David (Dave) A. Parisot is serving his first term as Okaloosa County Commissioner, District 2. Dave is a retired USAF aircraft maintenance and logistics officer and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Following his military career, Dave was also a small business owner in housing construction and retail sales prior to his full retirement in 2004. He and his wife Chong (Kim) reside in Shalimar and have a daughter, two sons, and four grandchildren.

Not only is Dave a decorated 21-year veteran, he has also been very involved in the local community since 1997 in various organizations as a volunteer, to include the Shalimar Library and Children in Crisis, as well as Honor Flight and the current USO at Northwest Florida Regional Airport. Prior to becoming a county commissioner, Dave participated in over 100 county commission meetings.

Commissioner Parisot’s liaisons with the Board of County Commissioners are as follows:

Community: Florida Association of Counties, Okaloosa-Walton TPO, Research Tech Campus (REEF), Choctaw Basin Alliance, Public Safety Council Committee, Strategic Planning Council, and Tri-County Community Council.

County: Corrections, Information Systems, Risk Management, Tourist Development Council, Sheriff and Property Appraiser.

At the state level, Dave was selected in 2010 as one of 26 community activists throughout the State of Florida to be a charter member of the First Amendment Foundation’s Sunshine Brigade, an organization that promotes open government (Sunshine laws) and public access to government records.