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Appointments, re-elections to Enterprise Florida board

 ORLANDO, Fla. (August 27, 2009) – Following is an update on membership appointments to the Enterprise Florida Board of Directors:

New:

• Vincent Dolan, president & CEO of Progress Energy Florida.  (St. Petersburg)
• Howard Halle, executive vice president and division manager, Wachovia Bank.   (Jacksonville)

Ex-officio appointment

• Tammie Nemecek, president of the Economic Development Council of Collier County (Naples).  Nemecek also is the newly elected chairman of the Florida Economic Development Council. 

Re-elected at-large members:

• Kevin Hyman, executive vice president, Bright House Networks (Orlando)
• Armando Olivera, president, Florida Power & Light (Juno Beach)
• Susan Story, president & CEO, Gulf Power (Pensacola)
• Tony Villamil, CEO, Washington Economics Group (Coral Gables)

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Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI) is a partnership between Florida's business and government leaders and is the principal economic development organization for the state of Florida.  Headquartered in Orlando, EFI’s mission is to diversify Florida’s economy and create better-paying jobs for its citizens by supporting, attracting and helping to create businesses in innovative, high-growth industries.  In pursuit of its mission, EFI works closely with a statewide network of economic development partners and is funded both by the State of Florida and by private-sector businesses.

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