Katy Errington, President

Katy's Biography

• Lee County Recovery Task Force, Education/Workforce branch member

• Former vice mayor and mayor—the Village of Estero

• Former Florida League of Mayors Board of Directors

• Former chair of the Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Executive Committee

• Former business, marketing, teacher, coordinator, and public schools’ career and technical administrator.

• Adjunct college professor for marketing. Worked with

  students and businesses developing entrepreneurial and marketing skills.

• Former IBM education consultant

• Former founder and president of a children’s 501 ( c ) (3) nonprofit organization where I created, marketed and delivered coloring books and crayons to children in need nationally and internationally

• Former marketing coordinator for a faith-based international humanitarian aid and disaster relief nonprofit organization in Cincinnati, Matthew 25: Ministries

• Past president of condominium association

• Past president Exchange Club, Cincinnati

• Past president Mason-Deerfield Rotary Club, Mason, OH

• Past Rotary International District Governor for southwest OH…3,500 members and 54 clubs

• Active member of the Rotary Club of Estero

• Named Rotarian of the Year in 2011-12

• Co-chaired the 2022 Rotary’s Annual Light Up Estero event

• Florida Certified Horticultural Professional

• Past board member for Interfaith Charities of south Lee County Florida

• Past council liaison for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida

• Past council liaison for the Coastal and Heartland National Estuary Partnership

• Past member of the Estero Bay and Bay Management Committee

• Past council liaison for Koreshan State Park and the Estero Historical Society

• Past council liaison for South Florida Water Management District

• Strong advocate for the historic Estero River and water quality issues in southwest

  Florida

• Married to Garth Errington with a combined family of five children (two deceased) and eight grandchildren.

• Presbyterian Church elder and member of the Estero Community Church

• Currently enrolled in an online training course, through Wheaton College’s

  Humanitarian Disaster Institute called: Spiritual First Aid. Knowing what to say and do became very relevant and needed in many areas of Southwest Florida after Hurricane Ian

• Gold Star Mother

• Presented with the Rotary Club of Estero Community Service Award for 2022-2023

• Awarded the Key to the City by the Village of Estero for serving as Mayor/Vice Mayor/Councilmember