People to Know

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Herbert L. Allen: Shareholder, patent attorney, Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist, Orlando
Kenneth Atwater: President, Hillsborough Community College, Plant City
Jake Austin: President/CEO, Plant City Economic Development
Randy Avent: President, Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland
Stephanie Bailes: Executive director, Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention, Gainesville
Ron Barton: Assistant County Administrator for Economic Prosperity, Hillsborough County
Alex Beavers: Chief innovation officer, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota
Gisele Bennett: Senior vice president of research, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne
Michael Bloom: Assistant vice president, USF Office of Corporate Partnerships, Tampa
Brooke Bonnett: Director of economic development, Orlando
P. Barry Butler: President, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
George Cheros: President/ CEO, National Center for Simulation, Orlando
Mimi Coenen: COO, CareerSource Central Florida, Orlando
Bill Cronin: President/CEO, Pasco County Economic Development Council
Frank DiBello: President/CEO, Space Florida, Cape Canaveral
Doug Dombroski: Manager/economic development, Melbourne
J.P. Dubuque: President, St. Petersburg Area Economic Development Corp.
Tonya Elmore: President/CEO, Tampa Bay Innovation Center
Christy Fischer: Director of planning and economic development, West Melbourne
John Flanagan: CEO, CareerSource Tampa Bay
Kent Fuchs: President, University of Florida, Gainesville
Luis Garcia: Vice president of emerging technologies, Full Sail University, Orlando
Judy Genshaft: Retired president, University of South Florida, Tampa
Tanja Gerhartz: Director of economic development, Winter Garden
Tim Giuliani: President/CEO, Orlando Economic Partnership; President/CEO, Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce
Jada Glover: Economic development specialist, Sumter County
Eric Godet Sr: President/ CEO, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce
Sharon Hillstrom: President/ CEO, Bradenton Area Economic Development Corp.
James Hitt: Development director, Apopka
Rick Homans: President/ CEO, Tampa Bay Partnership
Mark Huey: President/CEO, Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County
Dug Jones: Associate vice president/economic development, Center for Innovation and Economic Development, Santa Fe College, Gainesville
Chester Kennedy: CEO, BRIDG, Kissimmee

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