All are FSU alumni.

Three members of the Florida State University Board of Trustees are slated to return to the panel for another term.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced he is reappointing Maximo Alvarez, Vivian De las Cuevas-Dias and Jorge Gonzalez to the panel that oversees policy at the university. All three are FSU alumni.

Alvarez is experienced in the petroleum industry in South Florida as President of Sunshine Gasoline Distributors Inc. Alvarez, who was born in Cuba, founded the company in 1987. The organization augments a petroleum distribution network on a global scale.

Alvarez is also a member of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Florida Consumer Council and the Florida Petroleum Marketers Association. Alvarez is active in South Florida charitable causes as well, such as the First Tee of Miami, the Miami Children’s Hospital Board and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from FSU.

Cuevas-Diaz is a lawyer, Partner and Deputy Section Leader with the Holland & Knight firm in Miami. She is also a community advocate who serves as a member of the Coral Gables Community Foundation Board and Miami-Dade Beacon Council.

Cuevas-Diaz is the former President of the Cuban American Bar Association. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from FSU and her law degree from Tulane University.

Gonzalez is the President and CEO of The St. Joe Company, a housing development firm. He’s also a community advocate in the Panhandle area and is the former President of the FSU Panama City Development Board, the Chair of the Bay County Economic Development Alliance and a member of the Florida Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He also holds a post on the Northwest Florida Manufacturers Council and Panama City Beach Chamber Board of Directors.

Gonzalez obtained his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from FSU.

The FSU Board of Trustees has 13 members. It was created in 2001 and establishes policy for the institution. Florida’s Governor appoints six members, and five are appointed by the Florida Board of Governors.

The reappointments still need final approval by the Senate.