Dawn Peters

Peters was elected to the Pinellas County School Board in November 2022 and currently serves as Vice Chairperson. Both of her daughters completed higher education through dual enrollment and Bright Futures scholarship and now work locally serving our community. Dawn supports educational pathways that prepare students for success after graduation—whether through college readiness, career and technical education, skilled trades, military service, or direct entry into the workforce.

Dawn M. Peters was elected to the Pinellas County School Board in November 2022 and currently serves as Vice Chairperson. A lifelong Florida native, successful businesswoman, and devoted mother of two. Dawn answered the call to public service through her deep involvement in her daughters’ education and firm belief in the constitutional promise of equal opportunity for all. ​ Before joining the School Board, Dawn built a career in property management while actively serving our veterans and the Pinellas County school community. She has served as a certified substitute preschool teacher, and elementary and middle school mentor, a PTA officer, and the volunteer and mentor coordinator at Thurgood Marshall Fundamental Middle School. Through these roles—and through her children’s experiences in neighborhood, fundamental, and magnet schools—Dawn developed a broad, firsthand understanding of public education and its critical role in preparing students to become informed citizens and productive members of the workforce. Both of her daughters completed higher education through dual enrollment and Bright Futures scholarship and now work locally serving our community. ​ Dawn believes public education is fundamental to our constitutional republic. Our schools do more than teach academics—they help instill civic responsibility, critical thinking, and respect for the freedoms and responsibilities outlined in our Constitution. Our young people are the future of o