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Mr. Harvey, age 62, is the Chairman and CEO of South Florida Aquaculture, Inc. where he has been an active figure in the State of Florida aquaculture and water resource policy. Mr. Harvey is a consultant for Florida Government Strategies, a consulting practice centered on natural resource management, energy land use, and water supply planning in South Florida. Clients include numerous groups interested in environmental water needs of Everglades and Florida Bay, as well as an important Indian tribe, educational and health care clients. Throughout his career in South Florida, Mr. Harvey has lobbied hundreds of bills through the Florida Legislature.
Prior to joining Florida Government Strategies in 1992, Mr. Harvey was the Planning Department Director for the South Florida Water Management District, where he was responsible for the development of local government programs to solve joint water management and land use problems through cooperative partnerships. He designed and implemented an interdisciplinary planning department to better plan for South Florida?s water future and worked closely with the District Governing Board as a senior manager. He was responsible for the daily operations of the plans to improve Biscayne Bay, Indian River Lagoon, and Lake Okeechobee. Mr. Harvey served as Executive Director in 1999 and assisted Governor Jeb Bush implement the Everglades Restoration Program and directed the Agency?s 1800 employees and 900 million dollar budget.
Mr. Harvey, age 62, is the Chairman and CEO of South Florida Aquaculture, Inc. where he has been an active figure in the State of Florida aquaculture and water resource policy. Mr. Harvey is a consultant for Florida Government Strategies, a consulting practice centered on natural resource management, energy land use, and water supply planning in South Florida. Clients include numerous groups interested in environmental water needs of Everglades and Florida Bay, as well as an important Indian tribe, educational and health care clients. Throughout his career in South Florida, Mr. Harvey has lobbied hundreds of bills through the Florida Legislature.
Prior to joining Florida Government Strategies in 1992, Mr. Harvey was the Planning Department Director for the South Florida Water Management District, where he was responsible for the development of local government programs to solve joint water management and land use problems through cooperative partnerships. He designed and implemented an interdisciplinary planning department to better plan for South Florida?s water future and worked closely with the District Governing Board as a senior manager. He was responsible for the daily operations of the plans to improve Biscayne Bay, Indian River Lagoon, and Lake Okeechobee. Mr. Harvey served as Executive Director in 1999 and assisted Governor Jeb Bush implement the Everglades Restoration Program and directed the Agency?s 1800 employees and 900 million dollar budget.
From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Harvey served as Deputy Executive Director for the Southwest Florida Water Management District where he directed planning, administration, and management of all facets of the District=s planning, financial budgetary, public information, land acquisition, and field operations. He managed a 16 county, 300 employee agency requiring a $30 million annual budget.
Mr. Harvey is, and has been, an advisor to or officer of, numerous government and environmental organizations including: Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Florida Conservation Association; Advisor to the Governors Commission for a Sustainable South Florida; Member of the Planning and Resource Management Committee for the Florida Keys; Member of the Save the Manatee Committee; and the Florida Aquaculture Review Council, and The Habitat Advisory Council of the US Department of Commerce South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Mr. Harvey has a B.A. in Political Science from Delta State University, and an M.S. in Urban Planning form Florida State University. | 