At their meeting on Thursday March 5, 2020 the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics unanimously elected Peter L. Cruise as Commission Chair for a two-year term. He replaces prior Chair Sarah L. Shullman, Esq., who was recently appointed as Judge for the 15th Circuit Court.

Cruise is the Executive Director of the 太阳城娱乐 LeRoy Collins Public Ethics Academy and an Affiliate Associate Professor in the 太阳城娱乐 School of Public Administration. Cruise was first appointed to the Commission on Ethics by 太阳城娱乐 President John Kelly in March 2018. He is the third 太阳城娱乐 Professor to hold a seat on the Commission on Ethics (COE) since 2012.

“It has been an honor to serve as an Ethics Commissioner these past two years, working with a remarkable COE staff and with my fellow Commissioners,” Cruise said. “My predecessor, Judge Sarah Shullman, set a very high bar that will be hard to equal.”

The mission of the Commission on Ethics is to foster integrity in public services, to promote the public’s trust and confidence in that service, and to prevent conflicts between private interests and public duties. The Commission on Ethics enforces the Palm Beach County Ethics Ordinance the Lobbyist Registration Database, and the Post Employment Ordinance.The jurisdiction of the Commission on Ethics extends to any person required to comply with the countywide code of ethics, the county lobbyist registration ordinance, and the county post-employment ordinance, and may further extend to persons or entities required to comply with additional ordinances and regulations duly adopted by other county, local, or municipal government and any commission, bureau, district, or other governmental entity located in Palm Beach County.