THOMAS WILLIAMS has been named by Gov. Ron DeSantis to serve as a judge in the 1st Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Escambia, Okaloosa, S… Read more

ADAM BASFORD has been named vice president of government relations for Associated Industries of Florida. Basford has worked as director of leg… Read more

BRIAN LAMB AND ERIC SILAGY have been appointed to leadership posts on the state university system’s Board of Governors. Lamb, who will serve a… Read more

KELLIE RALSTON has been appointed vice president for conservation and public policy at Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. Ralston has served since 2… Read more

MARISSA LANGSTON has been named chief of staff to Florida State University President Richard McCullough. Langston previously served as assista… Read more

BETH LABASKY AND KEVIN BROWN have joined the firm One Eighty Consulting. Labasky, who will work as a senior policy consultant in Tallahassee, … Read more

AMIT AGARWAL has joined the law firm Holland & Knight. Agarwal is a former Florida solicitor general. Read more

HOLLY RASCHEIN has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Monroe County Commission. Raschein, of Tavernier, is government relations direct… Read more

SUSAN ANDERSON has been named director of government affairs at the Florida Health Care Association. Anderson previously worked for LeadingAge… Read more

MAGGIE GERSON AND CATHY SCHROEDER have been named by Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, D-Plantation, to top positions with the Senate Democr… Read more

HERSCHEL VINYARD AND JEFF LITTLEJOHN have joined Adams and Reese, LLP and will make up the law firm’s Florida government affairs practice. Vin… Read more

DAVID HART has been appointed chief executive officer of the Bermuda Business Development Agency. Hart has served as executive vice president … Read more

FARAH MELENDEZ has been named manager of Democrat Nikki Fried’s gubernatorial campaign. Melendez is managing Virginia Attorney General Mark He… Read more

MARYAM GHYABI-WHITE has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the St. Johns River Water Management District Governing Board. Ghyabi-White, of… Read more

NOAH VALENSTEIN has been named the first presidential fellow in water policy at The Water School at Florida Gulf Coast University and has been… Read more

ERIN GRALL has been appointed by House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, to the Council for Early Grade Success. Grall, R-Vero Beach, repr… Read more

ERIN VANSICKLE has joined the firm Carlton Fields as a senior government consultant. VanSickle most recently has worked as deputy chief of sta… Read more

MEREDITH STANFIELD has been named legislative policy director for the Florida Professional Firefighters. Stanfield most recently has served as… Read more

TIM CERIO has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Florida Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission. Cerio is general counsel of Cit… Read more

MICHAEL RUBIN has been named president and CEO of the Florida Ports Council. Rubin most recently has served as the council’s interim president… Read more

ALI SACKETT has been named by the Florida Supreme Court as state courts administrator. Sackett has served as director of the Legal Division of… Read more

TERRY BURROUGHS has been elected chairman of Florida’s Small County Coalition. Burroughs is an Okeechobee County commissioner. Read more

FRED HAWKINS has been named by House Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, to the Task Force on Closing the Achievement Gap for Boys. Hawkins,… Read more

SIERRA FAREED, CHRISTIAN ULVERT, CLAIRE VANSUSTEREN AND TIM WAGNER have been named by Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, D-Plantation, to pos… Read more

ARIA BRANCH, EVELYN PEREZ-VERDIA AND KEVIN CATE have been named to positions with Democrat Nikki Fried’s campaign for governor. Branch, a poli… Read more

WILL WEATHERFORD has been selected to serve as chairman of the University of South Florida Board of Trustees. Weatherford, managing partner of… Read more

LORI WINSTEAD has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as a judge in the 10th Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Hardee, Highlands and Polk … Read more

W. SCOTT COLE has joined the law firm GrayRobinson. Cole is a former University of Central Florida vice president and general counsel. CLIFTON… Read more

JARED ROSENSTEIN has joined the lobbying firm Capital City Consulting. Rosenstein most recently worked as legislative affairs director for the… Read more

FRANCIS SUAREZ has joined the Miami office of the law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP. Suarez, who will be of counsel, is the … Read more

ALAN ABRAMOWITZ has been named chief executive officer of The Arc of Florida. Abramowitz most recently has served as executive director of the… Read more

CARRIE ANN WOZNIAK has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as a judge on the 5th District Court of Appeal. Wozniak, of Winter Park, has been a… Read more

CARLOS TRUJILLO has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Florida International University Board of Trustees. Trujillo is a former member… Read more

WILTON SIMPSON, CHRIS SPROWLS, KATHLEEN PASSIDOMO AND PAUL RENNER have been named to the Executive Committee of the national Republican Legisl… Read more

THOMAS FRAZER, CARI ROTH, JIM MCCARTHY AND ERIC BUERMANN have been appointed or reappointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Florida Environmental … Read more

SHA’RON JAMES has joined the Tallahassee office of the Gunster law firm. James is a former Florida insurance consumer advocate. CRYSTAL STICKL… Read more

JEANETTE NUNEZ will chair the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association for the 2021 election cycle. Nunez is Florida’s lieutenant governor … Read more

SIDNEY BIGHAM has joined the Berger Singerman law firm. Bigham most recently has worked at the firm Oertel, Fernandez, Bryant & Atkinson, … Read more

GISELA LAURENT AND JOSHUA MIZE have been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as judges in the 9th Judicial Circuit, which is made up of Orange and … Read more

JACQUI CARMONA has joined the Rubin Turnbull & Associates government-relations firm. Carmona, who will lead the firm’s Miami-Dade County p… Read more

MORI HOSSEINI, JAMES “BILL” HEAVENER AND FRED RIDLEY have been appointed or reappointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the University of Florida Boar… Read more

BRUCE L. BARTLETT has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as state attorney in the 6th Judicial Circuit. Bartlett has served as chief assistan… Read more

MONESIA BROWN AND TOM GRADY have been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to the State Board of Education. Brown, of Tallahassee, is director of pu… Read more

SAMANTHA FERRIN has joined the Tallahassee office of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Ferrin most recently has worked as interim secretary and chief of… Read more

RYAN DAILEY will join The News Service of Florida next week as a reporter. Dailey most recently has served as host of “All Things Considered” … Read more

MELISSA KELLY, ALICE HUNT, MICHAEL RICHARDS, KATHARINE TATE AND PATRICE SMITH have been named to senior staff positions with newly elected U.S… Read more

CANDI CHURCHILL has been named executive director of the United Faculty of Florida. Churchill has served as United Faculty of Florida field st… Read more

MARY ALICE “MOLLY” NARDELLA has been appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis as a judge on the 5th District Court of Appeal. Nardella, of Winter Garden… Read more

LEAH NASH has been named executive director of the League of Women Voters of Florida. Nash has worked as director of development and strategic… Read more