Board of County Commissioners
Susan Latvala was elected to the Board of County Commissioners for Pinellas County in 2000. 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
- FAC Presidential Advocacy Award, 2012
- Vice Chairman, FAC Gulf Consortium Executive Committee
Pinellas County:
- County Commissioner Since 2000
- Chairman, Tampa Bay Water
- Chairman, MPO School Transportation Safety Committee
- Board Member of PSTA
- Board Member of the Pinellas County Health and Human Services Coordinating Council
- Chairman, Pinellas County Business Technology Services
- Chairman, Consolidated Justice Info. Systems (CJIS)
- Past Chairman, Tourist Development Council
- Past Chairman, Economic Development Council
- Past Chairman, Public Safety Coordinating Council
- Past Chairman, Pinellas County Value Adjustment Board
- Past Board Member, Pinellas County Charter Review Commission
- Chairman, 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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