HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) held its annual organizational meeting today, reappointing Commissioner Ken Hagan as chair and selecting Commissioner Christine Miller as vice chair. Commissioner Gwen Myers will serve as the board chaplain.
This marks Hagan’s eighth term as board chair. He has been a commissioner since 2002 and has represented the BOCC on numerous key boards, including Visit Tampa Bay, the Tampa/Hillsborough Expressway Authority, and the Tampa Sports Authority.
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The meeting followed an investiture ceremony for returning commissioners Hagan (District 2) and Miller (District 4), and newly elected Commissioner Chris Boles (Countywide District 6).
The BOCC voted to maintain existing commissioner assignments to various boards, committees, and councils. Commissioner Boles will assume the positions previously held by Pat Kemp, who completed the maximum two consecutive terms for Countywide District 6.
Key Board Assignments:
- Affordable Housing Advisory Board: Gwen Myers
- Arts Council of Hillsborough County: Chris Boles
- Aviation Authority: Harry Cohen
- Children’s Board of Hillsborough County: Gwen Myers
- Environmental Protection Commission: Gwen Myers and Harry Cohen
- Hillsborough Transit Authority (HART): Gwen Myers, Christine Miller, Joshua Wostal, and Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Hospital Authority: Ken Hagan and Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Juvenile Justice Board: Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Port Authority: Christine Miller
- Public Safety Coordinating Council: Donna Cameron Cepeda
- Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council: Harry Cohen (member), Donna Cameron Cepeda (alternate)
- Tampa Bay Water Board of Directors: Harry Cohen and Joshua Wostal
- Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp.: Ken Hagan
- Transportation Planning Organization: Christine Miller, Harry Cohen, Gwen Myers, Chris Boles, Joshua Wostal, and Ken Hagan (alternate)
- Tampa Sports Authority: Ken Hagan
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