FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Susan Blexrud 407-246-3107

MAYOR ACCEPTS RESIGNATION “WITH REGRET”

ORLANDO, Fla. (March 12, 2003) – Mayor Buddy Dyer announced today that he has accepted “with regret” the resignation of Susan Blexrud, Director of Communications for the Office of the Mayor of Orlando, effective April 4, 2003.

“Susan has been an outstanding member of the city family and it is a great loss to the city that she has decided to move to the private sector,” Dyer said. “She has helped make the transition seamless here at City Hall. She is a consummate professional and was an outstanding Director of Communications for Mayor Hood.”

Blexrud has accepted a position with the Pecora & Pecora, a Winter Park-based company specializing in strategic communications and relationship marketing.

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