2014 Future of Florida Forum: Speakers
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12:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Moving Florida Forward…Faster — Welcome & Opening Luncheon
- Bentina Terry, Chair, Florida Chamber Foundation Board of Trustees; Vice President,Customer Service and Sales, Gulf Power Company
- W. Todd Johnson, Global Channel Leader, Entrepreneurship and Job Creation, Gallup
Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship: Driving Job Creation While Ensuring Floridians Have the Skills to Succeed
- Moderator: Dwayne Ingram, President and CEO, IT Capital Services; Chairman, CareerSource Florida
- Angela Pate, Executive Chair, OwnForce, Co-Founder, Startup Quest
- Helen Stewart, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase
- Mike Tomas, President and CEO, Bioheart Inc.; Chairman, Florida International University Global Entrepreneurship Center
- Sherry Sacino, Founder and President, Youth Empowerment Alliance, Inc.
- Tony McGee, CEO, HNM Global Logistics
- Steve Knopik, Chair-Elect, Florida Chamber of Commerce; CEO, Beall’s Inc.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Breakouts
Florida’s Leaky Buckets: Lost Opportunities, Underfunded Pensions, Costly Prisons and Medicaid
- Moderator: David Hart, Executive Vice President, Florida Chamber of Commerce
- Senator Nancy Detert
- Representative Jason Brodeur
- Representative Jim Boyd
- Lori Costantino-Brown, President and CEO, Bridges of America
Governing at the Local Level: Opportunities vs. Challenges for Competitive Growth
- Moderator: Daniel Martell, President and CEO, Economic Council of Palm Beach County
- Commissioner Doug Smith, Martin County
- Representative MaryLynn Magar
- Representative Daniel Davis
- Mayor Sam Ferreri, City of Greenacres
Optimizing the Innovation Ecosystem
- Moderator: Leslie Hielema, Vice President for The Orlando Center, Florida Institute of Technology
- Carlos Carbonell, Co-Founder, Echo Interaction Group
- Carol Craig, Founder and CEO, Craig Technologies
- Mary Spio, Founder, Next Galaxy Corp.
- Philip Holt, Co-Founder and CEO, SPLYT
- Moderator: Leslie Hielema, Vice President for The Orlando Center, Florida Institute of Technology
- Carol Craig, Founder and CEO, Craig Technologies
- Patricia Gehant, MA, CCIO, Managaging Principal, Gehant & Associates, LLC
- Shelley Lauten, Founding Partner, triSect
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Breakouts
Encore Careers: Boomer Entrepreneurs
- Moderator: Jeff Johnson, State Director, AARP
- Bevan Rogel, President and Founder, Encore Tampa Bay
- Tom Esselman, CEO, Institute for the Ages
Florida’s Water Future: Sustainable Solutions to Preserving our Resources
- Opening Comments: Representative Matt Caldwell
- Moderator: David Childs, Attorney, Hopping, Green & Sams
- Jeff Littlejohn, P.E., President, Littlejohn, Mann & Associates
- Ernie Cox, President, Family Lands Remembered, LLC
- Commissioner Grover Robinson IV, Escambia County
Prosperity for all Floridians: A Look at the Gaps
- Moderator: Tony Carvajal, Executive Vice President, Florida Chamber Foundation
- Dean Asher, Immediate Past President, Florida REALTORS®
- Robin Safley, Director of Food, Nutrition and Wellness, Florida Department of Agriculture
- Ted Granger, President, United Way of Florida
8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. State of the State Report and General Session Breakfast
- Bentina Terry, Chair, Florida Chamber Foundation Board of Trustees; Vice President, Customer Service & Sales, Gulf Power Company
- Jesse Panuccio, Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
12:00 p.m. – 2:15 pm. Diversifying our Economy to Secure Florida’s Future — Lunch and General Session
- Belinda Keiser, Vice Chancellor of Community Relations and Student Advancement, Keiser University
- Lieutenant Governor Carlos Lopez-Cantera
- Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater
- Will Seccombe, President and CEO, VISIT FLORIDA
Marketing Florida’s Competitiveness
- Moderator: Mark Wilson, President and CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce
- Melissa Medley, Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President, Enterprise Florida, Inc.
