Commissioner Dave Eggers

Commissioner Eggers was elected to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners in November 2014 and re-elected in 2018 and 2022. During his tenure on the County Commission, he continues to focus on transparency, fiscal accountability, economic development, transportation issues within the region and County, regional water management, and to ensure land availability for business expansion (light industrial land use and zoning), affordable housing (residential zoning) and stormwater/environmental needs.

Previously, he served as Mayor of Dunedin, elected in March 2009, and then re-elected in 2012. Prior to becoming Mayor, he served as a City Commissioner of Dunedin, elected in 2003 and re-elected in 2006. During Commissioner Eggers’ tenure with Dunedin, he started the Youth Advisory Council, the Social Services Committee and the Public Safety Committee. In addition, he led efforts to recognize returning veterans and to establish the Purple Heart Park and Purple Heart City designation for the City and now for Pinellas County.

Education

• Master of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing, University of Pittsburgh, PA, 1982
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering, specializing in Civil Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1979

Current Committees and Organizations

• County Attorney Oversight Committee
• Forward Pinellas Board (Past Chairman)
• Forward Pinellas Executive Committee (Past Chairman)
• Florida Healthy Kids
• MPOAC
• Community Veterans Engagement Board
• Pinellas County Public Safety Coordinating Council
• Pinellas County Law Library Board of Trustees
• Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
• Tampa Bay Transportation Management Area Board (Past Chairman)
• Tampa Bay Water (Past Chairman)
• Value Adjustment Board (Chairman)

Past Committees and Organizations

• AmSkills Board
• Career Source Board
• Consolidated Justice Information Systems Board
• Dunedin Board of Adjustment and Appeals
• Dunedin Board of Finance
• Dunedin Chamber of Commerce (Past Chairman)
• Economic Development Council (Past Chairman)
• Election Canvassing Board
• Local Coordinating Board – Subcommittee for MPO, Transportation Disadvantaged (Past Chairman)
• Mease Manor Board of Directors (Past Chairman)
• Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Finance & Performance Management Committee
• School Board Liaison for Dunedin City Commission
• Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority (Alternate)
• Toronto Blue Jays Liaison for Dunedin City Commission
• Tourist Development Council (Past Chairman)

Personal Affiliations and Organizations

• Dunedin Historical Society (Member)
• Friends of the Dunedin Library (Member)
• Friends of the Honeymoon Island Parks (Charter Member)
• St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (Session Member

Work Experience

Commissioner Eggers worked as a strategic planner and operations manager for US Steel and National Steel. He relocated to Florida in 1984 and began working as a commercial real estate agent for Oliver Realty and then Grubb and Ellis. Throughout his 30+ year career in real estate, he has marketed owner’s properties and assisted corporations in relocating their operations. He has worked with numerous companies to buy and lease office, industrial and/or retail properties. He opened his own business, Centerpointe Realty, located in Dunedin, in 1988.

Personal

Commissioner Eggers was born on June 2, 1957, in St. Louis, Missouri. His parents moved to South America when he was a child, and he was raised in Guatemala and Peru. He speaks Spanish and has a great respect for the Latin culture.

He and his wife, Becky, have a son, Ryan Stone and a daughter, Emily Stone of Dunedin, Florida.

Commissioner Eggers coached Dunedin National Little League (now Greater Dunedin Little League) for more than 14 years. He coached the 1995 Dunedin National Senior Team to a World Series win and managed the 2001 Dunedin Big League Team to a third-place finish in the World Series play. From 2006-2013, he served as an umpire for the local Little League and the Southern Umpires Association.

He is an avid sports fan. His favorite teams are the Duke Blue Devils, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay Lightning.