Trudi Williams

Who is Trudi Williams?

Trudi Williams is a Fort Myers, Florida Republican politician who serves as the District 75 Representative in the House of Representatives of the U.S. state of Florida. She was first elected to the Florida House in 2004, and was then re-elected to three successive terms. In 2009, she chaired the Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy Committee.

Representative Williams was born in Ottawa on October 22, 1953 and came to Florida in 1968. She earned her Associate of Arts degree from Saint Johns River Community College in 1978. She went on to receive her Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Florida International University in 1981 and worked as an engineer for Howell Davis and Associates from 1981 to 1989. She left Howell Davis to become Chief Executive Officer for her own engineering consulting firm.

Real estate and development interests give generously to Representative Williams. According to the Florida Dept. of State, Division of Elections, Representative Williams collected $101,385. for her campaign account between April 1, 2007 and October 30, 2008. Of those contributions, one hundred sixty-six were in the amount of $500. coming from donors such as lobbyists, attorneys, land developers, insurers, and political action committees, including the Realtors Political Action Committee, headquartered in Orlando, as well as the Realtors Political Activity Committee, also headquartered in Orlando. http://election.dos.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/TreSel.exe