Window firm exec to chair EDC board

SARASOTA — PGT Industries President and CEO Rod Hershberger has been named chairman of the Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County.

Hershberger, who in 1980 co-founded PGT, a Venice-based impact-resistant window and door manufacturer, replaces outgoing EDC Chairman Ben Hanan, according to a release. Hanan is an attorney with Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick.

The EDC also announced three new board members will begin terms Oct. 1. The new members are: Herald Tribune Media Group Publisher Patrick Dorsey; Gulf Coast Community Foundation President and CEO Teri Hansen; and Victor Young, president and co-owner of Lamborghini Sarasota, BMW of Sarasota and co-owner of MINI of Wesley Chapel.