Steven Czonstka

STEVE WAS BORN IN 1945 IN HUTCHINSON, KS WHERE HIS

PARENTS BOTH SERVED IN THE NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II. FOLLOWING THE WAR, THEY MOVED TO CHICAGO AREA, WHERE STEVE GREW UP WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER AND SISTER. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, HE RECEIVED AN APPOINTMENT TO THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

ACADEMY, WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 1967 WINNING AN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION FELLOWSHIP TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY. HE RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING IN 1969 AND THENENTERED AIR FORCE PILOT TRAINING. AFTER RECEIVING HIS WINGS, STEVE FLEW 240 COMBAT MISSIONS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA EARNING A

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND SIX AIR MEDALS. HE RETIRED FROM THE AIR FORCE IN 1988 AS CHIEF OF THE ELECTRONIC WARFARE TEST DIVISION AT EGLIN AFB AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE AS A PILOT AND ENGINEER . HE STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS, TECH MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISES. HE IS A LICENSED COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MANAGER. STEVE SERVED AS CHAIR OF THE OKALOOSA REPUBLICAN PARTY

FROM 1998 TO 2000 WHEN HE WAS ELECTED AS THE OKALOOSA COUNTY STATE COMMITTEEMAN, A POSITION THAT HE HOLDS TODAY. STEVE WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE CAUCUS OF STATE COMMITTEEMEN & COMMITTEEWOMEN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF FLORIDA IN 2007. HIS OTHER VOLUNTEER POSITIONS INCLUDE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE

EGLIN OLD CROWS, TREASURER OF THE EGLIN CHAPTER OF THE AIRFORCE ASSOCIATION AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA SYMPHONY GUILD. STEVE ALSO SERVES ON SEVERAL CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEES CONCERNING TRANSPORTATION. HE IS A CERTIFIED TENNIS UMPIRE & REFEREE WITH THE UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION.