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
- Anne Kerr: President, Florida Southern College
- Dana Kilborne: Chair, EDC of Space Coast
- Belinda Ortiz Kirkegard: Director of economic development, Kissimmee
- Scott Koons: Executive director, North Central Florida Regional Planning Council
- Alan List: President/CEO, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa
- Mark S. Long: Director of incubation services, University of Florida
- Donna Mackenzie: Executive director, StarterStudio, Orlando
- Sean Malott: President/CEO, Central Florida Development Council, Lakeland
- Brandon Matulka: Executive director, Agency for Economic Prosperity, Lake County
- T. Dwayne McCay: President, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne
- Cathy Mehelich: Economic development director, St. Cloud
- Mike Meidel: Director, Pinellas County Economic Development, Clearwater
- Maj Mirmirani: Dean/ College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
- Marci Murphy: President, CareerSource Brevard
- Pamela Nabors: CEO, CareerSource Central Florida
- Keith Norden: President/ CEO, Team Volusia EDC
- David P. Norton: Vice president/ research; professor of materials science and engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville
- Jim O’Connell: Assistant vice president/commercialization, University of Florida
- Linda Olson: CEO/president, Tampa Bay Wave, Tampa
- Tom O’Neal: Engineering Professor, UCF
- Jack Payne: Senior vice president/ agriculture and natural resources, University of Florida/IFAS, Gainesville
- Valerie Pianta: Economic development manager, Hernando County Business Development
- Leon Portelli: Dean/ engineering and computer technology, Seminole State College of Florida, Sanford
- Troy Post: Executive director, North Brevard Economic Development Zone, Titusville
- Craig Richard: President/ CEO, Tampa-Hillsborough Economic Development Corp.
- James Richey: President, Eastern Florida State College
- Paul Sanberg: Senior vice president, research, innovation and knowledge enterprise, University of South Florida
- Shannon J. Schmidt: Economic development director, Clermont Ed Schons: President, Florida High Tech Corridor Council
- Daniel James Scott: Executive director, Tampa Bay Technology Forum
- Thad Seymour Jr.: Interim President, University of Central Florida, Orlando
- Samia Singleton: Economic development specialist, Cocoa
- Craig Shadrix: Development services director, Ocoee
- Mark Sharpe: Executive director, Tampa Innovation Partnership
- Crystal Sircy: COO, senior vice president, Orlando Economic Partnership
- Sri Sridharan: Director/ COO, Florida Center for Cybersecurity at USF, Tampa
- Karl Strauch: Vice president of brand development & strategic alliances, Port of Tampa Bay
- Gary Sulski: Manager/ information technology sector strategy program, CareerSource Brevard
- Ronald Vaughn: President, University of Tampa
- Sherrick T. “Rick” Wassel: Managing director, IQ Orlando
- Lynda Weatherman: President/CEO, Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast
- Sherryl Weems: Associate vice president, College of Workforce and Continuing Adult Education, Daytona State College
- Michael Zaharios III: Program director, Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center, Daytona Beach
- Karl Zawoy: Director, Innovative Product Development Center, Santa Fe College, Gainesville