Rosanne grew up in Belle Glade Florida. She moved to Tallahassee to go to FSU and never left. She has been happily married to Pete Kreis for 35 years. They have one daughter, Powell Kreis and son-in-law, Chris Crevello. Rosanne has two wonderful step-sons, and is the proud grandmother of their combined five children.

After graduating from FSU with a Master’s Degree in Social Studies Education, she served as a founding teacher of SAIL. Three years later, she became the principal. Rosanne served as the SAIL principal for 32 years, until her retirement in 2010, which made her both the youngest person in the state to be a principal, as well as the longest-serving principal at the same school.

Under her leadership, SAIL received national and state recognition for groundbreaking work with students whose interests and talents were not met in traditional public schools. In 2010, the College Board recognized SAIL as one of 6 best schools in the nation for “Innovation in the Arts”.
In 2016, Rosanne was elected to the Leon County School Board, she was unopposed for her 2020 re-election and currently serves as the Board Chair. Rosanne also serves on boards for the SAIL Foundation and the South City Foundation.

She is a Past President and board member for the Council on Cultural Arts (COCA). She was recently featured in the LeMoyne Arts exhibit, “Women Among Us: Portraits of Strength” and honored as “Twenty-five Women to Know” by the Tallahassee Democrat. She was also selected for the Aquilina C. Howell Award by the Tallahassee Urban League. Currently, she serves as the School Board Legislative liaison and is a member of the Equity committee for the Florida School Board Association.