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Danny McAuliffeDecember 4, 2018

Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart will retire on the same day Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis takes office in January, meaning former state House Speaker Richard Corcoran is one step closer to overseeing the state’s massive education operation. Stewart, who has served under her current role since 2013, had originally planned to helm the education department for […]

Ryan NicolNovember 15, 2018

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Gov. Rick Scott announced Wednesday the appointment of Hung Mai to the Tampa Port Authority. Mai’s term begins this week and will run until Nov. 15, 2019. The newest member of the Port Authority is President and CEO of H.T. Mai Inc., a civil engineering and consulting firm. He previously relocated from Vietnam as a […]

Ryan NicolJune 15, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott is naming Matthew Caldwell to the Broward College District Board of Trustees. Caldwell, the 38-year-old president and CEO of the Florida Panthers, is set to serve on the board for a term ending May 31, 2022. The Board is made up of five members from the Broward community to help lead Broward College and direct […]

Scott PowersApril 27, 2018

Apopka businessman Rod Love was appointed Friday by Gov. Rick Scott to fill out the open term for the District 2 seat on the Orange County Board of Commissioners. Love, 52, of Apopka, is president and chief executive officer of Community Synergy Group, an Altamonte Springs-based health care company, and also has a legislative government […]

Danny McAuliffeApril 22, 2018

The Taylor County Commission vacancy has been filled. Gov. Rick Scott on Friday appointed Steve Spradley to fill the empty District 3 seat created by the passing of Frank Russell, who died in February. Spradley, 62, of Perry, previously served as the county’s Emergency Management Director. At that post, Spradley worked closely with commissioners. According […]

Drew WilsonApril 17, 2018

Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday he appointed Sally Moss to a vacant spot on the Sumter County School Board. Moss, 69, is a retired realtor who also serves on the Villages Board of Directors, the as well as the Community Development Board of Directors and the Investment Advisory Committee for the Sumpter County city. Scott […]

Scott PowersApril 16, 2018

The Everglades Foundation on Monday announced the appointments of Shannon Estenoz as chief operating officer and vice president for policy and programs, and Rebecca Rose as communications director. “We could not have found a more qualified person to lead the Foundation’s operations, policy and programs than Shannon Estenoz,” Everglades Foundation Chief Executive Officer Eric Eikenberg […]

Scott PowersMarch 28, 2018

Michelle Ertel, a political commentator and government affairs consultant, has been named committee director for BusinessForce, a group that is an independent, pro-business public voice of Central Florida. BusinessForce, originally established as the political arm of Orlando Inc., the Orlando regional chamber of commerce, then taken independent, is composed of regional business and community leaders […]

Scott PowersDecember 20, 2017

U.S. Rep. Val Demings of Orlando has been appointed to the House Judiciary Committee, her office announced Wednesday. Demings, a former Orlando chief of police with 27 years as a police officer, becomes one of 17 Democrats on the 40-seat committee overseeing criminal and civil justice legislation, including oversight of federal courts, administrative agencies, and […]

Scott PowersMarch 7, 2017

New Orange County Commissioner Emily Bonilla has to be getting used to being a kicked-around rookie on the Board of Commissioners, especially as an outspoken Democrat on a Republican-dominated panel, but Tuesday she got taken down by all of her fellow commissioners. “I feel it is pretty disrespectful,” Bonilla told them during Tuesday’s meeting, after […]

Tag: Appointment

Richard Corcoran poised to be next Education Commissioner with Pam Stewart departure

Hung Mai appointed to Tampa Port Authority

Florida Panthers CEO Matthew Caldwell appointed to Broward College District Board of Trustees

Rod Love appointed to Orange County Commission

Rick Scott appoints new Taylor County Commissioner

Rick Scott appoints Sally Moss to Sumter School Board

Everglades Foundation taps new COO, communications director

Michelle Ertel named BusinessForce committee director

Val Demings appointed to U.S. House Judiciary Committee

Emily Bonilla clashes with other Orange commissioners over parks appointee