Ryan Nicol
Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed two new members to the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), as well as reappointing another member.
DeSantis announced that Thomas Hurley and Robert Spottswood Jr. would be joining the Board. Charlette Roman will also be returning to the body.
Hurley and Spottswood are both successful regional developers. Hurley operates in Vero beach and is the Chair and CEO of Becker Holding Corporation. He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization.
Hurley previously served in other organizations, such as the Boys and Girls Club of Martin County and the Miami Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Hurley earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Duke and a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern.
Spottswood hails from Key West and is the President of Spottswood Companies, Inc., Spottswood Management and Keystar Construction, as well as a Partner at Spottswood & Sterling, PPLC.
Outside of his main work, Spottswood is a member of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and serves on the Board for the Nature Conservancy and the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida. He earned his bachelor’s degree in food and resource economics from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University.
Roman, now retired, is a U.S. Army veteran who previously served as a Battle Command Training Specialist for Northrop-Grumman Tech Services. She has experience in public service after being elected as a City of Marco Island Councilor, where she also served a term as Vice Chair.
Roman is a previous member of the Marco Island Taxpayers Association Board of Directors. She earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Loyola University, a master’s in business management from Webster University, and graduated from the U.S. Army War College.
She was first appointed to the Board in 2019.
The Senate must confirm all of these appointees.
