The Honorable Ronte R. Harris
Mayor, City of Quincy

Mayor Harris is a native of Quincy and is a 1998 graduate of James A. Shanks High School and a 2001 Graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. He began a career in education with the Gadsden County School District in 2002. Mayor Harris is currently the music director at Gadsden County High School.

He is a member of the Gadsden County Classroom Teachers’ Association, a local affiliate of the Florida Education Association. He was appointed to the Collective Bargaining Committee in 2004 and served as the chair and chief negotiator from 2006-2008 and again in 2012. In September 2013, he was elected president of the association. In this leadership capacity, he has been instrumental in securing several salary increases over his tenure, improving the working conditions for Gadsden county teachers. He is a member of the Florida Education Association Governance Board and Membership Development/ Internal Organizing Committee.

The mayor’s other professional affiliations include National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers. He is a past member of the National Association for Music Education, Florida Music Educators’ Association, and Florida Bandmasters Association.

Mayor Harris is a member of the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church in Quincy where he serves as trustee and director of music. He is also a member of the FAMU National Alumni Association, Gadsden County Chapter and Gadsden County Chapter of the NAACP and a proud member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Tallahassee Alumni Chapter.

Mayor Harris was elected to the city commission in April 2018 to represent Quincy’s District 3. He ran on the idea that Quincy can be a place where its citizens can live a life with various opportunities for self and family-improvement and economic growth.

He is the father of two children, Ryan Reshard and Harmony Reign.