Yvette Drucker Sworn In As Palm Beach County Clerk & Comptroller

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2026 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — With her parents beside her, former Boca Raton Deputy Mayor Yvette Drucker took the oath Tuesday as Palm Beach County’s Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller. She is the first person of Hispanic descent to hold the office, which safeguards the county’s public records and taxpayer money. 15th Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Glenn Kelley swore her in at the 1916 Historic Courthouse.

Drucker took office early. The seat opened after former Clerk Mike Caruso was arrested and charged with child sex crimes, as BocaNewsNow.com first reported. Chief Deputy Clerk Shannon Ramsey-Chessman ran the office on a temporary basis until Drucker won the election. Ramsey-Chessman did not run. Caruso stayed on the ballot and lost. The charges against him are allegations, and he is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.

Ramsey-Chessman gave opening remarks at Tuesday’s ceremony. Drucker thanked voters and the office’s nearly 650 employees. “This campaign was never about the candidates. It was about an office that belongs to the people, and an office that must be transparent, trusted and dependable fixture of our community,” she said. “Whether someone needs a marriage license, a public record or help navigating the court system, they should know they can count on this office.” She also pledged that “every person who comes through our doors deserves and will be treated with patience, fairness and respect.”

Drucker served six years on the Boca Raton City Council, including stints as Deputy Mayor and Vice Chair of the Community Redevelopment Agency, and never missed a council meeting. She chaired the Palm Beach Metropolitan Planning Organization and its Executive Board, and won four Home Rule Hero awards from the Florida League of Cities.

A first-generation Cuban American raised in South Florida, she moved to Palm Beach County in 2004, holds an International Relations degree from Florida International University, and spent more than a decade in human resources management at ADP TotalSource.