Region 5
Orange, Seminole, Osceola,
Volusia, Brevard, Lake, & Flagler Counties
Regional Director
Twis H. Lizasuain
Public & Media Relations Director
Osceola County Sheriff's Office
2601 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway
Kissimmee, Florida 32744
Office: 407-348-1141
Fax: 407-348-1137
Email: tliz@osceola.org
Region V meeting dates
March 4, 2008
July 1, 2008
All meetings will be 10:00 a.m. at the FDLE Orlando Regional
Operations Center,
500 W Robinson St, Orlando, FL 32801-1722
Biography of Twis H. Lizasuain
In May of 2005, Twis Lizasuain joined Sheriff Bob Hansell's administration as
Public and Media Relations Director. In this position, Ms. Lizasuain oversees
public information and outreach for the Osceola County Sheriff's Office in
addition to serving as primary spokesperson for the agency.
Ms. Lizasuain has over 14 years of communications experience and 10 years of
government experience. Prior to joining the Sheriff's staff, Ms. Lizasuain
served as the first Public Information Officer for the Osceola County Board of
County Commissioners. She created many new public information programs that
helped increase the visibility of the Board of County Commissioners and help
educate citizens. These successes include an annual citizen survey, educational
programs and televising weekly commission meetings airing on WMFE Channel 24,
town hall meetings, a formal volunteer program, the Citizen Action Center and
speaker's bureau. A graduate of the University of Central Florida,
Ms. Lizasuain began her career at WMFE Channel 24/90.7 FM where she served as
Audio Reading Service Manager, a radio program for the visually-impaired
audience. Ms. Lizasuain also has experience working with grant development and
marketing having worked for several local non-profit agencies.
In addition to professional organizations such as the Florida Law Enforcement
Public Information Officers Association, National Association for County
Information Officers, Florida Government Communicators Association and Florida
Women in Government, Inc., Ms. Lizasuain is active in the local community. She
currently serves as Chairman of the First United Methodist Church of Kissimmee's
Staff Parish Relations Committee and on the Board of Directors for
Junior Achievement of Osceola County. She is also a member of the Rotary Club of
Kissimmee Bay.
Twis and her husband live in Kissimmee with their three-year-old daughter.
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