Jennifer Webb

Editor’s note: Webb did a phone interview with Oviedo Community News.

Age: Not available.

Where they live: Oviedo

Where they work: Project Executive at BRPH (Briel, Rhame, Poynter and Houser), an architecture, design engineering and construction company.

Prior work experience: Senior Architect for Lockheed Martin (August 2018 to June 2023) and Salas O’Brien (June 2023 to March 2025).

Prior political experience: Seminole Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor Group 2 incumbent.

Platform: Webb said she hopes to remove some restrictions tying soil and water conservation members to agriculture, which limits who can run for the group. Webb also said she aims to make soil and water conservation relevant in the community by sharing what the SSWC does with other soil and water conservation districts in Florida because the state is trying to hamstring local authority over natural resources.

Why they are running: Webb said she is running for Group 1 because of the Florida Senate Bill 1078, passed in 2022, according to her website. The bill restricts SSWC members to be engaged with agriculture, employed by an agriculture producer or owns, leases or is employed on agricultural land. Learn more

Most recent campaign finance report: Nothing listed on official websites.

Endorsements: None reported.

Candidate website: Jennifer Webb 

Fun fact about the candidate: Webb said she regrows grocery store produce and shares them with the community in her spare time, according to her website.

Author

Megan is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Oviedo Community News, the only independent news source for Greater Oviedo and Winter Springs. She oversees editorial content, policy and staff. She attends meetings, sends out the e-newsletter and curates conversations in the community to understand the information gaps that OCN needs to fill. She also works to create partnerships that can strengthen the bond between community and newsroom.

She has served as an award-winning community journalist for more than 20 years, including as associate editor for the East Orlando Sun and a reporter for the Seminole Voice, the Winter Park-Maitland Observer and Orlando Magazine.

In 2024, Megan was named Editor of the Year by the Society for Professional Journalism. With the Central Florida Foundation and Central Florida Public Media, she co-found the News Collaborative of Central Florida, a collective of independent local news outlets and aligned partners working toward a more informed and engaged Central Florida.

She served as treasurer for the Florida Press Club for seven years and has won awards from the Institute for Nonprofit News, the Florida Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalism. Megan holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism (now called the Reed College of Media) at West Virginia University.

Megan also loves yoga, running and playing board games with her family.

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