Eric Buermann

Buermann, a veteran of Florida politics on both the state and national levels, has been commissioner and vice chairman of the Florida Elections Commission in Tallahassee for the last six years, charged with enforcing the state's election and campaign laws.

Active in Republican politics since 1975, Buermann worked on the 1994 and 1998 gubernatorial campaigns on behalf of Jeb Bush. In 1996, he worked with the Florida arm of Lamar Alexander's unsuccessful presidential campaign. He also served as general counsel for the 1999 Florida Inaugural Committee, which organized and funded the inauguration of Governor Bush and his lieutenant governor, Frank Brogan.

As Florida GOP general counsel, Buermann will be responsible for the Republican party's legal matters and serve as director of policy. He will coordinate policy development with the governor's office, the state cabinet and the state legislature, and oversee all Republican special research activities.

Buermann is a member of several corporate boards of directors, including Espirito Santo Bank. He is a cum laude graduate of Brown University, received his MBA and JD degrees with honors from the University of Miami, is married and has two daughters.