Florida’s Governor-Elect Unveils Transition Team
Friday, November 5th, 2010Tallahassee, FL, United States (AHN) – Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott announced members of his transition team on Thursday, nine weeks before he takes the oath as the state’s 45th chief executive.
Scott appointed longtime aide Enu Mainigi as head of his transition committee. Manigi is a 1994 Harvard Law graduate and partner at D.C.-based law firm Williams & Connolly that focuses on healthcare cases. Mary Anne Carter, executive director of a group Scott founded, Conservatives for Patients Rights, will serve as executive director of the team.
Members of the committee are: state Sen. Paula Dockery, state Rep. Bill Galvano, former Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings and U.S. Sen. George Lemieux, who was appointed to his seat last year as a placeholder by Scott’s soon-to-be predecessor, Gov. Charlie Crist.
Also part of the transition panel are Sally Bradshaw, who was chief of staff to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Miami mayor Maurice Ferre, Sweetwater Mayor Manuel Marono, and state Rep. Mike Weinstein.
Kathleen Shanahan, a member of the state Board of Education and another former Jeb Bush chief of staff, is likewise part of the commitee.
Scott is also recruiting constituents to join his administration. His office said in a statement it was looking for “hardworking people committed to the goal of more jobs and less government, people who are naturally optimistic, energetic, and have integrity.”
Scott won the gubernatorial race against Democrat and former Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink by more than 1 percent of all votes and after spending $73 million of his own wealth for his campaign. He was chief executive of Columbia/HCA, a company that pleaded guilty in 2001 to Medicare fraud and paid $1.7 billion in fines in the nation’s largest fraud settlement.
He founded Conservatives for Patients Rights in 2009. The group, which is affiliated with the Tea Party, actively supported town halls in opposition to the Obama administration’s healthcare reform bill.
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