2 more DeSantis administration officials announce departures

Two state company heads are stepping down from their posts as Gov. Ron DeSantis strikes right into a second time period as governor.

DeSantis introduced in a sequence of tweets Monday that Division of Financial Alternative Govt Director Dane Eagle and Florida Freeway Security and Motor Autos Govt Director Terry Rhodes are resigning from their jobs.

Eagle’s resignation will likely be efficient Dec. 30, his resignation letter mentioned. Eagle, a former state consultant, didn’t point out what his subsequent transfer will likely be, however cited household causes for leaving.

“Serving in your administration has been the glory of a lifetime, and I’m deeply grateful for this chance. At this level in my life, nonetheless, my duty to my rising household is of the utmost significance,” Eagle wrote in a letter to DeSantis dated Dec. 2.

DeSantis in 2020 appointed Eagle, a Republican who served within the Florida Home for eight years, to steer the Division of Financial Alternative partly to supervise the state’s unemployment system. The CONNECT system largely crashed amid a surge of claims through the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic.

Eagle additionally has made quite a few public appearances with DeSantis, a lot of them centered on the state’s financial restoration from the pandemic.

DeSantis praised Eagle’s efficiency within the tweet saying his departure. “Beneath your management at (the division), you helped to strengthen our communities and nation-leading financial system. We want you the most effective in your subsequent endeavors,” the governor’s tweet mentioned, partly.

Rhodes’ resignation will go into impact Jan. 6. She was appointed by then-Gov. Rick Scott in 2014 to go the freeway security and motor automobiles division, the place she beforehand labored because the company’s chief of workers. Rhodes additionally held stints because the commissioner of the state Division of Agriculture and Shopper Providers and a senior coverage adviser within the Florida Senate president’s workplace.

“The choice to resign from the division, colleagues, points, and mission that I really like was not simple, and is full of blended feelings, however it’s the proper time,” Rhodes mentioned in an e mail to staff Monday.

Rhodes additionally was appointed by DeSantis in 2019 to function a member of the state’s Blockchain Process Drive, aimed toward increasing the blockchain business in Florida.

DeSantis tweeted Monday that Rhodes’ “devoted management and dedication to public service have made our roads safer for our state troopers and motorists who journey on them every day.”

Final month, Company for Well being Care Administration Secretary Simone Marstiller announced her resignation. DeSantis appointed Marstiller to the submit in February 2021.