Commissioner Rick Minor has served the citizens of District 3 since 2018.
Rick Minor was elected to the Leon County Board of County Commissioners in 2018 and was re-elected in 2022. He represents the citizens of County District 3 and is focused on growing our economy, reducing crime, protecting the environment, and ensuring that our local government performs at the highest ethical standards. He is also focused on projects that improve infrastructure and amenities in northwest Leon County, such as the North Monroe safety improvements, Tharpe Street upgrades, and the construction of the new Lake Jackson Greenway.
Rick previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of our region’s nonprofit food bank. During his tenure, the food bank’s distribution grew by 86%, revenue increased by 54% and in FY 2019 it provided what was then an all-time record 12.7 million pounds of food to those in need. At that time, the food bank coordinated with more than 135 agency partners throughout the Big Bend region -- churches, schools, and other nonprofits -- and served about 55,000 people each month.
Rick is also the former Chief of Staff to the Mayor’s Office at Tallahassee’s City Hall. In that role, he was responsible for managing both the Mayor’s Office and the City’s involvement in various projects such as Local Business Saturday, Choose Tallahassee, and the DeSoto ‘America’s First Christmas’ site. Rick also functioned as the City’s intergovernmental and legislative liaison, advocating for federal and state policies that benefited Tallahassee’s residents and businesses.
For much of his career, Rick has developed public policy for state and local governments, and he has also spent a great deal of time in the private sector, running the financial operations of a small business, managing accounts, and making payroll for employees. In addition, Rick spent nearly a decade as a business and information technology consultant, working on numerous private and public sector projects throughout the United States as well as in Germany, Hong Kong, Canada, South Africa, and Denmark.
A native Floridian, he is a member of Leadership Tallahassee Class 26 and, as a Knight Creative Communities Institute catalyst, he served as President of Tallahassee Music Week in 2015 and 2016.
Rick majored in Computer Science and graduated with honors while earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business. He also earned a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Rick and his wife Jessica are the proud parents of two young daughters, and the four of them often spend their time hiking along Leon County’s trails or kayaking on Lake Jackson.
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