Bill Cowles has been an integral part of the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office since 1989, after serving thirteen years on the staff of the Central Florida Council, Boy Scouts of America. He was elected as the Orange County Supervisor of Elections in 1996, and re-elected in 2000 and 2004. Bill supervises the sixth largest county elections office in the State of Florida.

Bill has a monthly show on Orange TV called, "Elections and You, the Voter". He also serves on the Federal Elections Assistance Commission Standards Board, to which he was appointed in 2003. His other professional involvement includes being Past President of the Florida State Association of Supervisors of Elections and Second Vice President of the International Association of Clerks, Recorders, Election Officials, and Treasurers. Bill is currently President-Elect for IACREOT and has been appointed (by IACREOT) to the 2007 EAC Board of Advisors.

Bill graduated in 1976 with a degree in Public Administration, from Florida Technological University, (now known as University of Central Florida). He is a member of the Alumni Association Legislative Committee.

Not only is Bill busy with his professional associations, he is also very active in his church and community. He is an elder at St. Pauls Presbyterian Church; a member of the executive board of Goodwill Industries; and a member and past-president of the Kiwanis Club of North Orlando.

Bill has been married since 1978 to Cheryl and has two grown sons and one grandson.

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