Contact
Commissioner Eileen Vargas
Email: evargas@martin.fl.us
Term of Office: 2024-2028
Executive Aide
Name: Kathy Boden
Phone: (772) 221-2359
Email: ComAide1@martin.fl.us
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District 1: Northeast Martin County is represented by Commissioner Eileen Vargas and includes Hutchinson Island, Jensen Beach, North River Shores, Ocean Breeze, Rio, and Sewall's Point.
Commissioner Vargas moved back to Jensen Beach nine years ago with her husband, Robert, and enjoys the beauty of Martin County with their one-eyed, rescued Yorkshire Terrier, Layla. She is a first-generation American whose family is from Colombia. She spent her early childhood in Stuart and then moved to Hialeah and later Miami. She graduated from the University of Miami with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Broadcast Media. She spent her first seven years after graduation as a real estate broker in Miami-Dade and the east and west coasts of Florida, where she gained a unique perspective on the transformation of South Florida into a mega city with all its challenges. She also saw the significant damage that results from planning decisions made by leaders without vision.
Following Commissioner Vargas’ time as a real estate broker, she owned an import-export business which she operated for eight years in Portugal. After that, she taught high school in Sarasota County and coached international students in English as a second language. She then took the opportunity to experience life in China, supporting classroom teachers in all disciplines, and later moved to the Kingdom of Bahrain, where she taught International Baccalaureate Language and Literature.
Since returning to the Treasure Coast, Commissioner Vargas has been deeply involved in the community, volunteering with the Treasure Coast Care Net Crisis Pregnancy Center, 4KIDS foster care placement organization and the Good Samaritan Ministries faith-based recovery program. She is passionate about regional, environmental and economic development issues and has been active in advocacy organizations and activities. Commissioner Vargas believes that growing up in Martin County gave her a perspective of what quality of life truly means, and her wish is to preserve it for all Martin County residents.
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