COMMISSION & STAFF
William Scott Gabrielson, Chairman
City of Orlando Appointee

PERSONAL

Married to Jane Gabrielson with three children (Wendy, Jenny, and Susan)

EDUCATION

• Winter Park High School (1963)
• Davidson College – B.A. (19670
• University of Florida Law School – J.D. Degree (1970)

MILITARY

1st Lt. U.S. Army Military Police (1970)

PROFESSIONAL

• Shareholder in Mateer & Harbert, P.A.
• Primary areas of practice:  Municipal/Commercial/Litigation/Real Estate
• City Attorney, City of Orlando 1997–2003
• Orange County Bar Association
  • Member - Executive Council (1984-90)
  • Trustee - Orange County Legal Aid Society (1986-90)
• Community Organizations
  • Vice-Chairman - Orange County/City of Orlando Consolidation of Services Committee (2005)
  • Chairman - Healthy Community Initiative (2000-present); Director (1996-present)
  • Chairman - UCP of Central Florida Memorial Foundation (1996-present); Director (1981-present)
  • President - United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida (1986-89); Director (1984-present)
  • President - United Cerebral Palsy of Florida, Inc. (1990-92); Director (1988-1994)
  • Director - Central Florida Fair Board (1978-81; 1988-2000)
  • Director - Central Florida Chapter American Inns of Court (1990-1999)
  • Chairman - Walt Disney World Community Service Awards (1995)
  • Chairman  - Mayor's Downtown Panel on Youth Nighttime Activities (1993-94)
  • Chairman - Orange County Membership and Mission Review Board (1991-92); Member (1991-1995)
  • Vice Chair - Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce (1989-96)
  • Vice Chair - HRS District 7 Nominating Board (1992-96)
  • Chairman - City of Orlando Downtown Development Board (1991-93); Member (1987-1993)
  • Member - Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission (1989-92)
  • Director - Light-Up Orlando Board (1988-90)
  • Chairman - City of Orlando Nominating Board (1986-87); Member (1982-1987)
  • Member - City of Orlando Human Relations Review Board (1973-80)
  • President - Florida Jaycees (1981-82) – Chosen as one of Top Five State Presidents in the Nation
  • President - Orlando Jaycees (1977-78) – Chosen as one of Top 25 Local Chapter Presidents in the Nation
• Other 
  • Orlando "Downtowner of the Year" (1995)
  • Co-Grand Marshal for Martin Luther King Jr. Parade (1995)
  • Received Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce Community Recognition Award (1988)
  • Graduate of 1986-87 Leadership Orlando Program
  • Selected as one of Florida's Five Outstanding Young Men (1981)
  • Initiated and chaired first Florida Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Seminar (1979)
  • Served as 1978 Florida Jaycee Muscular Dystrophy Chairman (over$240,000 raised)
  • Organized 1976 statewide televised Chiles-Grady United States Senatorial Debates
  • Member of Florida Blue Key
  • Taught courses on leadership at nationwide seminars for U. S. Olympic Committee, Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation, Muscular Dystrophy Association, and The United States Jaycees