- Stuart Rogel, President and CEO, Tampa Bay Partnership
- Stan Connally, President and CEO, Gulf Power Company
International Update:
- Doug Davidson, Global Commercial Banking Market Executive for North and Central Florida, Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
- G. Lee Sandler, Founding Member, Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. BREAKOUTS
Learners to Earners: A System Approach for the Talent Pipeline
- Moderator: Ed Moore, President, Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida
- Brittany Birken, Ph.D., CEO, Florida Children’s Council
- Marshall Criser III, Chancellor, State University System of Florida
- Jennifer Grove, Workforce Development Coordinator, Gulf Power Company
- Charles Hokanson, Senior Vice President and Chief Policy Officer, Helios Education Foundation
- Jim Murdaugh, Ph.D., President, Tallahassee Community College
Strategic Philanthropy: Live Here, Grow Here, Give Here
- Chester Spellman, CEO, Volunteer Florida
- Ned Pope, President, Florida Next Foundation
- David Biemesderfer, President and CEO, Florida Philanthropic Network
Transportation: Our Paths to Success and the Future
- Opening Comments: U.S. Representative Daniel Webster
- Moderator: John Kaliski, Principal, Cambridge Systematics
- Richard Biter, Assistant Secretary, Intermodal Systems Development, Florida Department of Transportation
- Jim Wood, Director of the Office of Policy Planning, Florida Department of Transportation
- Dale Allen, President, Florida Greenways and Trails Foundation
2:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Florida Chamber Healthcare Summit
Corporate Wellness Programs: Boosting Bottom Lines
- Moderator: David Christian, Vice President of Government Affairs, Florida Chamber of Commerce
- Shannon Colavecchio, Senior Director, Moore Communications Group; Owner, Badass Fitness
- Jon Urbanek, Senior Vice President, Florida Blue
- Jon Ferrando, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Development and Human Resources, AutoNation
Future of Healthcare: CEO Roundtable
- Moderator: Representative Matt Hudson
- Susan Davis, RN, Ed.D, FACHE, CEO, Sacred Heart Health Systems; Market Leader, Ascension Health Florida and Alabama Region
- Jonathan Ellen, M.D., President and Physician-In-Chief, All Children’s Hospital, John Hopkins Medicine
- D. Wayne Brackin, COO and Executive Vice President, Baptist Health South Florida
Healthcare Technology: Innovation and Research and Development
- Moderator: Representative Cary Pigman
- Lee Evans, Executive Director and Site Leader, North America Capability Center, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Leslie Molony, Ph.D., Senior Director, Office of Technology Management and Commercialization, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
- Sarah Donatelli, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Breakouts
Right Direction Reform: Improving Workers’ Comp, Property Insurance, Lawsuit Abuse and Tax Reform
- Moderator: David Hart, Executive Vice President, Florida Chamber of Commerce
- Senator Kelli Stargel
- Representative Bryan Nelson
- Alan Bender, Director of Workers’ Comp and Casualty Insurance, Publix Super Markets
- William Large, President, Florida Justice Reform Institute
People Drive Innovation…What Drives Innovative People?
- Moderator: Jack Sullivan, President and CEO, Florida Research Consortium
- Eric Buffkin, Co-Founder and President, eTect, Inc.
- Jamie Grooms, CEO, Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research
- Shyam Mohapatra, Ph.D., Distinguished Health Professor, University of South Florida; Research Career Scientist, James A. Haley VA Hospital Tampa
Market Intelligence: Inside Scoop on Florida’s Consumers
- Rod Lewis, Ph.D., Vice President of Program and Policy, CareerSource Florida
- Dean Ridings, President and CEO, Intersect Media Solutions
- Brad O’Connor, Ph.D., Research Economist, Florida REALTORS ®
- Jacob Stuart, President, Central Florida Partnership
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Moving Florida Forward…Faster — What’s Next for Our State
- Bentina Terry, Chair, Florida Chamber Foundation Board of Trustees; Vice President, Customer Service & Sales, Gulf Power Company
- House Speaker Will Weatherford
- Marian Johnson, Senior Vice President, Political Strategy, Florida Chamber of Commerce
- Gray Swoope, Florida Secretary of Commerce; President and CEO, Enterprise Florida, Inc.
- Eric Silagy, Chair, Florida Chamber of Commerce; President and CEO, Florida Power & Light Company
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. General Session Breakfast and Board of Governors Annual Meeting
- Eric Silagy, Chair, Florida Chamber of Commerce; President and CEO, Florida Power & Light Company
- Steve Knopik, Chair-Elect, Florida Chamber of Commerce; CEO, Beall’s Inc.
- Derek Yonai, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Free Enterprise and Associate Professor of Economics, Florida Southern College
- Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam