Board of County Commissioners

Susan Latvala District 4 315 Court Street Clearwater, FL  33756 (727) 464-3276 Tel (727) 464-3022 Fax e-mail slatvala@pinellascounty.org

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Susan Latvala was elected to the Board of County Commissioners for Pinellas County in 2000 and is presently serving as Chairman. She previously served two (2) terms as a Member of the Pinellas County School Board being first elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1996.

Commissioner Latvala is a thirty-one year resident of Pinellas County and has been actively involved in the business community having been a real estate broker, owner of a property management company and later as a participant in a family business. She attended Western Kentucky University and Spencerian Business College.

Susan Latvala’s Record of Accomplishment

Statewide:

• Past President and Current Executive Board Member, Florida Association of Counties
• Member of the Environment, Energy and Land Use Steering Committee, Florida Association of Counties
• Chaired Water Policy Working Group, Florida Association of Counties
• Appointed by Senate President, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporation of Florida
• White House Conference on Youth, Drug Use and Violence
• Florida Charter School Review Panel
• State Advisory Committee for Exceptional Student Education
• Graduate, Leadership Florida, Class XV
• Graduate, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner, School of Public Service

Pinellas County:

• County Commissioner Since 2000
• Past Chairman, Tampa Bay Water
• Chairman, Public Safety Coordinating Council
• Chairman, MPO School Transportation Safety Committee
• Board Member of PSTA
• Board Member of the Pinellas County Health and Human Services Coordinating Council
• Chairman, Tourist Development Council
• Chairman, Economic Development Council
• Chair, Pinellas County Business Technology Services
• Chair, Pinellas County Value Adjustment Board
• Past Board Member, Pinellas County Charter Review Commission
• Chair, Prescription Drug Task Force
• Cultural Arts Task Force

Civic:

• Advisory Board Member, Dunedin Fine Art Center
• Member of the Rotary Club of Dunedin
• Advisory Board Member, Habitat for Humanity
• Board Member, Academie da Vinci Charter School
• Board Chairman, Mavericks Charter School
• Former Board Chairman, Life Skills Pinellas Charter School
• Palm Harbor Woman of the Year, 2005
• Former Member of the Board of Directors for PACE Center for Girls, Inc.
• Volunteer of the Year, Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association, 2000
• Iris Award, NAMI, 2003
• PACE Special Recognition Award from PEMHS, 2002
• Past President, Operation PAR
• Past President, Palm Harbor Junior Women’s League

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