<p>The Florida Citrus Commission has approved the salaries of two new executives to start at the Florida Department of Citrus in August.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/two_execs_july_2013_BODY_01v2.jpg" alt="Cropped Images July 18th 2013" />"We'll have some new eager guys ready to work; I'm excited," said Lake Wales-based grower Marty McKenna, Chairman of the Commission, the department's governing body, during its 30-minute meeting by telephone as reported by TheLedger.com.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/two_execs_july_2013_BODY_02v2.jpg" alt="Cropped Images July 18th 2013" />Shannon Shepp, 44 will start Aug. 2 as the Deputy Executive Director of Operations at the Citrus Department where she will earn a starting annual salary of $129,000.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">"Her combined experience makes her a natural to help us face the challenges in the Florida citrus industry," Executive Director Doug Ackerman said.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Shepp succeeds Bob Norberg, who resigned in March.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Michael Schadler of Seattle will start Aug. 12 as Director of International Marketing with a salary of $100,000. Since 2006, he has worked as an international marketing account manager for Bryant Christie Inc., a Seattle-based international marketing consultant.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Schadler succeeds Mike Yetter, who retired earlier this month after 14 years with the department.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Congratulations on the new positions! From AndNowUKnow.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.theledger.com/article/20130718/NEWS/130719273?p=1&tc=pg" target="_new">FCC</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
