Personal

• Married: Marvin Sauls, 1962
• Two children, three grandchildren
• Parents: Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Grissett (Father was Assistant Superintendent of the Leon County Road Department for 30 years before retiring.)
• Religious Affiliation: Ft. Braden Pentecostal Holiness Church

Experience

• 1996 – Elected to Leon County Commission
  2000 – Re-elected
  1998-1999 – Served as Vice-Chairman
  1999-2000 – Served as Chairman
  2001-2002 – Served as Vice-Chairman
  2002-2003 – Served as Vice-Chairman
  2003-2004 – Served as Chairman
  2004 – Re-elected
  2007-2008 – Served as Chairman
  2008 – Re-elected

• Clerk of the Circuit Court’s Office – 32 years, which included 6 years as Clerk to the Statewide Grand Jury

• State Attorney’s Office – 2 1/2 years

• Ft. Braden Pentecostal Holiness Church – Secretary/Treasurer since 1971

Education

• Leon High School Graduate – 1961

• Information Systems for Justice Administrators, IBM Seminar – Palisades, New York

• 1992 State and Local Government Executive Conference – Albuquerque, New Mexico

• 2000 – became the only Leon County Commissioner to be certified through the Florida Association of Counties.

Accomplishments

• Ft. Braden Community Center’s complete renovation, basketball courts and new picnic pavilion

• Ft. Braden Recreational Center and Park

• Ft. Braden Library

• Highway 20 resurfacing

• Widening of Capital Circle Southwest and Highway 20 improvements

• Health Clinic on Orange Avenue

• B. L. Perry Library

• EMS Services by Leon County

• Lake Talquin boat ramps and Park improvements

• Proposed Woodville Library

• Woodville Community Center (design stage)

• Crawfordville Highway widening project

BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Board Member – Research and Development Board for Innovation Park
• Board Member – Tallahassee Museum of History and Natural Science
• Board Member and Past Chairman – Apalachee Regional Planning Commission
• Member and Past President – Capital City Democratic Women’s Club
• Board Member – North Florida Fair Association
• Member – Capital City Tiger Bay Club
• Member – Leon County Democratic Executive Committee
• Chairman – Value Adjustment Board
• Member – Leon County Election’s Canvassing Board
• Member – Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Past Member – Public Safety Coordinating Council
• Past President – Altrusa International of Tallahassee
• Past Board of Directors – Ft. Braden Community Center
• Past Volunteer Site Coordinator – Elder Care Congregate Meals
• Past Chairman – Transportation Disadvantage Coordinating Board for three years
• Past Volunteer Host Site Coordinator – SHARE Tampa Bay
• Past Chairman – Public Safety Committee for Florida Association of Counties