Steven Dwinell was appointed Director of the Division of Public Health and Agricultural Management at the end of September 2022. Steve previously worked for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), beginning in 1992 in the pesticide regulatory program. Over his career, Steve has worked as an Agricultural Extension Agent, as an environmental consultant, in the pest control industry, and led agricultural, structural pest control, and vector control regulatory programs.

Steve has a Masters in Agricultural Entomology from the University of Florida and is a Board-Certified Entomologist. He is a past president of Association of Structural Pest Control Officials (ASPCRO) and has served as co-chair of the Managed Pollinator Protection Plan Committee and Endangered Species Act Workgroup for the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO). He is currently chair of the State FIFRA Issues Research and Evaluation Group (SFIREG), the national committee coordinating state lead pesticide agencies and the US EPA.

Steve lives in Orwell, Vermont in a colonial built in 1800 with his wife and five rescue dogs and one cat. Their house is on East Creek, and they enjoy daily walks to watch the cascades and the changing seasons.