City Commission

Mayor Resch has been visiting Lake Worth since 1967 and has called Lake Worth Beach home since 1979. She is a practicing family law attorney here in the city.  Ms. Resch is a proud member of the Florida, Palm Beach County and the United States Supreme Court Bars.  She is an emeritus member of the American Inns of Court, and has won numerous awards for her legal work and her work in the community.

Mayor Resch was elected in 2021 and reelected in 2024.  Some of the Mayor’s priorities include improving customer service for our residents; improving communication between residents, city staff and the commission; addressing the housing crisis and the homeless issue, and addressing the beach park, including restoring the historic city pool. She recognizes the challenge with new development, achieving a balance between maintaining the city’s cottage-feel and economic development.

The Mayor formerly served as the City Attorney of Lake Worth and was an Assistant State Attorney in Palm Beach County, focusing on Crimes against Children.

Ms. Resch is married to Lou Bristol, who is a retired Special Agent with Federal Department of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. Together they fill their home with rescued old dogs, cats and birds. 

Vice Mayor Sarah Malega was first elected to serve as the District 1 City Commissioner in March of 2021. She is a 13-year resident of Lake Worth Beach, and a proud business owner for the last 14 years.  Commissioner Malega is a very active community leader who is committed to making a positive difference for the residents of Lake Worth Beach, especially the youth of our City. She strives to represent the City as a policy maker who cares about all residents and business owners, with open lines of communication, a welcoming City Hall, transparency and positivity.  She has served on the Florida League of Cities Advocacy Committee and Legislative Committee as well as the Federal Action Strike Team fighting bad legislation and working with higher offices for the benefit of Lake Worth Beach.  The Vice Mayor believes that welcoming new home buyers, new businesses and new development is critical to the City’s future.  As a successful business owner since 2006, she understands financial challenges, and the ever-changing global and economic landscape, and often acts as a liaison for the business community within the City.  Vice Mayor Malega is enjoying setting Lake Worth Beach apart from other communities as a welcoming, inclusive, livable and unique city and welcomes you to our city!

Commissioner Diaz grew up locally, where he attended Our Savior Lutheran and Sacred Heart schools before John I. Leonard High School. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University and then spent many years as a local scuba dive/wildlife guide. Wanting to do more for the environment, Commissioner Diaz earned his J.D. from Shepard Broad Law School at Nova Southeastern University with a focus on land use and environmental law.

He has since been very active in Florida environmentalism as the founder of Lake Worth Waterkeeper, a local 501c3 devoted to the advocacy of the Lake Worth Lagoon watershed. Commissioner Diaz also sits on the board of directors of the notable Everglades Coalition and Florida Wildlife Federation.

A committed outdoorsman, Commissioner Diaz spends his time enjoying all types of fishing, especially fly fishing our beaches and estuaries, paddling, hiking and camping, and shooting sports like sporting clays and trap. As a family man, his partner Melissa (a Lake Worth Community Middle School teacher) and young son Aldo join in on most of these adventures.

As a representative of the Palm Beach County League of Cities, Commissioner Diaz also sits on the Lake Worth Lagoon Initiative Steering Committee and Palm Beach County Water Resources Task Force. He also serves as our representative on the Palm Beach Transportation Planning Agency’s governing board.