Mayor & City Council

Councilmember Paul F. Gibson (Seat 5)

Councilmember Paul Gibson was elected to the Clearwater City Council in March 2007. He serves as the City's representative on the City's Pension Advisory Committee and is the City's representative and a board member on the Tampa Bay Estuary Program and the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority ("PSTA").

Councilmember Gibson studied finance and accounting at Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts, graduating with a Bachelors in Accounting in 1980. He is a REALTOR® with RE/MAX Action First on Clearwater Beach for the past four (4) years and previously served in financial management capacities with UniSite, Inc., Northwest Airlines, MCI Communications Corporation and Chase Manhattan Bank. He grew up in the Washington, D.C. area and has lived in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Rhode Island and Texas during his corporate career.

Councilmember Gibson is a member of the Clearwater Beach Chamber of Commerce and the Clearwater Beach Association. He has three (3) adult daughters, Cindy, Susan and Robin who live in the Washington, D.C. area.