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MIAMIBEACH
Cit of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamjbeachf.gov
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, Robert Parcher, City Clerk
Tel: (305) 673 -741 1, Fax: (305) 673 -7254
1/20/2011
Elsie Sterling Howard
4825 Lakeview Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33140
Visitor and Convention Authority
Congratulations! You have been reappointed by the City Commission to the above
referenced agency, board or committee for a term ending: 12/31/2012.
If you are unable to accept this appointment, please notify the City Clerk's Office at
(305) 673 -7411.
Please read the enclosed material carefully. Again, congratulations and good luck.
Sincerely,
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Robert Parcher
City Clerk
cc: Saul Frances, Parking Director
Grisette Roque
ATTACHMENTS:
Letter of Appointment
Oath
City Code Ordinance section, applicable to agency, board or committee
City Code Section 2 -22, 2 -23, 2 -24, 2 -25, 2 -26, 2 -2458, 2-459
Ordinance 2006 -3543 - Amendment to City Code Section 2 -22
Miami -Dade County Code Section 2 -11.1 - Conflict of Interest and Code of Ethics Ordinance
City Wide Permit Application - (Parking Department Form)
Booklet - Guide to the Sunshine Amendment and Code of Ethics for Public Officers and
Employees
We are committed to providing excellent public service and safety to all who live, work and la in our vibrant, tropical, historic P Y p s oric commvA►ty.
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City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida 33139, www.miamibeachfl.gov
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, Robert Parcher, City Clerk
Tel: (305) 673 -7411, Fax: (305) 673 -7254
TO Elsie Sterling Howard
RE: Visitor and Convention Authority
I do solemnly swear or affirm to bear true faith, loyalty and allegiance to the Government of the
United States, the State of Florida, and the City of Miami Beach, and to perform all the duties of
a member of the above - mentioned board or committee of the City of Miami Beach to which I have
been appointed for a term ending: 12/31/2012.
I have been issued a copy of Section 2 -11.1 of the Miami -Dade County Code (Conflict of Interest
and Code of Ethics Ordinance), as well as theFlorida Commission on Ethics Guide to the Sunshine
Amendment and Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees, and understand that as a member
of a City of Miami Beach Board and/or Committee, I must comply with the financial disclosure* require-
ments of Miami -Dade County or the State of Florida (depending on the board or committee on which
I serve) on July 1st, following the closing of the calendar year on which I have served.
Elsie Sterlin Howard
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Sworn to and subscribed before me thi day of 2011.
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Silvia Prieto
Deputy Clerk
*Please visit the City of Miami Beach website at www.miamibeachfl.gov under City Clerk/Board and Committees
for additional information regarding the Financial Disclosure Requirements.
We are committed to providing excellent public service and safety to all who live, work and play in our vibrant, tropical, historic community.
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Please list your preferences in order of ranking [1] first choice [2] second choice, and [3] third choice. Please note that only three (3)
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Affordable Housing Advisory Committee ❑ Marine Authority
❑ Art in Public Places Committee ❑ Miami Beach Commission for Women
❑ Beautification Committee ❑ Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council
❑ Board of Adjustment* ❑ Miami Beach Human Rights Committee
❑ Budget Advisory Committee ❑ Miami Beach Sister Cities Program
❑ Capital Improvements Projects Oversight Committee ❑ Normandy Shores Local Government Neigh. Improvement
❑ Committee on the Homeless ❑ Parks and Recreation Facilities Board
❑ Committee for Quality Education in MB ❑ Personnel Board
❑ Community Development Advisory ❑ Planning Board*
❑ Community Relations Board ❑ Police Citizens Relations Committee
❑ Convention Center Advisory Board ❑ Production Industry Council
❑ Debarment Committee ❑ Public Safety Advisory Committee
❑ Design Review Board* ❑ Safety Committee
❑ Disability Access Committee ❑ Single Family Residential Review Panel
0 Fine Arts Board ❑ Sus inability Committee
❑ Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) ❑ ansportation and Parking Committee
❑ Golf Advisory Committee Visitor and Convention Authority
❑ Health Advisory Committee ❑ Waterfront Protection Committee
❑ Health Facilities Authority Board ❑ Youth Center Advisory Board
❑ Hispanic Affairs Committee
❑ Historic Preservation Board
❑ Housing Authority
❑ Loan Review Committee *Board Required to File State Disclosure Form
Note: If applying for Youth Advisory Board, please indicate your affiliation with the Scott Rakow Youth Center:
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ages, and which programs. List below:
Child's name: Age: Program:
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NOTE: If appointed, you will be required to follow certain laws which apply to city board /committee members.
These laws include, but are not limited to, the following:
0 Prohibition from directly or indirectly lobbying city personnel (Miami Beach City Code section 2 -459).
O Prohibition from contracting with the city (Miami -Dade County Code section 2- 11.1).
O Prohibition from lobbying before board /committee you have served on for period of one year after leaving office (Miami
Beach City Code section 2 -26).
