Rick Scott Reappoints Doug Bournique to St. Johns District

Gov. Rick Scott has reappointed Doug Bournique, the executive vice president of the Indian River Citrus League, to the Area 5 seat on the governing board of the St. Johns River Water Management District.

Bournique, 60, of Vero Beach, has been with the Indian River Citrus League since 1979.

Bournique's extensive involvement in agricultural and water-management issues includes serving on the Indian River County Agriculture Advisory Council since 1996 and on the Florida Agriculture Water Policy Group since 1999.

Since 2009, he has been a member of the Federal Reserve Bank Agriculture Advisory Council.

In addition, he has been a member of the Indian River County Economic Development Council since 2004 and a member of the United States Department of Agriculture Citrus Crop Estimates Advisory Committee since 1995. Bournique received a bachelors degree from Whittier College. He is reappointed for a term beginning June 19, 2012,and ending March 1, 2016.

The appointment is subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.