In Brief: First Data President Gets Seat on Board

ATLANTA - First Data Corp. has named Charles T. Fote, president and chief operating officer, to its board of directors.

A 30-year veteran of the payments industry, Mr. Fote will serve the remaining term of Ben Burdetsky, a professor emeritus at George Washington University, who passed away in April. Mr. Burdetsky's seat is up for election in the spring of 2001.