PAM DUBOV, CFE, CAE
Pinellas County Property Appraiser
NINETEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE IN PROPERTY APPRAISAL AND ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATION
Pam was the senior non-elected manager of the Pinellas County Property Appraiser’s Office consisting of 140 employees, a main office and four branch offices. She oversaw the preparation of 485,000 real property and tangible personal property appraisals, administration of over 325,000 property tax exemptions and a twelve million dollar budget annually. Pam also helped develop and supervise community outreach programs that assist mobile home owners and senior citizen property owners who wish to apply for property tax exemptions; initiated a pro-bono law student project that recruits and trains law students from Stetson University College of Law to assist low-income seniors who apply for income-based property tax exemptions; and provides senior liaison support between the Property Appraiser, other governmental entities, and the public.
TWENTY-SIX YEARS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Pam has lead or managed organizations of 16-350 staff members, including property appraisal staff, military company command, and software development project management teams.
FORMAL EDUCATION
2001 Juris Doctor, Stetson University College of Law magna cum laude. Pam attended law school on a full tuition scholarship, graduated fourth in her class, and was the Lead Articles Editor for the 2001 Local Government Law Symposium published by the Stetson Law Review.
1988 Masters of Business Administration with an Information Systems concentration, Florida Institute of Technology, with honors.
1979 Bachelor of Arts, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma with honors. Distinguished Military Graduate; commissioned a Second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Field Artillery upon graduation.
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS
1992 – Present Certified Assessment Evaluator, IAAO
1994 – 2005 Accredited Senior Appraiser, American
Society of Appraisers
2008 – Present Associate Member of the Appraisal Institute
2001 – Present Admitted as a Member of The Florida Bar
2001 – 2007 Supreme Court Certified County Court Mediator
1990 – Present Certified Florida Evaluator
1988 – Present Over 500 hours of appraisal and ethics courses:
Fundamentals of Real Property Appraisal
Income Approach to Valuation
Mass Appraisal of Residential Property
Mass Appraisal of Income Producing Property
Computer Assisted Assessment Systems
Residential Model Building
Uniform Standards of Prof. Appraisal Practice
Appraisal of Land
Assessment Administration
IAAO Legal Seminars
Florida Chapter of the IAAO Conferences
Florida DOR Continuing Education
2001 – Present Over 115 hours of continuing legal education
ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Law. Serve as Stetson Law Review faculty
advisor for the Local Government Law
Symposium and instructor for the Local
Government Law course (two semesters).
2003 – Present Chair, Local Government Law Symposium
Committee, City, County, and Local Government
Law Section of The Florida Bar
1992 – Present Serve as a speaker for various civic groups, homeowners associations, real estate and accounting professional associations, government boards and commissions on matters dealing with property taxation, exemptions, and legislation.
1991 – Present Leadership Pinellas class member, alumni, and coordinator for a class Government Day
2002 – 2003 Member of the Charitable Grants Selection Committee, Rotary Club of Clearwater
2002 – 2003 Rotary Club of Clearwater
1997 – 1998 Member of IAAO Ethics Committee
1996 – 1997 Volunteer for the “Get A Life” project where career women were matched with middle school students to serve as role models and mentors
1996 – 1997 IAAO Nominating Committee
1995 – 1996 Clearwater Family YMCA Board of Managers
1995 – 1996 Executive Board Member, Candidates Club President, Florida Chapter IAAO
1994 – 2002 Participated in career orientation days, Adopt-a-Class, and teach-ins for high school students at Largo High School, Lakewood High School, and Pinellas Technical Education Center who were interested in military, technology, or government careers
1993 – 1995 IAAO Rules and Bylaws Committee, Chair 1995
1992 – 1998 Member and Treasurer Belleair Rotary Club
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2006 Chair’s Award for service to the City, County, and Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar
2003 – 2004 City, County, & Local Government Law Section of The Florida Bar’s Osee R. Fagan Legal Writing Award for excellence in legal writing
2001 Authored “Circumventing the Florida Constitution: Property Taxes and Special Assessments, Today’s Illusory Distinction”, Stetson Law Review, Vol. XXX, No. 4
1999 - 2005 Authored numerous digests of property tax law cases with decisions issued by the Florida Supreme Court and District Court of Appeal, which were published in various volumes of the Stetson Law Review
2001 Law Student Awards including:
William F. Blews Pro Bono Service Award
City, County & Local Govt Law Section Award
Florida Constitutional Law Award
Lazan and Trute, P.A. Trusts Award
CAREER HISTORY
June 1989 - Present: Chief Deputy/Deputy for Information Systems/Director of Data Processing, Pinellas County Property Appraiser. Senior manager responsible for day-to-day operation of the Pinellas County Property Appraiser’s Office including 140 employees, a main office and four branch offices. Responsible for the annual preparation of real property and tangible personal property value rolls.
May 1988 - 1989: Director of Standards and Analysis, Hillsborough County Property Appraiser. Developed automated and manual systems to streamline the property value inquiry system, condominium valuation process, and Property Appraisal Adjustment Board records.
May 1987 - 1989: Systems Analyst and Consultant, Science Applications International Corporation, MacDill Air Force Base Performed computer systems development tasks to include requirements analysis, design, programming, installation, and testing of finance, budget, inventory, and security data base applications.
April 1986 - May 1987: Database Analyst and Programmer Analyst, Voluntary Hospitals of America, Tampa, Florida. Performed relational data base design and management services. Programmed a wide variety of hospital productivity and financial management reports.
July 1985 - April 1986: Systems Analyst, Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia. Served as a member of the facilities management staff for a 300 terminal local area network in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Designed, coded and implemented software upgrades. Coordinated customer support activities.
January 1980 - July 1985: Attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Army while serving in the following positions:
Battery Commander, C Battery, 6th Training Battalion, USAFATC, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. First woman combat arms officer to be given command of soldiers in advanced individual training at the Field Artillery Training Center. Led a staff of 22 officers and non-commissioned officers and 350 recruits who were being trained in 16 military occupational specialties
Personnel Officer / Adjutant, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and U.S. Army Field Artillery Training Center.
Executive Officer, C Battery, 6th Training Battalion, USAFATC, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
Program Manager, U.S. Army Field Artillery School, Ft. Sill, Oklahoma.
PERSONAL
Pam has been married for twenty-seven years to retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Bruce J. Dubov, and has three step-children and eight grandchildren. Pam and Bruce have made the Tampa Bay area their home for the past 22 years and currently reside in the East Lake area of Pinellas County.
