April Griffin was re-elected to her second term on the Hillsborough County School Board in 2010. She is one of seven members responsible for making policy decisions and overseeing a budget of $2.9 billion for the 8th largest school district in the nation.
In spite of the current financial crisis, Hillsborough County School Board has cut over $125 million without laying off one employee, closing one program or one school, and still managed to bring in $100 million dollars from the Gates Foundation.
She currently serves on the national Board of Directors of Youth Crime Watch of America, the Juvenile Justice Board, the Hillsborough County Council of Governments, and the Kids Healthcare Foundation. She is a Tampa Chamber of Commerce Leadership Tampa alumna. Creative Loafing honored April with a "Best of The Bay" award for her humanitarian work with the medically needy.
Born and raised in Hillsborough County April has been married to Brian Griffin for 20 years and they are proud parents to two boys educated in Hillsborough County Public Schools. Her oldest son recently graduated and her youngest son still attends public school.
