Phyllis Busansky

{{short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Phyllis Busansky

| image = Busansky.PNG

| order =

| office = Hillsborough County, Florida Supervisor of Elections

| term_start = January 2009

| term_end = June 23, 2009

| vicepresident =

| predecessor = Buddy Johnson

| successor = Earl Lennard

| order2 =

| office2 = Hillsborough County Commissioner

| term_start2 = 1989

| term_end2 = 1997

| president2 =

| predecessor2 =

| successor2 =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|03|03}}[http://hcglbtadc.org/index.html Florida LGBT Democratic Caucus] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406054613/http://hcglbtadc.org/index.html |date=April 6, 2010 }}

| birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.{{cite news |url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article1012870.ece |title=Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky dies at 72, after a lifetime of public service |author=Michael Van Sickler |publisher=Tampa Bay Times |date=June 23, 2009 |access-date=June 24, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626010320/http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/article1012870.ece |archive-date=June 26, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|06|23|1937|03|03}}

| death_place = St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.

| nationality = American

| spouse = Sheldon Busansky

| party = Democratic

| relations =

| children = 3

| alma_mater = Wheaton College

}}

Phyllis Busansky (March 3, 1937 – June 23, 2009) was the Democratic Commissioner of Hillsborough County, Florida from 1989 to 1997. In 1995 she was named a "Public Official of the Year" by Governing magazine. In 2006, she ran in Florida’s 9th district congressional race, unsuccessfully. She defeated incumbent Buddy Johnson in the November 2008 election for Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections.

Busansky served Hillsborough County in a number of roles including Aging Services Director, Human Resources Director, County Commissioner. She was the first Executive Director of Florida's welfare-to-work agency (WAGES), under former Governors Lawton Chiles and Jeb Bush. The agency had a $1.2 billion annual budget. {{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}