Ms. Foster was formerly a director of the US Private Client Services division of Deutsche Bank, having joined the firm in 2005. She advised high-net-worth families, endowments and pension funds, specializing in investment management and advisory services. Previously, Ms. Foster spent six years with Lehmann Brothers Inc. Private Client Group, where her high-net-worth advisory practice focused on equity, fixed income and structured solutions. She started her investment career in 1992 as an equity research analyst with CIBC Oppenheimer, focusing on the gaming and media sectors. Ms. Foster is a member of the Vestry of St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, where she is a member of the investment and development committees. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Asia Society, a member of New York City’s Central Park Conservancy, and president of the John H. Foster Foundation (New York). Ms. Foster graduated from Barnard College, Columbia University. She enjoys the opera and such competitive sports a ...

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Palm Beach County could save $35 million a year by outsourcing 696 jobs, eliminating nearly 300 other positions, and consolidating administrative services with its constitutional officers, according to a Boca Raton accounting firm hired to conduct an efficiency audit of county departments.

In a 100-page report that will be presented to the county commission next week, the firm found that the county could save $12.4 million a year by outsourcing jobs in six departments, including 285 parks and recreation workers and 146 engineering and public works employees. Roughly $7.1 million could be saved by improving efficiencies in the county's community services department, including the installation of a "voice recognition" computer system that eliminates clerical work by translating the spoken word into text.

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The report did not include the Palm Beach County Sheriff Department because they did not supply any data to the consulting firm.

Bruce T. Halle was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Palm Beach Civic Association. Mr. Halle is the founder and now chairman of Discount Tire Company. He began his career in sales (automotive, insurance, and a wholesale tire, battery and accessories business), and he opened the first Discount Tire store in Ann Arbor, MI, in 1960. Discount Tire Company is now the world’s largest independent tire and wheel retailer, with more than 800 stores in 23 states; it has received continued recognition for corporate excellence as one of the top private companies in Arizona. Mr. Halle and his wife, Diane, have supported medical causes such as St. Joseph’s Hospital and Scottsdale Healthcare’s Halle Pavilion in the Piper Cancer Center; education (University of Arizona and Arizona State University); and such cultural and civic organizations as the Center for the Future of Arizona, the Academy of Achievement and the Phoenix Symphony. The Halles are Patrons of the Arts for restoration of the Pauline Chape ...

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