GOVERNOR BUSH APPOINTS RUDEN McCLOSKY CONSULTING'S MCKEE TO BROWARD JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSION

FORT LAUDERDALE - Governor Jeb Bush today appointed Clarence V. McKee, a Principal with Ruden McClosky Consulting in Fort Lauderdale, to the 17th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission which makes recommendations to the Governor for Judicial vacancies in the Broward Judiciary.

Mr. McKee specializes in providing Government, Community, Media and Public Relations Consulting advice to clients and is the former owner of a Tampa Bay television station and a communications consultant. Prior to coming to Florida, he spent over twenty years in a variety of government and political posts in Washington, D.C including serving as a Legal Assistant to a Commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission. During the Reagan-Bush Administration he was appointed by President Reagan and served as Vice Chairman of the nation's Legal Service Corporation which provides funding to legal assistance programs for the poor. Mr. McKee has been admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania and New York.

In Florida, he has served on the Boards of several companies including Barnett Banks, Inc., American Heritage Insurance Company, Florida Progress Corporation and its subsidiary Florida Power Company and is a current member of the Board of Directors of Associated Industries of Florida, Inc. In Fort Lauderdale, Mr. McKee is involved in a variety of civic activities including serving as a Mentor to the Principal of Blanche Ely High School and was a member of the Broward County School Board's Task Force which reviewed funding options for the Broward District Schools. He is a Senior Executive Fellow of the Broward Chamber of Commerce and is a Member of the Executive Committee and Communications Chairman of the Broward Republican Party. This is Mr. McKee's second gubernatorial appointment. In 2003, Governor Bush appointed him to the Destination Florida Commission