Doug Dodd

DoddD@citrusschools.org

Doug Dodd was born and raised in Inverness, Florida, attended public schools in Citrus County and graduated from Citrus High School in 1983. He went on to attend college at Florida Southern in Lakeland, Florida where he played on the men’s tennis team and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.

In 1987, Doug was hired as a Deputy Sheriff with the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office. He served ten years in the role of School Resource Officer and had assignments at Lecanto High School, Lecanto Middle School, Citrus High School, and Inverness Middle School. He was awarded the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce Service to Youth award in 1997 for his work in teaching and coaching students.

During his 26-year career in law enforcement, Doug was promoted through the ranks at the Sheriff’s Office obtaining the rank of Captain. He has experience in public budgeting, finance, and strategic planning and has knowledge of personnel matters from serving as the Human Resources Director at the Sheriff’s Office. He was tasked with agency accreditation and helped lead the Sheriff’s Office to state and national accreditation status in 2007, 2010, and 2013. In his work as the director of the Sheriff’s Citizens’ Academy he saw over 2000 Citrus County residents graduate from the program, and he even developed and implemented a high school Citizens’ Academy class. He has also been an instructor for the Criminal Justice Academy at Withlacoochee Technical College.

Doug considers himself to be a life-long learner and knows the importance of education. He received a second Bachelor’s degree, this one in Criminal Justice from St. Leo University, and he completed his Master’s degree in Education at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a 2001 graduate of Leadership Citrus and a 2003 graduate of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.

Doug has been active in the community and in his church. He coached high school tennis for ten years and has coached girls’ volleyball and softball as well as boys’ Little League baseball and Upward basketball. Doug volunteers at Fort Cooper State Park, served four years as President of the Friends of Fort Cooper, and has over 2200 hours of volunteer service with the Florida State Park system. He has been the President of the Florida Sheriff’s Caruth Camp Board of Associates and was Treasurer of the Florida Association of School Resource Officers. He has worked on the board of Youth Leadership Citrus and has been an integral part of the student ministry at his church. Doug has been married thirty-five years and has four children, all of whom have graduated from Citrus High School.

Doug was elected to the School Board by winning the primary election in August, 2014 and took office in November, 2014. In December, 2016, Doug was recognized by the Florida School Boards Association for becoming a Certified Board Member after completing extensive training in boardsmanship, school finance, policy governance, and personnel issues. He has served twice as Chairman of the School Board (2017-18 and 2022-23) and twice as Vice-Chairman of the School Board (2016-17 and 2021-2022.)

In 2018, Doug was appointed as one of the sixteen commissioners of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public Safety Commission and tasked with making statewide recommendations on how to improve school safety and security. He actively works to provide safe schools at the local level and to promote school safety legislation and funding at the state level. In June, 2023 he was recognized with the “Excellence in Education School Safety Award” at the school board conference in Tampa.

Doug served as the 2021-22 President of the Board of Directors for the Florida High School Athletic Association and completed six years on the FHSAA Board in 2023. He was Chairman of the Board of Trustees for HCA Florida Citrus Hospital for five years and served a total of nine years on the hospital board finishing at the end of 2023. Doug served four years on the Citrus County Value Adjustment Board and currently serves on the boards of the Phil Royal Legacy, the Gold Shield Foundation, and the Friends of Fort Cooper.

Doug was successful in winning his second and third terms on the Citrus County School Board running unopposed in 2018 and 2022.

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