Assistant Deputy Mayor Neil C. Kerch
City of Sunrise Commission, Seat C

E-mail: nkerch@sunrisefl.gov

Neil C. Kerch was elected to the Sunrise City Commission in March of 2013; re-elected in 2014 and 2018; and returned to office without opposition in 2022. Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch served as Deputy Mayor in 2013, 2017, and 2021.  He has three guiding principles as an elected official, which are: follow your vision for the city, serve with integrity, and deliver results.  Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch is team oriented and honored to work with his colleagues on the Commission and City staff to make Sunrise the best place to live, work, play, learn, shop, and eat.

Since being elected, Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch has spoken at and participated in numerous community meetings and events.  He is proud of the improvements to the parks and recreation facilities in neighborhoods citywide, the improvements in our Sunrise Police Department’s community-based policing, improvements in Sunrise Fire Rescue, maintaining a structurally balanced budget without raising the tax millage rate, implementing COVID-19 assistance programs, and planning for the City’s future with a new city hall, infrastructure improvements, and investments throughout the city.

Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch graduated cum laude from Florida Atlantic University in 2001 with a B.A. in Finance and Management. He received his J.D. in 2005 from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University.  Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch is admitted to the Florida Bar and the United States District Court of the Southern District of Florida. After being admitted to the Florida Bar, Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch served as an Assistant Public Defender in Broward County. He currently works at his law firm as a Trial Lawyer and Counselor of Law where he represents clients with legal issues in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties. Prior to embarking on his legal career, Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch was employed in the hotel/restaurant industry.

Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch has been a resident of Sunrise since 2004, where he has been active throughout our community. He is a member of many professional associations and organizations. He has been a chess coach,  a youth athletics coach for the children of Sunrise and, prior to being elected to the City Commission, served on the City’s Leisure Services Advisory Board. Assistant Deputy Mayor Kerch is married to Carmen, and they have one child.