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LEGISLATOR 4 Elizabeth Fetterhoff Q&A Elizabeth Fetterhoff is a Florida State Representative for House District 26 (DeLand). She was elected to represent the Volusia County district in 2018. She currently has five committee assignments in the House – Education Committee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee; Workforce Development & Tourism Subcommittee; Children, Families and Seniors Subcommittee; and Transportation and Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee. Ms. Fetterhoff has been involved in the political process for over twenty years. She first started working on campaigns while in high school and continued working for various political entities and campaigns throughout college. She graduated from Tallahassee Community College with her A.A. before continuing her education at Florida State University graduating with a B.S. in Political Science in 2009. She continued to pursue her work in the political process, most recently working for State Senator Dorothy L. Hukill – District 14 DITCHMEN • APRIL 2019 for five years as her Legislative Assistant. In her work for the Senator she worked on various pieces of groundbreaking legislation that were first in the nation to pass. These included the Banning of Biometrics of School Children and Digital Assets. She also worked on eliminating the Sales Tax on the Purchase of Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment and the Commercial Lease Sales Tax. Ms. Fetterhoff was in the Florida Army National Guard from 2011 to 2014 and was Honorably Discharged. She was a James Madison Institute – Leaders Fellowship Class III member in 2016-2017. Ms. Fetterhoff is employed as a Government Affairs Director for the New Smyrna Beach Board of Realtors. She currently resides in DeLand with her husband Christopher Conley and three cats. She was born and raised in Volusia County. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Downtown DeLand and enjoys volunteering in her community.