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Elections, appointments to Enterprise Florida board

 ORLANDO, Fla. (January 29, 2010) – The following elections and appointments were made at the January 28 meeting of the Enterprise Florida Board of Directors, held in Tallahassee:

Enterprise Florida Board of Directors

Newly elected:

 Frank DiBello, president, Space Florida
 Kevin Johnson, vice president, economic development, The St. Joe Company -- to replace Jerry Ray; term ends November 18, 2010.
 Bill McCollum, Attorney General of Florida

Re-elected at-large members for one year:

 Michael Egan, vice president & counsel, CEMEX
 Al Petrangeli, division president, Balfour Beatty Construction
 Andy Rosen, CEO, Kaplan Higher Education
 Gene Schaefer, Bank of America
 Andrew Smulian, senior vice president, Akerman Senterfitt
 Pete Tesch, president & CEO, Ocala-Marion County Economic Development Council, (term ending August 19, 2010)

Florida Opportunity Fund  (http://www.floridaopportunityfund.com/)

Appointments approved by the Enterprise Florida board:

 Tom Cornish, president & CEO, Seitlin, 3-year term 
 Andy Hyltin, president, CNL Private Equity Corporation, appointed vice chairman for 2-year term
 Ken Wright, partner, Baker Hostetler, 3-year term; appointed chairman for 2-year term.   

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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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