Orange County Mayor-elect Tiffany Moore Russell has named Michael Griffin, an AdventHealth executive, to chair her transition team and has launched a public website for the transition. Russell is the senior vice president of advocacy and public policy at AdventHealth.
“This transition is about preparing to govern, but it is also about listening,” Russell said in a release. “We are going to listen before we act, align our work around the priorities that matter most to residents, and be transparent about where we are going and how we measure progress.”
According to the announcement, the transition will follow three principles: “listen, align, and act.” It will gather input from residents, county employees, and community partners, and “look for ways to strengthen county services and develop recommendations for the administration”. The work will be organized around three priorities. Effective Government covers county services, transparency, accountability and performance. Opportunity covers jobs, small businesses, workforce development and pathways to economic opportunity. Quality of Life covers housing, transportation, public safety, infrastructure and community well-being while planning for growth.
Additional transition team members and public engagement opportunities will be announced in the coming weeks, the release said.
Griffin joined AdventHealth in 2014 from Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, where he was vice president of communications for Walt Disney World. Before Disney, he spent 25 years at the Orlando Sentinel, where he covered local, state and federal government and held editing roles including political editor and city editor. He was born and raised in Orange County and has a journalism degree from the University of Central Florida.
