In the central and western provinces roughly half were new appointees.
Several of the new appointees are veterans of the Clinton administration.
Won't the administration have trouble getting its new appointees confirmed by the Senate?
"The new appointee has much more people skills and the experience to bring this island forward."
This is the first new appointee in nearly a quarter of a century.
And new appointees are likely to face even more pressure.
The 44 new appointees include 20 women and 6 members of minority groups.
Some new appointees even make board membership a condition of their employment.
Better to sit this one out until the new appointees take the floor.
An engineer who attended the meeting said the group expressed concern about some of the new appointees.