Biography:
Melissa Snively serves as Chair of the Hillsborough County School Board. She was elected to the board, representing District 4, in 2014. She is one of seven members responsible for making policy decisions and overseeing a total budget of $3.3 billion for the 8th largest school district in the nation, which is also the county’s largest employer with more than 24,000 employees.
Mrs. Snively earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida with a major in English and a minor in Secondary Education. She a member of Florida Blue Key Leadership Honorary and Past President of the Tampa UF Alumni Association. Mrs. Snively has worked in the insurance industry for over 25 years and has owned a successful agency in eastern Hillsborough County since 2001.
Mrs. Snively enjoys being very involved in her community and has served many local organizations in leadership positions, including the PTA/PTSA, American Cancer Society, the Junior League, the Brandon Community Roundtable, the Brandon Outreach Medical Clinic, and the Tampa Theatre. She currently serves on the boards for Brandon Regional Hospital and the Glazer Children’s Museum and the Boy Scouts of America Tampa Bay Area Board of Directors. Mrs. Snively was recently recognized for her dedicated service to scouting with the distinguished Boy Scouts Silver Beaver award and the Girls Scouts Woman of Distinction award.
Professionally, Mrs. Snively has served as the Chairman of the Board for the Brandon Chamber of Commerce and is a graduate of Leadership Brandon. She was the recipient of the 2006 Small Business of the Year Award and was awarded the 2015 Senator Tom Lee Community Leadership Award. Mrs. Snively is also Past President of the Tampa Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors and currently serves on the local, state and national Political Action Committees.
As a school board member, Mrs. Snively continues to advocate for student safety, effective disciplinary policy, equity for every student, literacy and early childhood education, technical and trade opportunities and strong financial oversight of the budget. She serves on three board subcommittees: Finance, Transportation and chairs the Legislative committee.
Mrs. Snively has been married to David since 1999 and they have four (4) children, all who attend Hillsborough County Public Schools.
November 2018
Organizational Assignments:
- Council of Governments (COG)
- Central Florida Public School Boards Coalition
- Glazer Children's Museum Board of Directors
- Value Adjustment Board (alternate)
- Brandon Regional Hospital Board of Trustees