Georgia Gets New CUSupervisor

ATLANTA - (11/07/05) -- Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Fridayhe has appointed Robert Braswell as the new commission of the stateDepartment of Banking, which supervises 78 state chartered creditunions. Braswell, the 43-year-old deputy commissioner, willsucceeds his boss, David Sorell, who is retiring Dec. 1 after fouryears as head of the banking department. Sorrell joined thedepartment in 1974 and was appointed acting commissioner in 2002 byformer Gov. Roy Barnes, then permanent commissioner by Gov. Perduein June 2003.

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