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Steven L. Abrams currently serves as a member of the Palm Beach County Board of Commissioners for District IV.  He was appointed by Governor Crist in March 2009 to fill an unexpired term.

Commissioner Abrams comes to the county with a lengthy record of public service.  Abrams is the former Mayor of Boca Raton, elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2003 without opposition and in 2005 with the most votes in city history.  He was named Mayor Emeritus when he stepped down in 2008 due to term limits.

Commissioner Abrams also served five terms as a City Council member in Boca Raton from 1989 to 1999. He was a member of the city’s Planning and Zoning Board between 1987 and 1989. Abrams is a past president of the Palm Beach County League of Cities and a founding board member of the Florida League of Mayors.

Commissioner Abrams gained national exposure and local respect during the first bioterrorist attack in American history when anthrax was discovered at the AMI building in October 2001.  Abrams received the Distinguished Service Medal from the Israel National Police for his leadership during the ordeal. He testified on national television on the government’s response at the invitation of a United States Senate subcommittee.

Commissioner Abrams is a member of the Florida and District of Columbia Bars.  Prior to moving to Florida, he served in the White House as law clerk to the Counsel to President Reagan and current Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr.

Abrams was the recipient of the Philo Sherman Bennett Prize for the best government senior thesis at Harvard University, where he was graduated magna cum laude in 1980. He received his law degree from The George Washington University in 1985. In 2005, Everglades University awarded Abrams an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.

Commissioner Abrams was born in Des Moines, Iowa and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He and Debbie have been married for twenty-six years and have two children.