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deirdre macnab is the current president of the league of women voters of florida -lrb- lwvf -rrb- , serving in her third term .
macnab was nominated for the 2014 national slate of the league of women voters of the united states .
she has been recognized by `` la prensa '' newspaper as a `` community champion '' for their annual mujeres destacadas awards , by the florida commission on the status of women as a recipient of their 2012 florida achievement award , and by the orlando sentinel as the 2012 most influential central floridian of the year .
under macnab 's leadership , the league of women voters of florida has grown by 26 % and increased its two budgets by 100 % -lrb- advocacy budget -rrb- to 300 % -lrb- education budget -rrb- over a five year period .
the signature accomplishment under her tenure as lwvf president is the final passage , after 60 years of work by the florida league , of two state constitutional amendments to end gerrymandering , accomplished in 2010 .
macnab graduated with an m.b.a. from columbia university in marketing and finance and a b.a. from new york university in history and political science .
she has worked for dun & bradstreet corporation , manville corporation and bankers trust , and was president of her own direct marketing consulting firm in nashville , tennessee .
in addition , macnab worked in the prisons of new york city for the board of correction , and was elected to the board of education in nashville , tn -lrb- 70,000 students -rrb- .
macnab was also appointed by mayor shirley franklin of atlanta to serve as her designate on the fulton county , georgia library board .
after moving to the greater orlando , florida area , macnab joined the board of myregion.org , a seven-county visioning coalition in central florida and wmfe 's citizens advisory board , in addition to joining the league of women voters of florida .
macnab sits on the federal judicial nominating commission for the state of florida , a position appointed by senator bill nelson -lrb- d -rrb- and senator marco rubio -lrb- r -rrb- , charged with the responsibility of selecting candidates for federal judge for submission to the president of the united states .
she was profiled by the orlando business journal in 2009 , appeared on the daily show , politicsnation with al sharpton , and the chris matthews show .
macnab is married to craig macnab , and has two sons , ian and graham .
other accomplishments for the lwvf under her tenure as lwvf state president include : successful lawsuit announced in april 2014 protecting florida voters from being purged from voter rolls 90 days within a federal election .
reduced gerrymandering by leading the charge for the fair districts amendments , which finally set clear rules for drawing political districts , voted into the florida constitution by 63 % of voters .
eliminated roadblocks to voting by successfully demanding the florida legislature reinstitute early voting days , and the sunday before election day , following the long delays , including eight-hour lines in miami , that voters faced during the 2012 presidential election .
struck down unconstitutional restrictions on voter registration via a precedent setting victory in u.s. federal court .
helped place florida water and land conservation initiative , amendment 1 , on the november 2014 ballot .
league members collected over 25,000 signed petitions throughout the state of florida .
led the citizen 's support for the passage of sunrail , central florida 's new commuter rail network stretching across the region .
initiated recycling in st. petersburg , as well as permission for citizens to speak in orange county board of county commissioners meetings .
successfully persuaded florida voters to defeat nine out of eleven amendments on the 2012 ballot , many of which would have severely eroded the rights of citizens and/or de-funded local governments , with the just say no campaign .
worked with statewide environmental groups to successfully pressure the florida department of environmental protection to halt the sale of state owned conservation lands .
