Preceded by Carol Hanson Name Steven Abrams | Succeeded by Susan Whelchel | |
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Born 1958
Des Moines, Iowa Alma mater Harvard University
George Washington University Role Former Mayor of Boca Raton Previous office Mayor of Boca Raton (2001–2007) Education Harvard University, George Washington University | ||
Caffeine Spaces Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, Boca Raton, FL 5/16/2013
Steven L. Abrams (born 1958 in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American politician. He is the first mayor of Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida. He previously served as chairman of the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners. He represents District 4 on the county commission. Abrams is the former mayor of the City of Boca Raton, Florida. A lawyer, he was elected mayor in March 2001 and re-elected in 2003 and 2005. He previously served as a city council member from 1989-1999. In March 2009, Abrams was appointed by Florida governor Charlie Crist to occupy the district four county commission seat vacated by Mary McCarty after her resignation due to federal corruption charges. He won election to a full term when no one filed to run against him in 2010. Abrams received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in Government in 1980 and his law degree from The George Washington University in 1985. His past experience includes law clerk in the White House under President Ronald Reagan. He was a partner of the now defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler firm.