O Requirement to disclose certain financial interests and gifts (Miami -Dade County Code section 2- 11.1).
(re: CMB Community Development Advisory Committee): prohibition, during tenure and for one year after leaving office,
from having any interest in or receiving any benefit from Community Development Block Grant funds for either yourself ,
or those with whom you have business or immediate family ties (CFR 570.611).
Upon request, copies of these laws may be obtained from the City Clerk.
"I hereby attest to the accuracy and truthfulness of the application and have received, read and will abide by Chapter 2,
Article VII - of the City Code "Standards of Conduct for City Officers, Employees and Agency Members."
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Elsie Sterling Howard
1111 Lincoln Road Suite 400
Miami Beach Florida 33139
Phone: 305.866.8212 Mobile Phone: 305.793.7762 FAX: 305.866.2511
Email: ELSIETFQOAOL.COM
Community Service
Sylvester. Cancer Center University of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2009 -2011 Chair, Board Service Committee
2005 -2009 Member, Board of Overseers
1993 -2000 Special Events Co- Chairperson, Sylvester Cancer Center
2008 -2011 Founding Chairperson of Being Well /Well Being Education Day, (Deepok Chopra, 2008 & Andrew Weil, 2011)
1990 -2007 Founding Co- Chairperson of the "In the Garden Gala and Special Events Chairperson
2003 Co- Chairperson of "Shop for A Cure* at Saks Fifth Avenue de "Live on Lincoln"
Miami Beach
2008 -2011 Chairperson, Mayor's Blue Ribbon Taskforce
1999 -2004 and
2008 -2011 Chairperson, Miami Beach Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority
2006 -2008 Vice Chairperson, Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority
1999- 2000 Board Member, Visitor & Convention Authority
2001 -2002 Member, Mayor's Blue Ribbon Task Force; co -chair of Marketing subcommittee
2004 -2005 Ad -Hoc Public Relations Committee, City of Miami Beach
2000 -2008 Member of the Board, Greater Miami Visitors and Convention Bureau and member, Nominations committee
2001 -2003 Member of the Board, Mount Sinai Medical Center Foundation
1992 -1995 Vice Chairperson, Miami Beach Commission on the Status of Women
Miami
2010 -2012 Women of Tomorrow: Mentor and member of the Expansion Taskforce for Phi loedlphia
2006 -2009 Member of the Board, American Jewish Committee; Chairperson of Strategic Planning;
Chair of the Annual luncheon
2002 -2006 Member of the Board and Endowment Co- chairperson, United Way of Miami Dade County
2003 -2005 Member of the Board, Switchboard of Miami; 2005: Gala Co- chairperson
2002 -20011 Member of the Board, South Florida Annenberg Challenge /Council for Educational Change
1998 -2000 Member of the Board, Children's Home Society
1997 -1998 Member of the Board, Miami Partnership for Homeless
1984 -1992 Ball Coordinator, Love de Hope Ball, Diabetes Research Institute
1985 -1987 Gala Coordinator, Ivory Tower Gala for Ileitis and Colitis
University of Pennsylvania
2009 -2011 Chairperson, Alumni Council on Admissions/ Penn Alumni Admissions Resource Center
2009 Chairperson, Urban Women -Urban Health Symposium in Miami
2003 -2005 Chairperson, University of Pennsylvania Press
2000 -2003 Chairperson, the Penn Fund & International Annual Giving
1990 -2000 Member of the University's Board of Trustees; 1995 -2000, member, Executive Board of Trustees
2002 -2007 Member of the Board of Overseers, University Library System
1995 -2000 President, University of Pennsylvania Global Alumni/PennAlumni
1992-2003 Member, of the Board, Alumni Executive Board
1994 -1997 Chairperson, Trustees Council of Penn Women
1987 -2009: Member of the Trustees Council; Founding Member in 1987, Newsletter Editor /Founder: 1990 -2000
1997 -2001 Member of the Board of Overseers, Graduate School of Fine Arts/ Penn Design
1997 -2000 Member, Neighborhood Initiatives Committee
1992 -1997 Member of the Board, School of Veterinary Medicine
1991 -1997 Member of the Board, Institute of Contemporary Art
1982 -1985 Founding President, University of Pennsylvania Miami -Dade Alumni Club
2003 -2005 Founding Chairperson, Florida Regional Advisory Board
1998 -2000 Secondary School Chairperson, Miami Dade Council
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Corporate Service
1992 -2008 Member of the Florida Board, Bankers Trust and Deutsche Bank, Florida, N.A
Government Service
1993 -2003 Founding Member of the Citizens' Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee, chaired by the Director of the
Mint and established by an Act of Congress, Public Law 102 -390; Original appointment by the Secretary of
the Treasury, Lloyd Bentsen. The CCCA Committee had oversight of all commemorative coins and, among
other recommendations, developed the concepts and launched the program for both the 50- states quarter
program and subsequent, current circulating commemorative coin programs
2000 -2003 Chairperson Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee
Awards
2010 Jan Pfeifer Community Service leadership Award from the Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce
2009 The Miami Project: Women of Substance d Style,
2005 Red Cross Spectrum Award for " Leadership"
2005 " Women Worth Knowing Award from the City of Miami Beach Commission on the Status of Women
