FLORIDA CHIEF JUSTICE For the first time since the Civil War, the sitting chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court has been chosen to serve a second consecutive term. Justice Jorge Labarga is also the first Hispanic person to serve in the judicial system head position. Labarga, a native of Pahokee, served as an Assistant Public Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
Appointments by Governor Scott: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Cissy Proctor has been named Executive Director of DEO. She has been at DEO since 2013, serving as the Chief of Staff since 2015. She replaces Jesse Panuccio, who resigned on December 4th. Also at the DEO, Morgan L. McCord will serve as the agency’s press Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Dr. Mansooreh “Massey” Salari, M.D., has been named Chief Medical Officer for Children’s Medical Services. Dr. Salari is a pediatric primary care physician and has been the senior physician for the Florida Department of Health in Polk County since 1979. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Michael Wickersheim has been named Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
Governor Scott Appointments: Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council Dorothy “Dotti” Groover-Skipper, founder of HeartDance Foundation Inc and the divisional anti-trafficking coordinator for the Salvation Army Florida Divisional Headquarters; Doug Leonardo, executive director of BayCare Behavioral Health; Peggy Sapp, president and chief executive officer of Informed Families; and Dr. John Van Delinder, executive director of the Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
Florida A&M University Rufus Montgomery announced on October 23rd that he is stepping down as FAMU board of trustee chairman, though he will remain on the board. On October 28th, Dr. Spurgeon McWilliams, chairman of the facilities committee, resigned his position on the board of trustees. The resignations come after weeks of tension with FAMU Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]