The Santa Rosa Island Authority (SRIA) Board finalized the contract to hire local attorney Mike Burns as its new Executive Director during a special Board meeting Wednesday night, June 12. 

"They called me the non-conventional candidate. And so when they're going to call you something, you might as well own it and just be it, " Burns said. "I am a surfer. I'm the guy from here. This is my beach. I've grown up on this beach. I want to take care of this beach. I take a lot of pride in this beach and the things that go on out there and I look forward to enhancing the beach."