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Tom Slade has enjoyed a long and successful career in Florida politics
and business. He served as Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida,
for three consecutive terms from January 1993 to January 1999. He is
Chairman of Dozier and Gay Industrial Coatings, a 100-year old manufacturing
firm that specializes in manufacturing liquid paint for industries.
A Florida resident since the age of ten, Tom was raised in the small
Clay county community of Kingsley Lake, and he attended public schools
in Starke. After graduating in 1957 from Southern Tech, where he served
as student body president, he owned and operated several L.P. gas companies
in northeast Florida.
In 1962, at age 25, Tom was elected to the Florida House of Representatives
as a Democrat from Duval County. After changing his party affiliation
to Republican in 1964, and waiting the then mandatory two years, he was
elected to the Florida Senate, where he served until 1970, when he became
the first Republican nominee for State Treasurer.
During the mid-1980's, Tom ran the successful campaigns in northeast
Florida for Bob Martinez, George Bush and Connie Mack. He was one of
seven Floridians who served on the Personnel and Appointment Advisory
Committee for the Bush Administration. Tom was elected Vice-Chairman
of the Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission in 1990. He currently
serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Florida TaxWatch.
In 1994, Tom was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee's
13 state Southern Region, in which he served until 1999. And, in January
1999 he was a candidate for Chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Tom is CEO and Chairman of Tidewater Consulting, Incorporated. He was
elected on January 29, 2000, to serve as the National Committeeman for
the Republican Party of Florida and is the current Chairman of the Duval
County Republican Executive Committee. |
