Personal promotions, transfers, board appointments, civic accomplishments and philanthropic activities for the week of April 10, 2024.

Anil Menon, dean of the Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business, is redesigning the school's MBA program to make degrees more flexible and durable. It will relaunch this fall with a curriculum emphasizing management philosophy and mental resiliency.

MBA programs across Florida are adding disciplines and retooling programs to provide more opportunities for students in a changing business world. Mariela Ramirez Rodriguez plans to pursue a career in health care finance. She says FSU's program has been "transformative."

Blake Richardson created a vibrating wristband that gently rouses firefighters when they get an emergency call. The device is designed to reduce the stress of traditional fire alarm systems, which can take a toll on first responders' health.

Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris built a retail empire from his base in the Ozarks, but over decades he's quietly amassed land for a series of Florida resorts. His ‘Florida Dream' has proven slow going, but the master fisherman has, of course, learned.

A New York developer is converting a troubled Tampa mall into a tech village with retail, housing and entertainment.

Amy Keller is executive editor of Florida Trend and oversees the magazine’s editorial department. Keller was named to the post in February 2024, after previously serving as interim executive editor and managing editor.

Retired Navy Capt. Timothy Kinsella led Naval Air Station Pensacola through a terrorist attack, the COVID-19 pandemic and a major hurricane. As the head of University of West Florida's executive leadership program, he's focused on building the region's next generation of leaders.

"We absolutely can make things better and save this planet. We have the technology and capability," says Quinn, an environmental engineer at Kennedy Space Center. "There’s a balance we have to strive for and do it at a cadence where the economy can adjust. It’s just a matter of setting our minds to it."

Florida has the nation’s fourth-largest economy and third-largest workforce — assets that prompt WalletHub research to reveal that Florida is not only a top-two place to start a business, but also the best business environment in the nation.

John Vo's Blue Innovations Group unveiled its first electric boat.