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan (2024-2026)
University of South Florida-St. Petersburg, 
jsm2@usf.edu

Brian Kupfer (2024-2026)
Tallahassee Community College, 
brian.kupfer@tcc.fl.edu

Jack Reilly (2024-2026)
New College of Florida
jreilly@ncf.edu
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