Commissioner John Browning included Michael Dew, the Department of Transportation’s chief of staff, among his finalists.
Gene Conti, a former secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Transportation, failed to find any support among the commissioners. Browning and commission Chairman Jay Trumbull of Panama City expressed concern about Conti having to overcome a “learning curve” if he were to get the Florida job.
Conti was a finalist to become transportation secretary in 2014 when Jim Boxold was chosen for the $141,001-a-year job. Boxold left the post in February for a job with the lobbying firm Capital City Consulting.
Rachel Cone, the department’s assistant secretary for finance and administration, is serving as interim secretary.
The department received 127 applications for the job. Cone did not apply.
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5/11/2017
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