Jennifer Carroll
| Jennifer Carroll | |
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| 18th Lieutenant Governor of Florida | |
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In office January 4, 2011 – March 12, 2013 |
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| Governor | Rick Scott |
| Preceded by | Jeff Kottkamp |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Lopez-Cantera |
| Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 13th district |
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In office 2003–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Hogan |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Davis |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jennifer Sandra Johnson August 27, 1959 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nolan Carroll |
| Children |
Nolan II Nyckie Necho |
| Residence | Fleming Island, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Leeward Community College (A.A.) University of New Mexico (A.B.) Kensington University (M.B.A.) St. Leo University (M.B.A.) |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
| Profession | Naval officer (formerly) and politician |
| Religion | Christianity |
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| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Years of service | 1979–1999 |
| Rank |
 Lieutenant commander
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Jennifer Sandra Carroll (née Johnson; born August 27, 1959) is a Trinidadian-born American politician who was the 18th Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Florida. The first black American and the first woman elected to the position, she assumed the office on January 4, 2011.
She was the first black person elected lieutenant governor of Florida, and the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Carroll previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2003 until 2010. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography, “When You Get There.”
The New York Times reported that Carroll's tenure as lieutenant governor was "marred by scandal and poor judgment" and she was "increasingly viewed as an embarrassment to the man who chose her for the job." She resigned her post as lieutenant governor on March 12, 2013, at the request of Governor Rick Scott. Florida Department of Law Enforcement concluded that she did not break any laws.
Carroll was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She moved to the United States at the age of eight, and graduated from Uniondale High School in Uniondale, Long Island New York in 1977. She enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1979. After serving as an aviation machinist's mate (jet engine mechanic), she was selected for the Enlisted Commissioning Program, becoming an Aviation Maintenance Duty Officer in 1985. She retired from the U.S. Navy in 1999 as a lieutenant commander.
In 1981, she received an Associate of Arts degree from Leeward Community College. She followed this in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of New Mexico. She moved to Florida in 1986. She received a Master of Business Administration degree from unaccredited and now defunct Kensington University in 1995. Carroll resigned her position on the National Commission of Presidential Scholars to accept a presidential appointment to the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission. She then returned to school to earn an accredited Master of Business Administration degree online from St. Leo University in 2008.
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