If Bill Truex were posing for a team picture, he would slip quietly into the back row, preferably with his head behind one of the people in the row ahead of him. This year, after decades of working behind the scenes in Englewood and Charlotte County political, business and charitable circles, Truex decided it was time to take a step forward.

His resume is a blueprint for civic leadership: Englewood Cape-Haze Chamber of Commerce president, Charlotte County Board of Zoning Appeals member, Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor, Englewood Little League board member, Englewood Pop Warner board member, past president of the local building industry association, vice chair of the Florida Homebuilders Association, Habitat for Humanity partner. That’s a partial list.