Meet the 2019 Pinellas County Young Democrats Board of Directors
Johnny Boykins
President
- Hometown: Gulfport, FL
- College: B.A. in Political Science at Eckerd College, M.A. in Security Studies and Diplomacy from Norwich University
- Profession: Program Manager & Regulatory Officer at PalAmerican Security
- Hobbies: Cooking, Map Collecting, Occasionally Writing
- Previous Political Experience: Current Vice Chair of the Pinellas Democratic Party, Precinct Committeeman
- If you could have any superpower, what would it be: Ability to speak every language in the world.
David Petrantoni
Vice President
- Hometown: Tarpon Springs, FL
- College: B.S. & M.S in Political Science from Florida State University
- Profession: Inventory and Sales Management
- Hobbies: Complaining, Buying books I end up not reading, Losing/Not getting picked by a team in basketball
- Previous Political Experience: Former organizer and deputy regional director
- If you could have any superpower, what would it be: All of Shaq’s powers from the hit movie “Kazaam”
Teal Heeren
Secretary
- Hometown: Born and raised in Lakeland, FL, now living in Seminole
- College: University of Florida
- Profession: Teacher with Pinellas County Schools
- Hobbies: Playing Pokemon Go, watching cartoons, meal planning and cooking
- Previous Political Experience: Secretary of the PCYD, Secretary of the Stonewall Democrats, Field Organizer with the Alex Heeren for State House of Representatives Campaign
- If you could have any superpower, what would it be: Being able to stop time for however long I wanted without aging. I could actually get some sleep!
Position Open
Treasurer
Blaine Lawson
Director of Political Affairs
- Hometown: Raised in the Pacific, now residing in Seminole, FL.
- College: Truman State University, B.A. Business Administration, Concentration in Management
- Profession: Group Benefits Professional
- Hobbies: Learning languages, working out, arguing politics on Facebook
- Previous Political Experience: Obama Campaign ’08. Alex Heeran for FL House Dist. 66 ’18
- If you could have any superpower, what would it be: Drinking and knowing things.
Whitney Fox
Director of Communications
- Hometown: Currently Downtown St. Petersburg (Originally from Valrico)
- College: University of Central Florida
- Profession: Public Relations Manager for Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
- Hobbies: Dog Bar, Dog Beach, Pretty much anything I can do with my puppy!
- Previous Political Experience: New Leaders Council 2019 Fellow, Council of Neighborhood Association Leadership 2019, Pinellas Democratic Party Precinct Committeeperson
- If you could have any superpower, what would it be: Photographic Memory
Alex Heeren
Director of Membership and Outreach
- Hometown: Seminole, FL
- College: University of Florida
- Profession:Educator
- Hobbies: Computers, volleyball, tabletop games
- Previous Political Experience: Candidate for Florida House of Representatives, Political Director, Pinellas County Young Democrats, Pinellas Democratic Party Vice President for District 66
- If you could have any superpower, what would it be: The power to add more hours to the day
Position Open
Director of Socials and Events
Position Open
Sergeant-At-Arms