Commissioner Dave Eggers

2026 Chairman

Commissioner Eggers was elected to the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners in November 2014 representing District four and all of Pinellas County.  On behalf of the residents of Pinellas County throughout his terms, he has focused on fiscal accountability, on economic development and expansion of new and emerging technological companies for more and improved job opportunities, on preserving commercial and industrial lands for business expansions, on stormwater and environmental enhancements and a substantive commitment to infrastructure investment in roads-bridges-water and sewer, both within the county and the region.  He has been firmly committed to working one on one with our residents, working on solving county wide problems and on working cooperatively with our cities and our neighboring counties.

He previously served as Mayor of Dunedin, elected in March 2009 and re-elected in 2012 after serving two terms as a Dunedin City Commissioner.  Throughout his time as Mayor and County Commissioner he has continued his focus on working for our Veterans by serving on the Community Veterans Engagement Board at the VA and in championing the Purple Heart Designations in Dunedin (first of its kind in Florida) and in Pinellas County.  While in Dunedin he established the Youth Advisory Committee, the Social Services Committee and the Public Safety Committee all of which he continues to support to this day.

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

• Tourist Development Council (Chairman)
• County Attorney Oversight Committee
• Tampa Bay Water (Past Chairman)
• Value Adjustment Board (Chairman)
• Election Canvassing Board (Chairman)
• Forward Pinellas Board (Past Chairman)
• Forward Pinellas Executive Committee (Past Chairman)
• Tampa Bay Transportation Management Area Board (Past Chairman)
• MPOAC
• Community Veterans Engagement Board
• Pinellas County Law Library Board of Trustees
• Florida Healthy Kids

Past Committees and Organizations

• AmSkills Board
• Career Source Board
• Consolidated Justice Information Systems Board
• Economic Development Council (Past Chairman)
• Election Canvassing Board
• Forward Pinellas Board (Former and Past Chairman)
• Tampa Bay Transportation Management Area Board (Past Chairman)
• Pinellas County Public Safety Coordinating Council
• Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority
• Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority Finance & Performance Management Committee

Personal Affiliations and Organizations

• Bay Pines VA CVEB
• Friends of the Honeymoon Island Parks (Charter Member)
• St. Andrews Presbyterian Church
• Palm Harbor Chamber of Commerce

Work Experience

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.  Prior to his current real estate career, 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.

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 has a stepson, Mitchell Stone and a stepdaughter, Emily Stone of Dunedin, Florida.  He also has a dog, Izzy and cat, Molly.

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.