Former US senator, UF president joins area bank board

Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse
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Ben Sasse, who spent 18 months as president of the University of Florida after nearly a decade in the U.S. Senate, has been appointed to the board of Polk County-based SouthState Bank. 

 

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