About our Health Officer

Clint Sperber began his role as the Administrator of Florida Department of Health in St. Lucie County in April of 2015 and was named Administrator of Florida Department of Health in Okeechobee County in May 2024.

As administrator for both St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties, Sperber leads a combined staff of 200 employees and manages a $20 million budget – working to ensure the effective provision of public health clinical care, environmental health, communicable disease, and emergency response services to residents and visitors in St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties through collaborative efforts with elected officials, governmental bodies, community partners, and media outreach.

Sperber is former deputy administrator for DOH-St. Lucie (Nov. 2010 – April 2015), working to deliver quality public health services for the St. Lucie County community and additionally serving alongside elected officials and community leaders to reduce gang violence through the Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention’s Comprehensive Gang Model. He played a pivotal role in mobilizing agencies to create a Safe Kids Coalition focusing on prevention of unintentional injuries in children.

Sperber was appointed Interim Director of the Division of Emergency Preparedness and Community Support by the State Surgeon General and Secretary for Health in July-August 2014 and was selected by the National Association of County City Health Officials (NACCHO) to participate in a year-long leadership program titled “Survive and Thrive” and served on their Injury Violence Prevention Workgroup.

Sperber has served in leadership roles during several declared disasters, was a member of Central Florida’s Disaster Medical Assistance Team (FL-6) and State Medical Assistance Team (SMRT 5) and served as a national reviewer for a public health preparedness recognition program — Project Public Health Ready.

Sperber earned his Master of Public Administration from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in 1997 and his Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from FAU in 1994.

He is a board member for Southeast Florida Behavioral Health Network, the Roundtable of St. Lucie County, serves as staff on the District 19 Child Abuse Death Review Committee, was appointed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to serve as the Central Florida (Region 5) Domestic Security Task Force Health and Medical Co-Chair, and is an executive member of Safe Kids St. Lucie County and the Central Florida Disaster Medical coalitions.