EDUCATION:

• Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, Juris Doctorate Awarded, 1988
• Samford University, Bachelor of Science in Public Administration, 1985
• Northeast Senior High School, Class of 1981

• Foster and Foster, Attorneys in St. Petersburg. In active practice since 1988: specializing in probate, estates and trusts, real estate, commercial law, real estate and commercial litigation, corporations.

• First ran for St. Petersburg City Council in 1993
• Appointed to City Council in August 1998 to fill unexpired term
• First elected to City Council in 1999
• Re-elected to City Council in 2003
• Chairman of City Council in 2004 and 2006

• Budget, Tax & Finance Committee, past Chairman
• Investment Oversight Committee, past Chairman
• Pinellas County Tourist Development Council, 7 years
• Pinellas Planning Council, 6 years, past Chairman
• Pinellas County Annexation Task Force
• St. Petersburg Vision 2020
• Pinellas Assembly
• Sunken Gardens Task Force
• Neighborhood Services Equities Committee
• Public Art Commission
• Art Advisory Commission
• International Relations Commission
• Nuisance Abatement Board, past Chairman
• Code Compliance Committee, past member
• Community Focus Group on Downtown Development, past member
• Florida International Museum, past board member
• Pinellas County Vision 2010 Task Force, past member
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference
• Reality Check Tampa Bay
• Suncoasters of St. Petersburg
• St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, past member
• Great American Teach-In
• Friends of Weedon Island
• NAACP, member
• Brookwood Florida, board member
• St. Petersburg History Museum, board member
• Junior League of St. Petersburg Community Advisory Board
• Shore Acres Civic Association, board member
• Starkey Road Baptist Church, member

• Fourth generation St. Petersburg resident
• Married to Wendy Holt Foster, together they have two teenage children