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High-Tech Corridor

People to Know

| 8/19/2019

People To Know

  • 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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