{"id":330477,"date":"2026-07-06T08:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330477\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:58:07","slug":"personnel-note-chesapeake-utilities-adds-lance-pierce-to-florida-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/330477\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel note: Chesapeake Utilities adds Lance Pierce to Florida team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lance Pierce is joining Chesapeake Utilities Corporation\u2019s Florida external affairs team, where he will help lead the company\u2019s government and community engagement efforts across North Florida.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pierce will support the company\u2019s Florida operations, including Florida Public Utilities, and oversee external affairs in Jackson, Liberty, Gadsden, Calhoun, Holmes, Washington, Bay and Escambia counties. He joins a statewide team led by Director of External Affairs Victoria Price Langan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLance\u2019s addition reflects Chesapeake Utilities\u2019 continued commitment to Florida as we grow our presence, invest in the state\u2019s energy future and build out a strong external affairs team to support our customers and communities,\u201d Langan said. \u201cHis experience in public affairs, legislative advocacy and association leadership will be a tremendous asset as we continue strengthening relationships across North Florida and throughout the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pierce most recently served as Executive Director of the Association of Florida Community Developers, where he managed the organization\u2019s membership, legislative and political operations while working closely with its Executive Committee and Board of Directors. Before that, he was Assistant Director of State Legislative Affairs for the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, overseeing lobbying and communications efforts on agricultural policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am grateful for the opportunity to join Chesapeake Utilities and be part of a team that delivers safe, reliable energy that makes life better for the people and communities we serve,\u201d Pierce said. \u201cI look forward to working with local leaders, stakeholders and communities across North Florida to support the company\u2019s continued commitment to the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fit.edu\/?utm_source=FloridaPolitics&amp;utm_medium=digital&amp;utm_campaign=FloridaPolitics&amp;utm_content=homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-756323 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250658_FINAL_FloridaPolitics_728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pierce holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science and a Master of Public Administration from Troy University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chesapeake Utilities external affairs team also includes Larry Fortino, who covers Central Florida; Steve Baccino, who represents Northeast Florida; and Arian Monzon, who serves South Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lance Pierce is joining Chesapeake Utilities Corporation\u2019s Florida external affairs team, where he will help lead the company\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[136492,28,30,29,136493,4870,136494],"class_list":["post-330477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-chesapeake-utilities-corporation","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-lance-pierce","tag-personnel-note","tag-victoria-price-langan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}