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[…]
Florida Department of Health Alexis Lambert has been named chief of staff by Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong; Jennifer Tschetter has been named chief operating officer; and Nathan Dunn will serve as deputy chief operating officer. Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Jessica Sims has been named communications Director for the Department by executive director Jesse Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]
Appointments by Governor Scott, subject to Senate approval: FLORIDA LOTTERY Tom Delacenserie, Tallahassee, Interim Secretary of the Florida Lottery. He replaces Cynthia O’Connell who recently resigned. Delacenserie has been the Deputy Secretary of Sales and Marketing at the Florida Lottery since 2013 and has worked for the Lottery since 2000. FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE ASSOCIATION Read more about Movers and Shakers[…]