Jennifer Carroll
American politician
Jennifer Sandra Carroll (née Johnson, August 27, 1959) is an American Republican politician and retired naval officer who served as the 18th lieutenant governor of Florida from January 4, 2011 to March 12, 2013. Carroll is the first black person, woman and Trinidadian-American elected to the office. Carroll previously served as a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives. She is the bestselling author of an autobiography entitled When You Get There. In June 2026, she was nominated to be the U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago by President Donald Trump.
While lieutenant governor, Carroll came under scrutiny for public relations work for a charity that involved itself in gambling and for $24,000 in income that she failed to report on financial disclosures and tax returns. At Governor Rick Scott's request, Carroll resigned her lieutenant governor post on March 12, 2013. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement subsequently concluded that she had not broken any laws.
Early life, education, and career
Carroll was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She moved to the United States at the age of eight, and graduated from Uniondale High School in Uniondale, New York in 1977.
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