Jim Zingale
Member, FTA Board of Trustees
Executive Director, Florida Department of Revenue
Jim Zingale, PhD, was appointed by the Governor and Cabinet as the Executive Director of the Florida Department of Revenue effective January 29, 2019.
Zingale has held various leadership positions during more than 50 years of public service. For more than 17 years, he served both chambers of the Florida Legislature, holding key leadership positions as staff director of the Appropriations, Economic and Demographic Research, and Finance and Tax committees.
Between 1990 and 2008, Zingale led the Department of Revenue, serving as deputy director for ten years and as executive director for eight. While at DOR, he oversaw the transformation of the Department to a private sector business process structure fueled by the implementation of two technology projects in tax administration and child support.
Before returning to the Department in 2019, he served as research director for the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida and was also a consultant with Capitol Hill Group.
He received his Doctor of Philosophy and Economics from Florida State University, a master’s degree in economics and a bachelor’s in business administration in from Bowling Green State University.
