EVOLVE Business and Professional Magazine May 2018 | Page 7

CHRISTINE POWER
COUNCILWOMAN,
EDGEWATER CITY COMMISSION
MICHAEL PLEUS
C I T Y M A N AG E R , C I T Y O F D E L A N D
SMOOTH SAILING.
As a former Merchant Marine Officer, Naval Reservist
and women’s rowing coach at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, Christine has deep appreciation for calm
waters. She also knows how to navigate in choppy seas.
It is experience that has served her well since being
elected to the Edgewater City Commission in 2012. It
has been equally useful in her work as a Board Member
of Team Volusia. “Economic development is a team sport.
It can get rough-and-tumble. But when we pull together,
we win. Fortunately, our Board Members and investors
put a high value on teamwork.”
NATIVE SON.
Michael Pleus is a fourth-generation native Floridian.
It is no surprise that he has spent his entire career in
management positions with Volusia County and the
City of DeLand. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in
Political Science – and later an MBA – from Stetson
University. He served as an aide to the Volusia
County manager before joining the City of DeLand
management staff in 2000. By 2008 had become
City Manager. Pleus is a Credentialed City Manager,
a designation granted by the International City and
County Management Association, an organization
of which he is a past president. His community
involvement includes Kiwanis, Rotary, and the Boys
& Girls Club. His in-depth knowledge of county and
city management is not only an asset for the City of
DeLand, it is an asset for Team Volusia, of which he is
an Executive Board Member and a Founding Director.
His professional experience and his extensive resume
of community service has guided his contributions to
Team Volusia.
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