Holly Merrill Raschein

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT HOLLY MERRILL RASCHEIN

Holly Merrill Raschein is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, elected 20••••20, to represent the 120th district, which includes Monroe County and Southern Miami-Dade County. Originally from Alaska, Holly came back to her roots and attended Florida State University, where she graduated with a degree in political science. She then moved to the Florida Keys, where she worked as a Legislative Aide for nearly 10 years before running for office. During her tenure in the House Holly served on several key committees, including chairing the Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee. While in office Holly was involved in the National Conference of State Legislators where she co-chaired the Committee on Disaster Recovery. She was also the Florida Lead for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators, the Florida Director for the National Foundation for Women Legislators, and a gubernatorial appointee on the Florida Defense Support Task Force.In 2016 Holly joined the Baptist Health of South Florida team as the project coordinator for both Mariners Hospital and Fishermen’s Community Hospital where she helped lead the coordination of a custom-made modular hospital in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, aligning federal, state, and local resources in the disaster recovery process. In 2017, Holly received her Master’s in Public Administration from Florida International University. She joined First State Bank of the Florida Keys, Monroe County’s only locally owned bank, where she works directly with the leadership team as a market advisor to engage the community and promote the bank’s products and services. Since December of 2020, she has also been the Government Relations Director for AshBritt, a national turnkey rapid response disaster recovery and special environmental services contractor. Additionally, in September of 2021 Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Holly to the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners District 5 seat.She is active in numerous organizations including Young Philanthropists of Baptist Health, Leadership Monroe County, the Monroe County Education Foundation, the Florida Council on Arts & Culture, Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition, Thriving Mind South Florida, Florida National Parks Association Board, Miami/Florida Keys Chapter of the Red Cross, Florida Association of Counties Board, and the Rotary Club of Key Largo. Holly enjoys scuba diving, fishing, and ballet. She resides in the Upper Keys with her son, Drake.