E-mail Mayor Flansbaum-Talabisco betht@tamarac.org 2009 State of the City Text Version & Audio Version

Beth Flansbaum-Talabisco - Mayor
(Term Expires: 11/2014)

Community Service

• Elected Commissioner 3/2003
• Vice Mayor 3/2005-3/2006
• Elected Mayor 3/2006
• 2008 Graduate of Advanced Institute for Elected Municipal Officers
• Secretary, Broward League of Cities
• Member, Broward League of Cities Board of Directors
• Member, U.S. Conference of Mayors
• Member, Florida League of Mayors
• Member, Areawide Council on Aging Board of Directors
• Member, Broward League of Cities League of Mayors Ad Hoc Committee 
• Member, Broward County Water Resources Task Force
• Co-Chair, Broward League of Cities Fiscal Stewardship Committee
• Co-Chair, Broward League of Cities Sustainability Committee
• Member, Florida League of Cities Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• Member, Women in Municipal Government (National)
• Member, Women Elected to Municipal Government (State)
• 2009 Realtor Association of Greater Ft. Lauderdale, International Real Estate Council’s International Women’s Day Honoree
• 2006 Civic Leader of the Year Honoree American Jewish Congress
• 2003 Honoree, Daniel Cantor Senior Center
• Transplant Foundation, Inc. 2009 Golf Tournament Honoree
• Former Member, Aging and Disability Resource Center Advisory Committee
• Former Member, Broward County Library Advisory Board 
• Former Trustee, University Hospital Board of Trustees
• Former Member, Daniel Cantor Senior Center Board
• Charter Member, Kiwanis Club of Tamarac
• Member, Ladies Auxiliary Jewish War Veterans of the USA
• Member (Lifetime), Hadassah
• Member, Bnai Brith 
• Member, ORT
• Member, Friends for Life
• Member, Buddha's Light International Association
• Former Volunteer, Humane Society of Broward County
• Former Volunteer, Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Program (NYC)
• Member, Democratic Executive Committee
• Member, Tamarac Democratic Club
• Member, Kings Point Democratic Club 

Professional Experience

• Vice President, Absolutely Professional Staffing, 1990 - 1998
• Chief Operating Officer, Beth Norton and Company, Inc., 1983 - 1990
• Enwood Personnel, Inc. 1973 - 1983
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Association of Personnel Consultants of New York
• Former Member, National Association of Personnel Consultants

Education

• Graduate of Packer Collegiate Institute, 1971, Brooklyn, NY
• Attended Parsons School of Design, 1971 - 1972, New York, NY 

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