Background
Platt, January Kaminis was born on September 27, 1936 in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Daughter of Peter Clifton and Adele (Diamond) Kaminis.
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January Kaminis Platt, American county official member Hillsborough County Expressway; Member American Judicature Society, State Association County Commissioners Florida (at-large director), American Association of University Women (board directors), MortarBd., Garnet Key, Phi Beta Kappa (president local alumni), Phi Kappa Phi.Democrat.
Education
Bachelor, Florida State University, 1958. Postgraduate, University Florida Law School, 1959. Postgraduate, University Virginia, 1962.
Postgraduate, Vanderbilt University, 1964.
Career
Public school teacher Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida, 1959-1960. Field director Girl Scouts Suncoast Council, 1960-1962. City councilman Tampa City Council, 1974-1978.
County commissioner Hillsborough County, 1978—1994, country commissioner, 1996—2004. Chairman Hillsborough County Board County Commissioners, 1980-1981, 83-84, 98-99, retired, 1994, re-elected, 1996, chairman, 1998-1999, County Charter Review Board, 2005—2006. Cp-chair Countrywide Cultural Plan, since 2006.
Chairman Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, 1982, West Coast Regional Water Supply Authority, Tampa, 1985, Hillsborough County Council Governments, 1976, 79, Agency Bay Management, Hills Environmental Protection Commission, Sunshine Amendment Drive 7th Congressional District, Tampa, 1976, Community Action Agency, Tampa, 1981, 83-84,chairman pro tempore Tampa Charter Revision Commission, 1975, chairman Prison Sitting Task Force, Tampa, 1983, Tampa Housing Study Committee, 1983, Metropolitan Planning Organization, Tampa, 1984, Board Tax Adjustment, Tampa, 1984, chairman Hartline, 2002-2003, Friendship Trailbridge Oversight Committee, 2002-2003, Tampa Bay Water, 2003-2004. Appointee Constitution Revision Commission, Florida, 1977, HRS District IV Advisory Council, Florida. Member Hillsborough County Expy.
Authority, Taxicab Commission, Church Hills Community Youth Council. Vice chairman steering committee National Counties Environmental Task Force. President Suncoast Girl Scout Council, 1973-1974, Church Head Start Community Foundation, 2005-2010.
Chairman County Charter Review Board, 2005-2010.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors March of Dimes, Tampa, The Florida Orchestra, Tampa, Tampa Bay Sierra, Tampa Audubon. Trustee Hillsborough County Hospital Authority, Tampa, 1984-1994. President Citizens Alert, Tampa, Bay View Garden Club, Rose Garden Circuit, 2007-2009.
Vice president Hillsborough County Bar Auxiliary. Advisory board Northside Community Mental Health Center: Access House, Tampa, KeepHillsbrough County, since 2007. Active Arts Council Tampa-Hillsborough County, 1983-1985, 96-2001, Drug Abuse Coordinating Council Organization, Tampa, Board Criminal Justice, Tampa, Florida Council on Aging, Inebriate Task Force, Tampa, Tampa Downtown Development Authority Task Force, Tampa Sports Authority, Tampa Area Mental Health Board, Children's Study Commission, Manahill Area Agency on Aging, Tampa, Athena Society, Tampa Area Committee Foreign Affairs, League of Women Voters.
Vice president Life Enrichment Center. Board directors Arts Council. Executive committee Tampa Performing Arts Center, chairman charter review board.
Co-founder, president Ybor Fresh Market. President Keep Hillsburough Beautiful, 2007-2009, Waverly Home-owners Association, 2007-2009. Member Committee of 100, president Friends of Library.
Coun.2009-2010; Member American Judicature Society, State Association County Commissioners Florida (at-large director), American Association of University Women (board directors), Mortar Board (Distinguished Liftetime Member award 2006), Garnet Key, Phi Beta Kappa (past president local alumni), Phi Kappa Phi.
Connections
Married William R. Platt, February 8, 1963. 1 child Kevin Peter.
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Political Party
Democrat
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1959 - 1960
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1974 - 1978
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1978 - 1994
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1996 - 2004
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Named Humanitarian of Year, Dist IV Head Start, 2010, Florida Head Start, 2010. Recipient Athena award, Women in Communications, 1976, Spessard Holland Memorial award, Tampa Bay Committee for Good Government, 1979, First Lady of Year award, Beta Sigma Phi, 1980, First Annual Humanitarian award, National Organization of Prevention of Animal Suffering, 1981, Women Helping Women award, Soroptimist International Tampa, 1983, Good Government award, Tampa Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1983, League of Women Voters, 1983, John Brooks Memorial award, Florida Audubon Society, 1989, Girl Scout Woman of Distinction award, 1996, Girl Scout Thanks award, 1996, Libery Bell award, Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2000, Black Bear award, Suncoast and Tampa Bay Groups of the Sierra Club, 2001, Eliza Wolff award, Tampa United Methodist Centers, Outstanding Leadership in Local Environmental Protection, Florida Local Environmental Resource Agencies, 2002, Lifetime Achievement award for outstanding leadership in local environmental protection, 2004, Communicator of Year, Tampa Educational Cable Consortium, 2005, Distinguished Alumna award, Florida State University, 2005, Tampa Bay Ethics award, Tampa University Center Ethics, 2005, Dan Hanson Conservationist Year, Frank Sergeant Fishing Expo, 2006, Zonta Status of Women award, 2006, Lifetime Time Achievement award, League of Women Voters, 2010, Herman Golden awrd, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, 2010.Named Humanitarian of Year, Dist IV Head Start, 2010, Florida Head Start, 2010. Recipient Athena award, Women in Communications, 1976, Spessard Holland Memorial award, Tampa Bay Committee for Good Government, 1979, First Lady of Year award, Beta Sigma Phi, 1980, First Annual Humanitarian award, National Organization of Prevention of Animal Suffering, 1981, Women Helping Women award, Soroptimist International Tampa, 1983, Good Government award, Tampa Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1983, League of Women Voters, 1983, John Brooks Memorial award, Florida Audubon Society, 1989, Girl Scout Woman of Distinction award, 1996, Girl Scout Thanks award, 1996, Libery Bell award, Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2000, Black Bear award, Suncoast and Tampa Bay Groups of the Sierra Club, 2001, Eliza Wolff award, Tampa United Methodist Centers, Outstanding Leadership in Local Environmental Protection, Florida Local Environmental Resource Agencies, 2002, Lifetime Achievement award for outstanding leadership in local environmental protection, 2004, Communicator of Year, Tampa Educational Cable Consortium, 2005, Distinguished Alumna award, Florida State University, 2005, Tampa Bay Ethics award, Tampa University Center Ethics, 2005, Dan Hanson Conservationist Year, Frank Sergeant Fishing Expo, 2006, Zonta Status of Women award, 2006, Lifetime Time Achievement award, League of Women Voters, 2010, Herman Golden awrd, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, 2010.