8/3/2011 Tallahassee, Fla. – Governor Rick Scott today announced the appointments of Edward A. Bailey, Charles “C.J.” Fishman and Lori A. Moran to the District Board of Trustees, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota.

Bailey, 35, of Palmetto, is a finance manager for Sarasota Ford. He succeeds Beverly Beall and is appointed for a term beginning August 3, 2011, and ending May 31, 2013.

Since serving in the United States Marine Corps from 1995 to 1999, Bailey was a real estate agent with Rose Bay Realty from 2005 to 2007 and with Nettie Bailey Realty from 1999 to 2007. In addition, he has been actively involved in his community, chairing the Head Start Policy Council, as well as serving as president of the Manatee County NAACP since 2001 and director of the Manatee Chamber of Commerce since 2000. He is a member of the Suncoast Regional Workforce Board. He attended Manatee Technical Institute and State College of Florida.

Fishman, 56, of Venice, is the president of Fishman and Associates Inc. He succeeds Kelvin Lumpkin and is appointed for a term beginning August 3, 2011, and ending
May 31, 2012.

As a teenager and after college, Fishman worked in his family’s food service equipment company in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1982, he moved to Venice and joined a commercial refrigeration company in Sarasota and helped expand it into a restaurant equipment company. In 1986, he opened Fishman and Associates Inc., an independent commercial food service equipment, design, layout, consulting and sales organization. He is a member of the board of directors of the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce and serves on the advisory board of the Sarasota County Technical Institute and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee School of Hotel Management. He is a member and past chairman of the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County, as well as the Venice Chamber of Commerce. He also chairs the Venice advisory board for the Boys and Girls Club of Sarasota County. Fishman received his bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University.

Moran, 41, of Sarasota, is a owner of Anthony Sophia LLC. She succeeds Stephen Harner and is appointed for a term beginning August 3, 2011, and ending May 31, 2015.

Previously, Moran was an accounting clerk with Meadowbrook Insurance Group from 2005 to 2007 and with Bluewater Insurance Group from 2002 to 2005. She has volunteered for nine years with Sarasota County Public Schools, including leading the annual food drive for Oak Park School, which serves students with a broad range of special needs. She received her bachelor’s degree from Oakland University.

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.

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