2004 "Elsie Sterling Howard" Day November 6, 2004, in the City of Miami Beach and Miami -Dade County
2004 "Carolyn Halpern Award for Leadership and Philanthropy" from the UM /Sylvester Cancer Center
2003 Internationa/ Vo /unteer of the Year Award' from CASE, the national Consortium for the Advancement and Support of
Education
1996 " Woman on Target Award' from the Diabetes Research Foundation
1995 "President's Award' from the American Numismatic Society
1987 "Alumni Award of Merit "from the University of Pennsylvania
1986 "Ivory Lady Volunteer Award' from National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis /Ivory Tower Gala
1985 "Rose Award' from Diabetes Research Foundation
Employment
1991 -2003 Sterling Public Relations, Marketing & Communications
Represented Tourneau, world's largest seller of watches, and pro -Bono marketing /branding
strategies for Sylvester Cancer Center and Temple Beth Sholorn;
1985 -1990 Director of Special Events, Women's Action Committee and Development Publications, Miami Heart
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Personal
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1968
Married Eugene J. Howard, Esq. 1969
Children:
Heidi, b 1971 m. Aaron Tandy; Children: Harrison, b/1999, Jonathon, b/2003, Catherine, b/2005
Elizabeth, b 1973 m. Murray Brown; Children: Sydney, b/ 2005; Murray V, b/2007
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Elsie Sterling Howard has devoted herself to both a successful professional and community service career.
She retired as the founder of Sterling Public Relations in 2003. She is serving her second term as the
chairperson of the Miami Beach Visitors and Convention Authority and also chairs the Mayor's Blue Ribbon
Taskforce. She is the Board Service Chairperson of The UM Miller School of Medicine's Sylvester Cancer Center
and chair of the semi annual BeingWell /WellBeing community health conference. Her volunteer leadership
commitments include ten years of service cis a Trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, five years as president
of Penn's International Alumni Society, five years as chairperson of the Penn Fund, the international alumni
giving program and five years as Chairperson of the Trustees Council of Penn Women. She has also served Penn
as the founder and chair of Miami local alumni club, The Miami Secondary School committee, as an Overseer of
the School of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Design, as a member of the Board of the Institute of
Contemporary Art and as the Chair of the Penn Press.
She currently chairs Penn Alumni's Admissions Resource Center. She received the Miami each Chamber of
Commerce's 2010 Leadership Award Red Cross Spectrum Award, American Numismatic Society's President's
Award, the Sylvester Cancer Center's Halpern Award and, in 2003, she was awarded the National Volunteer of
the Year by the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Council for Advancement and Support
of Education (CASE) with their signature award: "International Volunteer of the Year."
She currently serves on the governing board of the Greater Miami Visitor and Convention Bureau. She was a
founding member and chair of the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee for the United States Mint,
with oversight of all commemorative coins, initiating circulating coin redesign, having been appointed by three
Secretaries of the Treasury. She has served on the board of Bankers Trust /Deutsche Bank, Florida for over a
decade. Born in Philadelphia and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. Howard has been to married Gene
Howard since 1969; Howard's children are Heidi and Aaron Tandy and Liz and Murray Brown IV. Her
grandchildren are Harrison, Jonathon & Catherine Tandy and Sydney & Murray (V) Brown.
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City of Miami Beach,
1700 Convention Center Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida 33139,
www.miamibeachfl.gov
CITY CLERK Office CityClerk @miamibeachfl.gov
Tel: 305.673.7411 , Fax: 305.673.7254
Acknowledgement of fines /suspension for Board Members for failure to comply with Miami -
Dade County Financial Disclosure Code Provision Code Section 2- 11.1(i) (2)
Board Member name: °-
I understand that no later than July 1, of each year all members of Boards and Committees of the City of
Miami Beach, including those of a purely advisory nature, are required to comply with Miami -Dade County
Disclosure Requirements. This means that the members of City Advisory Boards, whose sole or primary
responsibility is to recommend legislation or give advice to the City Commission, must file, even though you
may have been recently appointed.
You must file one of the following with the City Clerk of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive,
Miami Beach, Florida, by July 1 each year.
1. A "Source of Income Statement" (attached) or
2. A "Financial Statement" (attached( or]
3. A Copy of the person's current Federal Income Tax Return
Failure to file, according to the Miami -Dade County Code Chapter 1, General Provision,
Section 1 -5 may subject the person or firm to a fine not to exceed $500.00 or by imprisonment
in the county jail for a period not to exceed sixty days, or both. ,.....,,,_ ( 13 ( 919 i I
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