Personal Information
Commissioner Welch was born in St. Petersburg and attended local schools, graduating from Lakewood Senior High School. He holds a B.A. degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Florida A&M University. Commissioner Welch’s professional work experience includes 14 years in Accounting, Information Technology, and Financial Systems Administration with Florida Power Corporation (now Duke Energy), and more than 20 years of entrepreneurial experience as Technology Manager for Welch Accounting & Tax Services, a family-owned business. In November 2000, he was elected to the Pinellas Board of County Commissioners, representing District 7. Commissioner Welch was re-elected to the Pinellas County Commission in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Commissioner Welch has also served at the state level as the 1st and 2nd Vice President of the Florida Association of Counties.
In addition to his duties as a Pinellas County Commissioner, Commissioner Welch also serves as Chairman of the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), Pinellas County Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Co-Chair, Pinellas County Business Technology Services Board, Pinellas Metropolitan Planning Organization, Advisory Committee for Pinellas Transportation, Pinellas Health & Human Services Coordinating Council, and other local, state and national organizations. Prior to his election to the County Commission, Commissioner Welch was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to the St. Petersburg Junior College Board of Trustees. Ken and his wife Donna have 2 daughters.
Current Boards and Committees
- Circuit 6 Juvenile Justice Advisory Board
- Advisory Committee for Pinellas Transportation
- Pinellas Business Technology Services (BTS) Board (Past Chair & Vice Chair)
- Pinellas BTS Financial Sub Committee
- Pinellas Career Education Board
- Pinellas County Health and Human Services Coordinating Council
- Pinellas County Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (Co-Chair)
- Pinellas Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
- Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Board of Directors (Chairman)
- Pinellas Value Adjustment Board
- Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority TBARTA (Alternate)
Past Community Service
- Florida Association of Counties (1st & 2nd Vice President)
- Florida Association of Counties Board of Directors
- Florida Association of Counties Finance & Audit Committee
- FAC Taxation & Budget Reform Commission Workgroup (Vice Chair)
- Florida Assoc. of Counties Finance, Transportation and Administration Committee (Chairman, Vice Chairman)
- Florida Assoc. of Counties Urban Caucus (Co-Chair, 2010)
- Florida DCF Substance Abuse & Mental Health Advisory Council
- Florida Gubernatorial Consumer Fireworks Task Force
- Florida Legislative Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
- Lealman Special Fire Control District Task Force (Chairman)
- National Association of Counties Information Technology Committee
- Neighborhood Lending Partners Board of Directors
- Pinellas Affirmative Action Committee
- Pinellas Alternatives Analysis Project Advisory Committee
- Pinellas County Commission/Pinellas Planning Council Annexation Task Force
- Pinellas County Drug Paraphernalia Abatement Task Force (Chairman)
- Pinellas County Juvenile Welfare Board (Finance & Audit Committee Chair)
- Pinellas County Consolidated Justice Information System Board
- Pinellas County Housing Authority Workgroup (Chairman)
- Pinellas County License Bd. for Children's Centers & Family Day Care Homes
- Pinellas County Schools 500/5000 Role Models Mentor
- Pinellas County Tourist Development Council (Chairman)
- Pinellas Homeless Leadership Network/Board (Chairman)
- Pinellas Homeless Policy Group
- Pinellas Mobility Initiative
- Pinellas Transit Governance Task Force
- Pinellas Transit Funding Task Force
- Pinellas Transportation Task Force
- Pinellas-Pasco Juvenile Justice Board
- Pinellas-Pasco Safe Children Coalition CBC Branch Board
- St. Petersburg College Board of Trustees
- Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
- United Way of Tampa Bay Board of Directors
- WorkNet Pinellas (Vice-Chairman)
- YMCA Board of Directors
- YWCA Trustee Board
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