Occupation

Owner of a diversified real estate company and former owner of a restaurant chain

Education

• Edgewater High School, 1967
• University of Miami Bachelor of Business Administration, 1971

Public Service & Affiliations

• Chairman, Metroplan - Transportation Planning for Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties
• Vice Mayor, 2008
• Past Chairman, Value Adjustment Board
• Intermediary between South Florida Water Management District and County Commission
• Chairman, Orange County Workforce Housing Taskforce
• Board member, Orange County Research and Development Authority
• Library District Governing Board
• Honorary Member, Rotary Club of Orange County East
• Member, Orange County Arts and Cultural Affairs Advisory Board
• Council of 100
• Former Member, Orange County Children and Family Services Board
• Board Member, Orlando Museum of Art Board of Trustees
• Ex Officio Member, Winter Park Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
• Member, Goldenrod Chamber of Commerce
• Graduate, FBI Citizen's Academy
• Founding Director, Coalition for the Homeless
• Former Director, Florida Symphony Orchestra
• Past President, Jewish Family Services
• Past President, University of Miami Alumni and Boosters
• Former Lay Member, 18th District Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee
• Former Member and Chairman, St. Johns River Water Management District
• Past President, Tiger Bay Club

Currently Working On:

• Workforce Housing
• Red light running cameras
• Foreclosure crisis
• Economic Development and job creation
• Modeling and Simulation Industry
• Water- Quality, supply and conservation
• New landscaping ordinance
• Arts

Personal

• Born 1949, has lived or worked in District 5 his entire life
• Married to Sara with two boys Zach and Joe