Rufus elected chairman of FAMU Board of Trustees, Lawson wins vice-chairmanship

FAMU Trustees Rufus Montgomery, Kimberly Moore, and Kelvin Lawson

As widely expected, Rufus Montgomery easily won the chairmanship of the FAMU Board of Trustees, yesterday. He picked up nine votes in the election. Four votes went to opposing candidate Cleve Warren.  

Montgomery is president and CEO of The Cascon Group and a partner with CurtMont Global. He holds both a master of applied social science and bachelor of science from FAMU. Gov. Rick Scott originally appointed him to the board on March 23, 2011 for a term that will expire on January 6, 2016.

The chairmanship opened on March 27, 2015 when Scott replaced incumbent Chairman Chuck Badger with new Trustee Robert Woody.

FAMU trustees also elected Kelvin Lawson to serve as new the vice-chairman, the office that Montgomery formerly held. Lawson, FAMU alumnus, is a national client service director with Acosta Sales and Marketing. He is the brother of former state Sen. Alfred “Al” Lawson, another FAMU alumnus. Scott originally appointed him to the board on March 23, 2011 for a term that will expire on January 6, 2016.