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Elections, appointments to Enterprise Florida board

 ORLANDO, Fla. (December 1, 2009) – Following is an update on recent elections and appointments to the Enterprise Florida Board of Directors:

Newly elected:

• Andrew Corty, president, Florida Trend magazine
• Gordon L. Gillette, president of TECO Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas

New appointments:

• Danny Gaekwad, president of NDS USA, Ocala -- appointed by Florida House Speaker Larry Cretul
• Don Phillips, managing director, Phillips Development and Realty, Tampa -- appointed by Governor Charlie Crist
• Hal R. Valeche, president of York Street Capital Advisors, Palm Beach Gardens --  appointed by Florida Senate President Jeff Atwater.

  Re-elected at-large members:

• Michael Griffin, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista
• Jerry Ray, The St. Joe Company, Jacksonville
• Jeffrey Shuman, Harris Corporation, Melbourne
• Dave Walsh, Mitsubishi Power Systems, Inc., Orlando

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Enterprise Florida, Inc. 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, Enterprise Florida’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, Enterprise Florida 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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