New Embry-Riddle Trustees Named

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Daytona Beach Mayor and Top Health Industry Executive Named to Embry-Riddle Board of Trustees

Daytona Beach, Fla., April 2, 2007 -- Daytona Beach Mayor Glenn Ritchey and Halifax Community Health System President/CEO Jeffrey Feasel have been named to the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Board of Trustees. The appointments came at the board’s March 30 meeting.

Ritchey, in addition to his duties as Mayor, is the President/CEO of Jon Hall Automotive Group. Ritchey’s extensive public service record includes membership on the Daytona Beach Visioning Committee and the Daytona Beach Economic Development Board. He has been honored for outstanding service by the United Way and was named Man of the Year by the Center for the Visually Impaired. Ritchey has also been honored by General Motors numerous times for his business accomplishments.

Jeffrey Feasel is the President/CEO of Halifax Community Health Care System based in Daytona Beach. Feasel’s previous health care positions include President/CEO of Halifax Medical Center Patient Business & Financial Services; Director of Patient Financial Services at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo; and Director of Patient Accounts at Wood Memorial Hospital in Bowling Green, Ohio. He is a board member of the Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Civic League of the Halifax Area.

“The addition of Glenn Ritchey and Jeff Feasel to the Embry-Riddle Board of Trustees adds even more strength and business acumen to the group,” said Jim Henderson, chairman of the Board. “These two highly accomplished men know the university well and are dedicated to its continued success on every level.”

The Board of Trustees also selected its slate of officers for the next year: Jim Henderson, chairman; Mori Hosseini, vice-chairman; Joseph Martin, treasurer; and Lawrence Clarkson, secretary.

Jim Henderson is vice chairman and COO of Brown & Brown Inc. He has served on the board for four years.

Mori Hosseini is chairman and CEO of ICI Homes, Volusia County’s largest residential developer and homebuilder. He has been a board member since 1999 and is an Embry-Riddle graduate.

Joseph Martin is retired from Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc., where he was chairman, and vice-chairman of the board of directors. Martin is also a graduate of Embry-Riddle.

Lawrence Clarkson, prior to his retirement, was president of Boeing Enterprises. Clarkson is a member of the Florida Bar Association and has been an Embry-Riddle board member since 2002.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world’s largest, fully accredited university specializing in aviation and aerospace, offers more than 30 degree programs in its colleges of Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Engineering. The university educates more than 34,000 students annually in its undergraduate and graduate programs at residential campuses in Prescott, Ariz., and Daytona Beach, Fla., through the Worldwide Campus at more than 130 teaching centers in the United States, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East, and through online learning. For more information, visit www.embryriddle.edu.