Young is a lawyer who served in the Florida House 2010-2016, then was elected to the Florida Senate in 2016, where she served as majority leader. In November 2018, she was narrowly defeated for re-election. Young serves at the pleasure of Gov. DeSantis with an annual salary of $165K.
Having an ex-legislator run Visit Florida will probably be helpful to getting funding from the legislature. But let's hope Ms. Young has some interest in and knowledge of the tourism industry also.