Former Porsche U.S. top executive said to be jumping to Rivian
With a marketing, operations and strategy background at established auto brands, Gruner could help the electric upstart in various capacities.
People on the move
Boards of directors
Debra Lupton was appointed to the KMI International board of directors.
Yolanda McLeod Terry, senior vice president, private client advisor for Bank of America Private Bank in Winter Park, was appointed to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida board of directors.
Julie Butterstein was appointed to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida board of directors.
Hospitality
Kevin Armantrout was appointed president at ParkerStark Management, Daytona Beach.
Landscape design
Stephen Noto has joined RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture as the director of planning for Orlando.
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Disney CEO Iger calls DeSantis’ sexualization claim ‘preposterous’
Disney CEO Bob Iger blasted Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday in some of the strongest statements he has made since the Florida leader’s war with the entertainment giant began.
Iger rejected DeSantis’ claims that the company sexualizes children, pushed back against a report that the battle with the governor has led to lower theme park attendance, and condemned the Nazi group that demonstrated outside Walt Disney World.
In the sit-down interview with CNBC the day after his contract was renewed at The Walt Disney Co. until 2026, Iger said DeSantis’ repeated allegation that Disney is “in any way sexualizing children, quite frankly, just is preposterous and inaccurate.”
“It’s not our goal to be involved in a culture war,” Iger added. “Our goal is to continue to tell wonderful stories and have a positive impact on the world.”
DeSantis told the group Moms for Liberty last month, “we’re not going to have the sexualization of our children in our schools. … And there happens to be a company in Central Florida some of you may be familiar with, called Disney, that didn’t like that.”
Everything you need to know about filing a home insurance claim
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If you’re dealing with loss or damage to your home, whether it’s due to a weather event, home burglary or other unexpected event, you’re likely to feel overwhelmed. When it comes time to file a claim with your home insurance, you don’t want to encounter more stress in the process.
Navigating the claims process can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be. Bankrate’s insurance experts have outlined everything you need to know about filing a home insurance claim in the article below, from the types of claimable events to the steps for filing a claim.
How to file a home insurance claim
As soon as property loss occurs, you should consider contacting your home insurance company for help in filing your claim. Each insurance company has its own claim process that policyholders need to follow. Usually the sooner you can initiate a claim, the earlier you may be able to resolve the issue.
—Help prevent further damage. Take measures to ensure your home’s structure will not suffer further damage while you wait for repairs.
ULA outlines path for retargeted 1st launch of Vulcan Centaur
The push to get United Launch Alliance’s new rocket off the ground will have to wait for more fixes and testing, but it’s still aiming to launch before the end of the year.
ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno discussed details of the company’s delay in the first flight of Vulcan Centaur, its replacement for its existing stable of Atlas and Delta rockets.
A fireball that destroyed a test version of the upper Centaur V stage and damaged the test stand this past spring at its Alabama test facility put on hold the first launch that had been targeting a May 4 liftoff from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. That hardware was fine and even went though a Flight Readiness Test last month, but the test stand issues meant ULA wasn’t going to risk a launch yet.
“We have the root cause. We have the corrective action. The corrective action is low risk, straightforward,” Bruno said.
The mission dubbed Certification-1 is the first of two needed before it can begin a spate of Department of Defense flights. Its primary payload is private company Astrobotic’s lunar lander Peregrine that’s headed to the moon while also carrying the first two test satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper, a planned internet constellation that plans to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.