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DeSantis Nominates Banker and Lawyer to Disney World Oversight Board

The appointments await Florida Senate confirmation that will determine the next makeup of the state-controlled district.

Overview

  • Gov. Ron DeSantis named Matt Ravenscroft and David Woods to the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board.
  • Ravenscroft serves as executive vice president and director at Sunrise Bank in Orlando, with prior senior roles at regional banks.
  • Woods practices law at Woods & Woods, P.A., focusing on real estate, wills, trusts, and estates.
  • The district, renamed from Reedy Creek in a 2023 restructuring that shifted board appointments to the governor, manages roads, water and wastewater, permitting, and fire and EMS for Walt Disney World.
  • Administrator Stephanie Kopelousos oversees daily operations as public tensions have eased, reflected in DeSantis appointing Disney World President Jeff Vahle to a UCF trusteeship last year.