In 1992 Harvey Ruvin was elected to the Office of Miami-Dade County Clerk  and, in 1996, was re-elected without opposition. The Office's constitutional responsibilities include interaction with the County's $4 Billion plus budget and financial management, Clerk of the Courts, Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, Recorder of Deeds, Records Management and much more. The Agency has 1300 employees and a $60 million budget funded mostly from its own revenue collections. The Office serves a myriad of functions and touches all branches of local government.

Ruvin was first elected to public office in 1968 at the age of 29. Serving as Mayor of the City of North Bay Village, he became one of the youngest mayors in Miami-Dade County history. In 1972, he was elected to the Metro-Dade County Commission where he served till 1992, becoming the only person ever to be elected to five consecutive 4-year terms on the Commission.

Through over thirty years of community involvement, Harvey Ruvin, has performed a leadership role within scores of civic, cultural, environmental and charitable organizations. He has been the recipient of numerous awards ranging from the 1987 Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce " MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD" to the coveted Tropical Audubon Society Conservation Award in 1981 and in 1985 (the only person ever to have been named twice). He has received environmental service awards from the Sierra Club as well as from the Environmental and Industry Association.

In 1981 he was singled out by the then President of the National Association of Counties as Outstanding County Official in the Nation. In 1989, Harvey Ruvin was named "County Leader of the Year" by American City and County Magazine.

To Harvey, his greatest honor came when "Naples", a rescued West Indian manatee gave birth to a male calf and the Seaquarium named the newborn "Harvey" in recognition of the Commissioner's work on behalf of the endangered species (Sept. 1990).

Harvey Ruvin is a graduate Industrial Engineer (University of Florida 1959). He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami Law School, 1962. Mr. Ruvin lives in Miami Beach with his wife, Risa. He has two sons, an adult son Eric and Zachary, age 10 years old.