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DAN KIRBY NAMED TO OUC BOARD ORLANDO - Orlando architect and urban planner Dan Kirby has been named to OUC’s five-member board to complete the remainder of Lonnie Bell’s four-year term.The OUC Board nominated Kirby at its April 8 meeting and the Orlando City Council confirmed the nomination April 21. His term will expire Dec. 31, 2009. Bell resigned from the Commission in February to accept a position with Orange County. “Dan Kirby will be a great addition to the OUC Board. His experience and community involvement will serve our customers well,” said OUC CEO and General Manager Ken Ksionek. Kirby is director of development services for Boyken International, a construction and development consulting firm. He has served on Mayor Buddy Dyer's Downtown Strategic Transition team, Orlando's Historic Preservation Board, as chairman of the Maitland Planning and Zoning Commission, and as vice chairman of the Orange County Urban Design Commission. The LEED Accredited Professional serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Orlando Chapter and Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects and is a member of the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Governors. He earned a Master of Architecture and Master of Urban Planning from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Design — Architecture from the University of Florida. Kirby will join OUC Board President Katie Porta, Commissioner Tommy Boroughs, Commissioner Maylen Dominguez Arlen and Mayor Buddy Dyer on May 13 at the board’s next meeting. Established in 1923 by a special act of the Florida Legislature, OUC—The Reliable One is the second largest municipal utility in Florida. OUC provides electric and water services to more than 254,000 customers in Orlando, St. Cloud and parts of unincorporated Orange and Osceola counties. |
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