TALLAHASSEE, Fla. ~ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Kelly Chase, David Drysdale, Rick Gonzalez and Rodney Lewis to the Florida Historic Commission and reappointed John Browning Jr. and David Hoyt, according to an announcement from the governor's office.

Browning is senior vice president of political affairs for the Goodman Company and president of Browning Consulting. A U.S. Army National Guard veteran, he was appointed to the National Council of Surface Transportation Research by former President George H.W. Bush. He holds degrees from St. Johns River State College and Florida State University.

Chase is chief of the Bureau of Archaeological Research and previously served as deputy state historic preservation officer. She earned a bachelor's degree from Middle Tennessee State University and a master's degree from Florida State University.

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Drysdale owns the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and is a local historian and member of the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Study Group. He previously served on the Lightner Museum Board of Trustees and is a member of the Flagler College Board of Trustees.

Gonzalez is president of REG Architects Inc. and a licensed architect. He previously led the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation and served on the West Palm Beach Planning Board. He is also on the University of Florida School of Architecture Board of Advisors and earned an architecture degree from the Catholic University of America.

Hoyt is executive director of development for the Heartland Institute. He previously worked as a senior consultant for AC Fitzgerald & Associates and founded Liberty Development Group. He earned a philosophy degree from Tulane University.

Lewis is principal and co-founder of Architects Lewis + Whitlock and a licensed architect. He is active with Big Bend Habitat for Humanity, the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce and Seminole Boosters. He graduated from Florida A&M University's architecture school.

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