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We Talk To 'Alligator' Ron Bergeron About His Appointment to the SFWMD Governing Board

WGCU | By Julie Glenn,

Published February 4, 2019 at 9:53 AM EST

www.alligatorronbergeron.com

Gov. Ron DeSantis recently announced his plan to appointRon Bergeron, the founder and CEO ofBergeron Family of Companies, to theSouth Florida Water Management DistrictBoard. Bergeron is a former board member of theFlorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissionwhere he served two five-year terms. He has also served as the Florida Wildlife Conservation Point Commissioner over the Florida Everglades.Bergeron joins us to discuss his intended appointment by Gov. DeSantis.

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Julie Glenn

Julie Glenn is the host of Gulf Coast Live. She has been working in southwest Florida as a freelance writer since 2007, most recently as a regular columnist for the Naples Daily News. She began her broadcasting career in 1993 as a reporter/anchor/producer for a local CBS affiliate in Quincy, Illinois. After also working for the NBC affiliate, she decided to move to Parma, Italy where she earned her Master’s degree in communication from the University of Gastronomic Sciences. Her undergraduate degree in Mass Communication is from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

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Mike Kiniry

Mike Kiniry is producer of Gulf Coast Live, and co-creator and host of the WGCU podcast Three Song Stories: Biography Through Music. He first joined the WGCU team in the summer of 2003 as an intern while studying Communication at Florida Gulf Coast University.

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