Holly Merrill Raschein

Florida

Holly Merrill Raschein is Mayor of Monroe County.

Appointed as County Commissioner by Governor Ron DeSantis in 2021, Holly was elected in 2022, and became Mayor in 2023. She sits on the Board of the Florida Association of Counties.

Holly served from 2012-2020 in the Florida House of Representatives, sitting on the Speaker’s leadership team and chairing the Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee. She was the Florida Director for the National Foundation for Women Legislators and was a gubernatorial appointee on the Florida Defense Support Task Force.

In the private sector, Holly is Government Relations Director for AshBritt, a national disaster recovery contractor. Originally from Alaska, Holly graduated with a degree in political science from Florida State University and an MPA from Florida International University.

She is active in Young Philanthropists of Baptist Health, Leadership Monroe County, the Monroe County Education Foundation, the Florida Council on Arts & Culture, Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition, Florida National Parks Association Board, Miami/Florida Keys Chapter of the Red Cross, and the Rotary Club of Key Largo. Holly resides in the Upper Keys with her son, Drake.