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.
Additional new officers of the council include vice chairman Dan Eveloff, Fort Myers-Naples City President of Regions Bank; treasurer Gail Markham, founder of Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co., P.A.; and secretary Chris Spiro, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Spiro & Associates.
The Horizon Council has more than 72 members representing Lee County's cities; chambers of commerce; economic development and trade organizations; and community, business and educational organizations.