Southeast Florida Business Players - Dec. 2009

Mike Vogel | 12/1/2009

» U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler is resigning to become president of the Center for Middle East Peace & Economic Cooperation.

» Scripps Research Institute appointed Ronald L. Davis, 57, a Baylor College of Medicine professor known for his research on memory and learning, founding chair of its new neuroscience department.

» Leadership Broward Foundation appointed Terri Wallace Flannery CEO. Flannery was executive director of Skills Essential For Life Foundation and south Florida executive director of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and development director for Deliver the Dream.

» James Tarlton resigned after seven years as president and CEO of the Broward Alliance economic development group to pursue other professional and personal opportunities.

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