Welcome From The Mayor
Term of Office:
Elected in 2009 to lead Florida's 4th largest city. Term expires January 2, 2014.
Professional:
Foster and Foster, Attorneys in St. Petersburg. In active practice since 1988: specializing in probate, estates and trusts, real estate, commercial law, real estate and commercial litigation, corporations.
Public Service:
Appointed to City Council in August 1998 to fill unexpired term
First elected to City Council in 1999
Re-elected to City Council in 2003
Chairman of City Council in 2004 and 2006
Budget, Tax & Finance Committee, past Chairman
Investment Oversight Committee, past Chairman
Pinellas County Tourist Development Council, 7 years
Pinellas Planning Council, 6 years, past Chairman
Code Compliance Committee, past member
International Relations Commission
Public Art Commission
Art Advisory Commission
Community:
St. Petersburg Vision 2020
Pinellas Assembly
Sunken Gardens Task Force
Neighborhood Services Equities Committee
Pinellas County Annexation Task Force
Nuisance Abatement Board, past Chairman
Community Focus Group on Downtown Development, past member
Florida International Museum, past board member
Pinellas County Vision 2010 Task Force, past member
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Reality Check Tampa Bay
Suncoasters of St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, past member
Great American Teach-In
Friends of Weedon Island
NAACP, member
Brookwood Florida, board member
St. Petersburg History Museum, board member
Junior League of St. Petersburg Community Advisory Board
Shore Acres Civic Association, board member
Education:
Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, Juris Doctorate Awarded, 1988
Samford University, Bachelor of Science in Public Administration, 1985
Northeast Senior High School, Class of 1981
Personal:
Fourth generation St. Petersburg resident
Married to Wendy Holt Foster, together they have two teenage children.