Ronald A. Brisé was appointed to the Florida Public Service Commission by Governor
Charlie Crist in July 2010 and was reappointed by Governor Rick Scott for a term
through January 2014. In December 2011, he was elected to Chair the Commission through
January 1, 2014.
Chairman Brisé is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
(NARUC) and serves on the Committee on Telecommunications, the Committee on International
Relations, and the Subcommittee on Utility Market Access. Chairman Brisé also serves
on the Federal Communications Commission’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee.
Before this appointment, he served the citizens of North East Miami-Dade (District
108) in the Florida House of Representatives for four years.
As a Representative, Chairman Brisé was named Democratic Whip from 2006 to 2008
and served as Vice Chairman of the Florida Conference of Black State Legislators.
He served on the Education & Economic Development Appropriations, General Government
& Health Care Appropriations, and Select Strategic & Economic Planning Councils,
was the Ranking Member on the State & Community Colleges and Workforce Appropriation
Committee and served on the State Universities & Private Colleges Policy Committee.
He also served on the Transportation & Economic Development Appropriations and the
Energy & Utilities Policy Committees. Most notably as a legislator, Chairman Brisé
sponsored successful legislation to expand broadband deployment throughout the State
of Florida making it possible for underserved areas to have access to broadband
technology. He was also successful in passing legislation to provide relief from
garnishment to heads of families by increasing the amount of retainable earnings
before garnishment.
Recently, Chairman Brisé was the Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Partner Consulting,
LLC, which provides leadership and development strategies for corporate clients.
Until 2008, Chairman Brisé was also the Chief Operating Officer for IPIP Corporation,
a VoIP telecommunications carrier. Prior to this, he was the Science Department
Chairperson at Miami Union Academy from 2000 to 2005 and was also the Academy’s
Director of Development, Marketing, and Recruitment from 2003 to 2005.
Chairman Brisé served as a member of the North Miami Planning Commission and is
a past president of the Albert C. Pierre Community Center. He is a member of the
NAACP and a member on the boards of the Haitian-American Scholarship Fund and Miami
Union Academy.
Chairman Brisé received a bachelor’s degree in biology education from Oakwood University
in Huntsville, Alabama and received MBA degrees in management and marketing from
American Intercontinental University in Illinois. He and his wife, JoAn, have a
son and a daughter, Ronald Brisé II and Elizabeth Christiane Brisé, and together
are faithful members of Tabernacle Seventh-day Adventist Church.
|