- Liz Alpert: Mayor, Sarasota
- Mary Bensel: Executive director, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
- Marty Black: Chairman, West Villages District
- Todd Bowden: Superintendent, Sarasota County Schools
- Jeff Boyd: Senior vice president/ director of wealth management, PNC Financial Services
- Kirk Boylston: President, Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty
- Al Carlson: Director, UF Innovation Station
- Kevin Cooper: President/ CEO, Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
- Jeanne Corcoran: Director, Sarasota Film & Entertainment Office
- Patricia Courtois: President/ CEO, C Suite Communications; vice president/chief client officer, On Ideas
- Fiona Crawford: President/CEO, Roskamp Institute; COO, Archer Pharmaceuticals
- Michael Crosby: President/CEO, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
- Wolfgang H. Dangel: President/ CEO, Sun Hydraulics
- Michael Dattoli: Founder, Dattoli Cancer Center
- Nancy Detert: Chair, Sarasota County Commission
- Dominic DiMaio: Division CEO, Synovus Bank
- Rogan Donelly: President/ CEO, Tervis
- Patrick Dorsey: Publisher, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
- Rae Dowling: Area manager, Florida Power & Light
- Mireya Eavey: Executive director, CareerEdge Funders Collaborative; president, United Way Suncoast
- Ted Ehrlichman: President/CEO, CareerSource Suncoast
- Larry Fineberg: Executive director, Benderson Development
- Andy Guz: CEO, Lakewood Ranch
- William Gunnin: Executive director, North Port Area Chamber of Commerce
- Virginia Haley: President, Visit Sarasota County
- Ben Hannan: Sarasota managing partner, Shumaker Loop & Kendrick
- John Harshman: President, Harshman & Co.
- Thomas Harmer: City manager, Longboat Key
- Steven High: Executive director, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art
- Karen Holbrook: Regional chancellor, USF Sarasota-Manatee
- John Holic: Mayor, Venice
- Paul Hudson: Market Leader/ Senior managing director, Northern Trust
- Mark Huey: President/CEO, Sarasota County Economic Development Corp.
- Jeff Jackson: President/CEO, PGT Industries
- Roxie Jerde: President/CEO, Community Foundation of Sarasota County
- Craig Johnson: President/CEO, FCCI Insurance Group
- Heather Kasten: Executive director, Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance
- Jim Kuhlman: President/CEO, Premier Community Bank
- Robert Lane: Managing partner, Kerkering, Barberio & Co.
- Trey Lauderdale: Founder/ CEO, Voalte
- Peter Lear: City manager, North Port
- Kathy Lehner: President/CEO, Venice Area Chamber of Commerce
- Jonathan Lewis: Sarasota County administrator
- Gail Loefgren: President, Longboat Key Chamber of Commerce
- Jeff Maultsby: Director/business & development, Sarasota County
- Shaun Merriman: Regional president, CenterState Bank
- Alex Miller: CEO, Mercedes Medical
- Charlie Murphy: Sarasota County market president, Bank of Tampa
- Pat Neal: President, Neal Communities
- Donal O’Shea: President, New College of Florida
- Anand Pallegar: Founder, AtLarge digital marketing
- Rick Piccolo: President/ CEO, Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
- Carol Probstfeld: President, State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
- Christine Robinson: Executive director, Argus Foundation
- Dave Rovine: Vice president, Orioles-Sarasota, Baltimore Orioles
- Michael Saunders: Founder/CEO, Michael Saunders & Co.
- David Sessions: President/CEO, Willis A. Smith Construction
- Bryon Shinn: Partner-in-charge, Carr, Riggs & Ingram
- Jim Shirley: Executive director, Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota
- Rich Swier: Entrepreneur/founder, Hub incubator
- Larry Thompson: President, Ringling College of Art and Design
- David Verinder: President/ CEO, Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
- Bill Waddill: Managing director, Sarasota Bayfront Planning
- James Westman: CEO, Octex Holdings
- Mike Wilson: Shareholder, Williams Parker Harrison Dietz & Getzen
