Article: Progress Energy Elects Baker to Board of Directors.

Progress Energy's (NYSE: PGN) board of directors today elected to the board John D. Baker II, the president and CEO of Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. of Jacksonville, Fla.

Baker is a lawyer and business executive with more than 35 years of experience in the construction materials and trucking industries. He joined Florida Rock Industries Inc., in 1974, and served as the company's president and CEO from 1997 to 2007. He serves on the boards of directors for Patriot Transportation Holding and Wells Fargo & Company. He is past chairman of the Florida Concrete and Products Association.

Baker serves as chairman of the Tiger Academy YMCA charter school ...

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