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Who was on the first Power List?

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Times have changed since June 2007, thank goodness

1-10
Fred Levin, trial attorney and founder Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Echsner & Proctor
Lacey Collier, U.S. District Court judge; chairman Community Maritime Park Associates
Ted Ciano, owner Ted Ciano’s Used Car Center
Jim Reeves, attorney and developer; co-founder McGuire’s Irish Politicians Club; former state representative and Pensacola City Councilman
Lewis Bear Jr., president Lewis Bear Co.
Ernie Lee Magaha, Clerk of the Escambia County Circuit Court & Comptroller
Collier Merrill, developer Merrill Land Co.; restaurant owner The Fish House and Atlas Oyster House
Quint Studer, owner Studer Group and Pensacola Pelicans
Jim Cronley, partner and general contractor Terhaar & Cronley
J. Mort O’Sullivan III, managing partner O’Sullivan Creel

11-20
Buzz Ritchie, CEO Gulf Coast Community Bank; chairman Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Garrett Walton, attorney and developer
Fred Donovan, CEO Baskerville-Donovan Engineering
Charles Carlan, branch manager Hatch Mott MacDonald
Arlin Horton, founder Pensacola Christian College; owner A Beka Book publishing
Susan Story, president and CEO Gulf Power Co.
Patrick Madden, president and CEO Sacred Heart Health System
McGuire Martin, owner McGuire’s Irish Pub; former member Santa Rosa Island Authority board.
Joe Scarborough, host MSNBC “Scarborough Country”; former U.S. congressman
Bob Kerrigan, trial attorney and founder, Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin, McLeod and Thompson

21-30
Neal Nash, developer
Dick Baker, developer
A. Downing Gray, business executive, two-time Walker Cup captain
George Touart, Escambia County administrator
Al Stubblefield, president and CEO Baptist Health Care Corporation
Ron McNesby, Escambia County sheriff
Kevin Doyle, publisher Pensacola News Journal
DeeDee Ritchie, real estate broker, former state representative
Lois Benson, board member Emerald Coast Utility Authority; former city councilwoman and state representative
Griswold Family, Santa Rosa County farmers; U.S. Congressman Jeff Miller’s in-laws

31-40
Eric Nickelsen, developer
Ellis Bullock III, president E.W. Bullock Associates
Dick Appleyard, president Appleyard Agency; vice president/marketing Sacred Heart Health System
Miller Caldwell Jr., architect Caldwell Associates Architects
Ted Traylor, pastor Olive Baptist Church
John Carr, developer
Ray Russenberger, marina owner and developer
Jerry Maygarden, president Baptist Health Care Foundation; owner J. L. Maygarden Co.; former majority leader Florida House; former Pensacola mayor and councilman
Bo Johnson, developer, former speaker of the Florida House
Bobby Switzer, vice president/operations Lamar Advertising

41-50
Tom Bonfield, Pensacola city manager
Debbie Ritchie, director of operations Studer Group; former state representative
Dan Gilmore, developer, past president of Florida Home Builders Association
Bill Pullum, developer
Ken Ford, founder and director Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
John Cavanaugh, president University of West Florida
Mike Whitehead, Escambia County commissioner
Marie Young, Escambia County commissioner
Jack Nobles, senior vice president Bank of Pensacola; Pensacola city councilman
Ed Gray III, executive director Gulf Breeze Financial Services; Santa Rosa County School board member District 5; former Gulf Breeze mayor

 

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