The North Florida area was again shut out as Gov. Jeb Bush filled seven vacancies on the Construction Industry Licensing Board.
There are no area members on the 16-person board, which regulates the licensing and disciplining of state-licensed contractors. Nor are there any members on the 7-person Florida Real Estate Commission.
The latest appointees, all of whom were appointed or reappointed to a 4-year term beginning November 1:
• Lee-En Chung, 36, of Sarasota, general contractor with Ivy Ventures, Inc.. Chung was the only person reappointed.
• Barry Kalmanson, 38, of Winter Park, attorney and self-employed building contractor.
• Terry F. Ross, 48, of Eustis, residential contractor and owner of T.F.R. Inc.
• John B. Smith, 63, of Eustis, president and owner of Lake Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
• Carl E. Engelmeier, 52, of Apopka, chief executive officer of E.H. Engelmeier Roofing and Sheet Metal Company.
• Michael L. Blankenship, 56, of Havana, underground utilities contractor and vice president of Blankenship Contracting, Inc. He is a former board chairman.
• Christine M. Hoke, 33, of Tallahassee, attorney with McRae and Metcalf, P.A.