Welcome to New Supervisor of Elections Melissa Blazier

Ed Brandt.

It’s a little windy out there, but at this point, it looks like it is safe here in Collier County. Let’s pray it stays that way.

Last week I attended a celebration for Melissa Blazier, whom the Governor appointed to take the job of the Elections Supervisor because of Jennifer Edwards resignation. Melissa has worked with Jennifer in the Elections office since 2006, most recently serving as the Chief Deputy Supervisor of the Elections under Jennifer Edwards. She received her designation as a Certified Elections/Registration Administrator (CERA) from the National Association of Election Officials (Election Center) and is a Master Florida Certified Elections Professional (MFCEP) through the Florida Supervisors of Elections (FSE). WOW! You couldn’t ask for better than that! I was really impressed!

Melissa is a graduate of the Associate Leadership Collier program Spring Class of 2010, then Leadership Collier Class of 2014, and Leadership Marco, Class of 2019. Melissa was named one of Gulf Shore Business’s Top Forty under 40 in 2014, Distinguished Fundraising Volunteer via the Association of Fundraising Professionals in 2018, the Leadership Collier Foundation’s Volunteer of the Year in 2020, and recently named Kiwanian of the Year by the Kiwanis Club of Naples in 2022.

Melissa Blazier is a member of The American Legion Auxiliary Post 135, Election Center, iGO, Kiwanis Club of Naples, Leadership Collier Alumni Association, League of Women Voters, Men’s Republican Club of Collier County, Naples Republican, Republican Women of Southwest Florida Federated, and Women’s Republican Club. She currently serves on the Leadership Collier Foundation Advisory Council and is President of the Kiwanis Club of Naples.

Melissa grew up in Naples and graduated from Naples High School. She has been married to her husband, Devon, for 24 years. They have a son together, along with two rescue Boxers.

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