Fla. Assoc. of Professional Lobbyists choose new officers

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At their Monday board meeting, the Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists elected table officers and also appointed new directors to fill the unexpired terms of two board members who had resigned.

Hubert E. “Bo” Bohannon, Principal and Managing Director of The Fiorentino Group’s Tallahassee office, was elected by his colleagues to serve a two year term as Chairman of the FAPL Board.  Bohannon said, “It is an honor to be entrusted with this leadership role and I look forward to growing FAPL over the two years of my term.” 

Elected Vice-Chairman was David Mica, Executive Director of the Florida Petroleum Council, and Serving as Secretary Treasurer is Mike Hightower, Sr. Vice President of Government Affairs for Florida Blue. Selected by their peers as Executive Committee Representatives were Lori Killinger, a shareholder in the Lewis, Longman and Walker law firm, and Jose Gonzalez, Florida Director of Anheuser-Busch’s government affairs efforts. 

Joining Paula Fillmore-Mateo, of AT&T, elected to the Board during last fall’s elections process, are Andrea Becker of Smith Bryan and Myers, and Susan Goldstein of Susan Goldstein Consulting. Becker and Goldstein replace Robert Coker and Adam Potts who had resigned. 

Via Mark Landreth, Executive Director of the FAPL.

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