{"id":254491,"date":"2026-05-01T20:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254491\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:57:09","slug":"gov-desantis-reappoints-richard-franz-iii-and-danielle-marolf-to-st-petersburg-college-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254491\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. DeSantis reappoints Richard Franz III and Danielle Marolf to St. Petersburg College Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reappointments maintain continuity on the Board, which oversees policy, budgeting and institutional direction.<\/p>\n

Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> is reappointing Richard Franz III<\/a> and Danielle Marolf<\/a> to the St. Petersburg College District Board of Trustees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Governor\u2019s Office announced Friday that Franz and Marolf will remain<\/a> on the board, pending confirmation by the Senate.<\/p>\n

Franz serves as Chief Operating Officer and Southeast Regional Managing Partner at Sorren, Inc. \u2014 a top 50 national CPA firm \u2014 bringing a background in finance and accounting to the board. He is active in professional circles, including the American and Florida Institutes of Certified Public Accountants, and previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in accounting from the University of Florida.<\/p>\n

First appointed to the board in January and a Florida native, Franz lives in Clearwater with his wife and children. Outside of work, he enjoys spending time outdoors and exploring new places with his family, according to his professional profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Marolf, of Seminole, is the President, Founder and Head of School at Wellmont Academy. Her community involvement includes serving as Vice Chair and Treasurer of the Florida Coalition of Christian Private Schools Accreditation. She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology from Houghton College.<\/p>\n

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First appointed to the board in January, Marolf is a former candidate<\/a> for the Pinellas County School Board who ran with the support from Moms for Liberty. Her campaign aligned with conservative education priorities, including opposition to what she and other GOP-backed candidates have characterized as \u201cliberal indoctrination\u201d in public schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The reappointments maintain continuity on the board, which oversees policy, budgeting and institutional direction for St. Petersburg College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reappointments maintain continuity on the Board, which oversees policy, budgeting and institutional direction. Gov. Ron DeSantis is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[56905,56909,412,202,204,203,21530,199,6617,56910,201,200],"class_list":["post-254491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-danielle-marolf","tag-richard-franz-iii","tag-ron-desantis","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-peterburg","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-college","tag-st-petersburg-college-district-board-of-trustees","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}