Insurance exec elected chair of economic council

FORT MYERS — Gray Davis, senior vice president and agency executive of BB&T Oswald Trippe and Co., has been elected chairman of the Horizon Council.

Davis has been an insurance executive in Southwest Florida for more than a decade, with Oswald Trippe before BB&T acquired the firm in 2009. Davis was vice chair of the Horizon Council last year, when he was also president of the Horizon Foundation.

The Horizon Council's mission is to improve Lee County's business environment, retain and encourage expansion of existing businesses and attract new and diversified employers, according to a statement. It is the only public-private partnership of Lee County Government and business leaders, the release adds.