Jovonia Lewis is a mother, wife, elected school board member, nonprofit director, and nationally certified and licensed clinical mental health counselor. She brings a unique set of skills to the table. She has worked in the Solicitor General’s Office with victims of domestic violence, and has worked in nonprofit settings offering intensive family interventions and in several residential group homes with juveniles. Her extensive work in this field includes providing mental health counseling, as well as education and life skills for youth. Finally, for the past 20 years, she has been an entrepreneur and small business owner, starting with her private counseling practice and evolving to include franchise ownership of Smoothie King; most recently, she has leant her advocacy and entrepreneurship, as well as her education and equity expertise, to become founding director of the non-profit Empowered Parents in Community (EPIC). These unique experiences will serve as an asset to the board of county commissioners, considering the county’s expansive work with mental health in numerous arenas from educational facilities, to the Department of Health, to detention centers and jails, not to mention arenas like education, supporting local businesses and workers, and understanding the complicated intersection of the many roles of a County Commissioner. Jovonia Lewis is ready to hit the ground running!