Phil Allen, a veteran finance official in Florida and the director of Port Everglades, retired Feb. 3.
Allen was chief financial officer for Broward County from 1986 until 2005, when he was appointed interim director of Port Everglades, and ultimately the permanent director.
Port Everglades is a self-supporting enterprise fund with a $139 million annual budget that operates as a county department.
Before moving to Broward, he was finance and budget director for Cleveland.
Steven Cernak will become the new director of Port Everglades. Cernak currently is the port director and chief executive officer for the Port of Galveston, a position he has held since 1999.
