Director

E Douglas Cifers, has served as a Director of BEVsystems since the merger with Aqua Clara where he previously was Chairman and Director. Mr. Cifers is President and Publisher of Florida Media, Inc, which publishes 17 statewide magazines and guides reaching more than 2.25 million households. His flagship magazine, 22 year-old Florida Monthly, the largest magazine in Florida with more than 220,000 paid monthly subscribers, has circulation in all 67 Florida counties, all 50 states and 35 foreign countries. Cifers has devoted his entire professional career to publishing after attending schools in North Carolina, Florida and graduating from Wallace College with computer science and journalism degrees. He previously worked in senior media management positions with Thomson Newspapers, Inc., Scripps-Howard Publishing Company, Lesher Newspapers, Inc., and Tribune Publishing Company Guam. He is a former board member of Continental Airlines, PBS Radio at San Diego State University, Make A Wish Foundation, Very Special Arts Florida, Florida Audubon Society, Save the Manatee Club, A Gift For Teaching, The Cris Collinsworth Foundation, and former Chairman of Aqua Clara Bottling & Distribution Inc. He currently sits on the board of Friends of Florida State Parks. The Wall Street Journal, who in 1998 featured him for creating the largest statewide magazine in Florida, refers to him as a ‘hard-charging entrepreneur with a flair for promotion’. Cifers was named one of the top 100 most influential Floridians by the Orlando Business Journal in 2001 and the Florida Magazine Association¹s first Publisher of the Year (1996). He is a recipient of the President¹s Point of Light Award and recognized as a business leader and entrepreneur by the US Small Business Administration and The Service Corps of Retired Executives. A former President of the Society of Professional Journalists and author of two books, Cifers resides in Orlando.

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