Three Named to Gulf Coast State College Board

Gov. Rick Scott appointed Leah O. Dunn, James W. McKnight and Ralph C. Roberson to the District Board of Trustees, Gulf Coast State College.

According to a release from the governors office:

Dunn, 56, of Panama City, has been the chief executive officer of Gulf Resources LLC since 2008, Cobroc Med LLC since 2005 and Dunn Properties LLC since 2001. She has also been the chief financial officer of DSI LLC since 2003. Dunn has served as board chair and advisory chair of the Science and Discovery Center of Northwest Florida and has been a member of the Florida Medical Association Alliance and the Bay Education Foundation. Dunn received a bachelors degree from the University of Oklahoma. She succeeds Charles Isler and is appointed for a term beginning Dec. 8, 2011, and ending May 31, 2015.

McKnight, 59, of Wewahitchka, has been the chief operating officer of North Florida Child Development since 2010. Previously, he was an administrator at Crenshaw Community Hospital from 2005 to 2008 and chief executive officer at Doctors Memorial Hospital from 1999 to 2004. McKnight has been a member of the Gulf County Planning and Development Review Board since 2010 and was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Luverne, Alabama, from 2005 to 2008. He received an associate degree from Hillsborough Community College, a bachelors degree from the University of South Florida and a masters degree from the University of St. Francis. He succeeds Linda Wood and is appointed for a term beginning Dec. 8, 2011, and ending May 31, 2015.

Roberson, 59, of Port St. Joe, is a certified public accountant and has been the owner of Roberson and Associates PA since 1997. From 1993 to 2001, he served on the board of trustees of Gulf Coast Community College. Roberson has been a member of the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce since 1987, the Gulf County Chamber of Commerce since 1986 and the Florida Institute of CPAs since 1979. From 1985 to 2006, he was a member of the Rotary Club of Port St. Joe where he served as president and director, and he is also a past member of the Florida Association of Community Colleges. He received an associate degree from Tallahassee Community College and bachelors degree from the University of West Florida. He succeeds James Norton and is appointed for a term beginning Dec. 8, 2011, and ending May 31, 2014.

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Florida Senate.