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Jacqui Thurlow-Lippisch is a commissioner of the Town of Sewall's Point, Florida, author of the blog "Indian River Lagoon," and Republican candidate for Martin County Commission, District 1, which includes parts of Stuart, Jensen Beach, Rio, Hutchinson Island and Sewall's Point.

Town of Sewall's Point
Thurlow-Lippisch has served as a commissioner for the Town of Sewall's Point beginning in 2008, where she was mayor from July 2011 to November 2012. Her second term ends November 2016.

As Commissioner, Thurlow-Lippisch worked with federal, state, and local governments and agencies to facilitate Town needs, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Florida Department of Transportation, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Martin County.

Martin County
Thurlow-Lippisch is running for Martin County Commission, District 1, which includes parts of Stuart, Jensen Beach, Rio, Hutchinson Island and Sewall's Point and can be viewed here: http://geoweb.martin.fl.us/downloads/Districts_Boundaries/Commission_Districts.pdf

River Kidz
Thurlow-Lippisch has served as a volunteer administrator of the River Kidz since 2011.

Rivers Coalition
Thurlow-Lippisch has served on the board of the Rivers Coalition Legal Defense Fund as an Ex-officio member of the board, starting in 2011.

Personal
Thurlow-Lippisch was born at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California, and has lived in Martin County since she was eleven months old. She graduated from Martin County High School in 1982, the University of Florida in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, and again in 1994, with a Bachelor of Arts in German. In 1999, she graduated from the University of West Florida with a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Development. Thurlow-Lippisch taught at Murray Middle School, Stuart Middle School, and South Fork High School before suffering an injury that ended her teaching career. Subsequently, Thurlow-Lippisch worked as a real estate professional.

Thurlow-Lippisch is marred to Dr. Ed Lippisch, an oral surgeon and owner of Lippisch and Engebretsen: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Her mother is a fifth generation Florida historian Sandra Henderson Thurlow and author of Historic Jensen and Eden on Florida's Indian River; Stuart on the St. Lucie: A pictorial history; and Sewall's Point: The history of a peninsular community on Florida's Treasure Coast. Thurlow-Lippisch's grandfather Tom Thurlow Sr. was one of the first real estate attorneys in Stuart, and founder of Thurlow and Thurlow, which her father and brother Todd run today. Thurlow-Lippisch's grandfather J.R. Henderson worked for the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Services, was a professor at the university, and authored the 1939 publication "Soils of Florida," available here: https://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/uf%3A116246#page/UNNUMBERED/mode/2up.