The Honorable Hazelle Rogers was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2008 where she represents the residents of District 94. She currently serve as a member of the following councils and committees; the Government Accountability Act Council, Health & Family Services Policy Council, Health Care Services Policy Committee, Human services Appropriations Committee, and Roads, Bridges and Ports Policy Committee.
She brings a unique perspective and experience to the Legislature having served as a local elected official with the City of Lauderdale Lakes for 4 terms and as former president of Broward League of Cities from 2004-2005, when in July 7, 2007; she announced her candidacy for State House of Representatives. As a freshman; she was successful in having 2 bills passed in her first session.
Hazelle was born in Kingston, Jamaica, the oldest of three children she migrated to New York in 1969 and relocated to Florida in 1982. Her political career began in 1996 when she was elected to office in the City of Lauderdale Lakes, making her the first person from the English speaking Caribbean-American community to be elected to office in the South Eastern United States.
Hazelle has been involved in many community activities. Her community service awards are too numerous to mention, some of these include her induction into the Broward County’s Women Hall of Fame, March 2001; her nomination and finalist for the National League of Cities, Women in Municipal Government 2005 Awards; Recipient of the 2005 Blue Cross Blue Shield Orange Bowl Thurgood Marshall Achievers Award; One Community (formerly NCCJ) Margaret Roach Community Awards Honoree (2006 and her leadership in hosting the First World Youth Netball Championship Games July 2005. This was the first time in the 100 year history of the games that it was played in the United States.
Hazelle is a distinguished past president of the Broward League of Cities, a group of local elected officials representing the 31 cities in Broward County. She is a founding member of the Greater Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and the oldest festival in Broward County now in its 16th year. She is a member of several local democratic clubs and founder of the Caribbean American Democratic Club. She is very active in politics at all level.
She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from the University of Phoenix, and has completed studies at New York City Community College and Pace University in New York. A Realtor by profession, she holds a mortgage and real estate license and is also a consultant with a local title company. She has been married to her husband Clifton for over 34 years.