Pinellas County's Conservative Champion

Dave Eggers was first elected to the Commission in November 2014, and in that time, he has served as the Chairman for the Board of County Commission, for the Tampa Bay Water Board and for the Forward PINELLAS Board. He is currently the Vice Chairman for the Board of County Commissioners and for Forward PINELLAS. He also now serves as a Board Member for the Florida Association of Counties and continues to serve on the board for Florida Healthy Kids after being appointed by former CFO Jimmy Patronis.

Dave Eggers was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but was raised in Peru and Guatemala as his parents moved there early in his childhood. He speaks Spanish and holds a great appreciation for Latin culture. He attended Duke University where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering before completing his MBA at the University of Pittsburgh. Eggers has been heavily involved with the community through the Greater Dunedin Little League where he coached and umpired for more than 14 years, including a couple trips to the World Series. He continues to attend his home church, St. Andrews Presbyterian.

Eggers served as Vice Chair of Government Affairs for the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce before he was elected as a Dunedin City Commissioner and later as Mayor of Dunedin. Since entering public service, Eggers has proudly worked with our Veterans though his service on the Bay Pines Community-Veterans Engagement Committee and successfully fought for Purple Heart Designations for both the city of Dunedin and Pinellas County.

Eggers is the stepfather of two children, Emily and Mitchell Stone.