The Honorable Karen Ostrand
Mayor, Town of Ocean Breeze
Married forty years to James H. Ostrand; we have six married children and 13 grandchildren.
We are originally from Flushing Queens, Long Island, New York, moved to Port Saint Lucie, Florida in 1989 and to the Town of Ocean Breeze on August 12, 2015.
Career Background – Sales, Promotion, Marketing, Management & Municipal
• Leading Distributor for TUPPERWARE Home Parties; Fountain Party Sales; Top 10 nationally with 13 managers and 275 sales representatives.
• Advertising sales for The Tribune – Stuart and Port St. Lucie.
• Top sales for Payo of Paris Cosmetics, JC Penney
• Award winning sales for Forest Hills Funeral Home and Cemetery.
• Senior Division Manager for Park Lane Jewelry.
• Founder of The New York Metropolitan Country Music Association.
• Coordinator for Hands Across America leading more than 1,000 people.
• Member of Saint Lucie County Chamber of Commerce. Tenured Ambassador and past Chair of the Saint Lucie Chamber of Commerce. Awarded Ambassador and Networker of the Year – 2012.
• Tenured member of The Port Saint Lucie Business Women (a charitable organization of volunteering business women raising funds for scholarships to women and children; also, grants to local charitable organizations in Saint Lucie and Martin counties). President of PLSBW 2015 and Chair for their largest fundraiser; under my leadership of many committees raising the most monies in the 36 years history of the organization.
• Mayor, Town of Ocean Breeze, Florida – 2016 – current.
• Active member in The Florida League Cities – 2016 – current.
• Board Member of Florida League Mayors – 2017 – current.
• Treasure Coast Regional League of Cities advocacy team – 2018 – current.
• Treasure Coast Regional League of Cities Board Member 2018-2019.
• Treasure Coast Regional League of Cities – Secretary on the Executive Board – 2020 – current
• Committee Member for Economic & Land Development – 3 years.
• Florida League of Cities Home Rule Hero – 6 years; 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024