Alex Sink
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Adelaide "Alex" Sink (Democrat) is Chief Financial Officer-elect of Florida.
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[edit] Brief Bio
Sink is a former president of the Florida Banking Division of Nationsbank, (now Bank of America). She was appointed by former Governor Lawton Chiles to the Commission on Government Accountability to the People, and also served on Governor Chiles’ Commission on Education.
Sink was vice chair of Florida TaxWatch, a group whose mission is to advocate fiscal responsibility in state government. Sink's civic involvements have included service with the Florida Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and the Beth El Farm Workers Ministry, as well as serving and as Chairman of the Board of the United Way of Hillsborough County.
She is the wife of Bill McBride, the 2002 Democratic nominee for governor of Florida. She and McBride have two children, William (Bert) McBride and Cheryle (Lexie) McBride.
[edit] Candidate for Chief Financial Officer - 2006
Alex Sink was the democratic candidate for Florida's office of Chief Financial Officer. She defeated Republican Tom Lee 53.5% to 46.5%.
[edit] Endorsements
During her campaign, Sink was endorsed by 16 of Florida's leading newspapers, and the Orlando Sentinel gave a second endorsement the day of the election. Alex Sink was also endorsed by former Republican Comptroller, General Bob Milligan. The office of Comptroller, which Milligan held, was later folded into the duties of the Chief Financial Officer.
