Bronson Appoints Naval Academy Grad To Energy Panel
For Information, Contact:
Terence McElroy
(850) 488-3022
December 2, 2008
TALLAHASSEE – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced today the appointment of Christian H. Poindexter to the Florida Energy and Climate Commission.
Poindexter, a 1960 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, spent 36 years in the energy industry, initially as a senior engineer for a Baltimore power company and culminating his career as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Constellation Energy Group, a Fortune 500 company. He is currently on the Board of Directors of Johns Hopkins Medicine, the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and the Boy Scouts of America. Poindexter resides in Palm Beach Gardens.
The statute establishing the nine-member Commission provides that the Governor appoint 7 members, and that the Agriculture Commissioner and Chief Financial Officer appoint one member each. The Commission was created to advise the Florida Legislature and Governor on energy policies.
All of the appointees to the Commission are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.
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