B
IOGRAPHY
A
NDRAE
B
AILEY
President & Chief Executive Officer
Central Florida Commission on Homelessness
255 South Orange Avenue
Suite 108
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 321.710.4663
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @andraebailey
Andrae Bailey has been serving the community through nonprofits and faith groups since the age of eighteen. Andrae has worked for and partnered with some of the most successful charities throughout the United States, working in this sector for almost two decades. His goal is to help independent sector leaders take collaborative and strategic
approaches to creating change that impacts their communities. He strives to work with the top public sector and business leaders to bring about real change on pressing community issues.
Andrae is currently the President & Chief Executive Officer of the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness, a Florida-based nonprofit organization that leads the Central Florida effort to end homelessness.
Andrae attended Heritage Seminary and received a Masters Degree in Divinity while working as a full time pastor in a local church. He has also completed the Crummer Business School’s mini MBA Program, is an instructor at the Rollins College School of Philanthropy, and is recognized by Certified Fund Raising Executive International as a Certified Fundraiser (CFRE).
In 2013, Andrae was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 Business Executives in Central Florida by the Orlando Business Journal, and in 2014, he was listed in Orlando Magazine’s article “12 People to Watch” in Central Florida as one of the “50 Most Powerful People.”
@LeadershipORL
#LO90 #LO40Anniversary www.LeadershipOrlando.org l 407.835.2444
B
IOGRAPHY
G
REG
H
IGGERSON
,
CFRE
Vice President, Development
Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida
411 Mercy Drive
Orlando, FL 32805-1019
Phone: 407 514 1021
Email:
[email protected]Greg Higgerson, CFRE, is Vice President, Development at Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. During his nineteen years at Second Harvest, he has directed an ever-growing fundraising and marketing effort that has raised more than $65 million to help provide food for Central Florida’s struggling individuals and families. Most recently, his organization conducted a $15 million capital campaign to build a 100,000 square foot distribution center in Orlando. Greg directs a department of seven professional staff, and his direct experience includes grant-writing, major gifts, annual giving, special events, direct mail/online giving, corporate partnerships, marketing communications, branding, capital campaigns, staff and volunteer management, and planned giving. He is a certified fundraising professional (CFRE) since 2006.
Greg is a past President of the Central Florida Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), and was selected as Central Florida’s “Outstanding Fundraising Professional’ by that organization in 2008. He serves on the Central Florida Presbytery’s PATH Committee, and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Peace & Justice Initiative at Valencia College.
Greg obtained a bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University, and has spent his entire 29 year-career of
fundraising/marketing in the nonprofit field. He worked in development for the American Cancer Society in Ft. Myers, Sarasota, and Orlando for ten years before joining the Second Harvest staff in 1996.
B
IOGRAPHY
M
ARIE
M
ARTINEZ
Operations Manager
The Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families
Part of Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
601 West Michigan Street
Orlando, FL 32805
Phone: 407 317 7430, Ext. 2197
Email: [email protected]
Marie Martinez is the Operations Manager for the Howard Phillips Center for Children & Families. In this role, she oversees six programs serving the tri-county area and over 170 staff.
She has over 17 years of professional experience administering programs that serve children and families. Ms. Martinez has conducted many training programs on child abuse and neglect topics and has served as an expert witness in family court.
She has received multiple leadership awards, including recognition by the 9th Judicial Circuit State Attorney, the Florida Department of Health Child Protection Teams, the Dependency Court Improvement Project and others. Ms. Martinez has been invited to participate on speakers’ panels on many occasions, including by the League of Women Voters, Orange TV, Community Based Care of Central Florida and Hispanic Achievers. She has been interviewed by both local and national television media and has also been requested to testify before the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Ethics and Fairness.
Ms. Martinez serves on the boards of the Heart of Florida United Way, the Florida Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Florida Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers and the Healthy Start Coalition of Orange County. Ms. Martinez is also the Immediate Past Chair of the Heart of Florida United Way’s Council of Agency Partners.
@LeadershipORL #LO90 #LO40Anniversary www.LeadershipOrlando.org l 407.835.2444
B
IOGRAPHY
P
HIL
R
AWLINS
President
Orlando City Soccer Club
618 East South Street, Suite 510
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: 407.478.4071
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @OCPres
Rawlins possesses more than 20 years of expertise in the high technology industry and over 12 years of expertise in professional sports management. A native of the UK, he began his career in Europe with Hewlett-Packard (HP), working first in sales, before joining the UK sales development team.
Leveraging a keen entrepreneurial spirit and deep insight into sales & marketing processes, Rawlins left HP in 1989 to found The Sales Consultancy (TSC). TSC specialized in sales and marketing training and consulting. TSC quickly grew to have operations throughout Central Europe. Under Rawlins leadership the company grew at an annual rate of over 50%. In 1994 Rawlins expanded the company’s geographical reach by relocating its headquarters to the USA.
At TSC, Rawlins oversaw sales but also authored a number of new sales and marketing processes designed specifically for their technology industry clients. These processes are still utilized today by many of the world’s leading
high-technology companies.
Five years after setting up the US operations Rawlins oversaw the merger of TSC with Target Marketing Systems, of Atlanta, Georgia. At the resulting company, OnTarget, Rawlins was co-CEO and had functional responsibility for all product development, including software tools. In 1999 OnTarget was acquired by Siebel Systems Inc. Rawlins left Siebel in 2001 to concentrate on his other business interests, in particular, his passion for soccer and his Directorship position at Stoke City F.C. He currently sits on the following Boards and has ownership interests in the following companies:
Director and/or Owner:
Orlando City S.C. – Professional soccer team based in Orlando, FL.
Stoke City F.C. Ltd. – English Premier League
LoneStar CAPCO - Texas based social venture capital company
Advance Performance Ltd. – UK based training & development company
Bella Cima Developments Inc, - Real estate development company
Britgolf - a golf retail store in Lakeway, TX
Until 2004 Rawlins also sat on the Council of his home town University; Keele University in Staffordshire, England. Rawlins is part-Owner and President of Orlando City Soccer Club, a position that occupies the majority of his working time. He also sits on the Board of Governors of USL-PRO soccer league and the Board of the Central Florida Sports Commission. He and his wife Kay have four children and two dogs and live in Winter Park, Florida.
B
IOGRAPHY
S
HAWN
S
EIPLER
Executive Director
Clean the World
400-A Pittman Street
Orlando, FL 32801
Phone: (407)574-8353
Email:
[email protected]As a social entrepreneur, Shawn Seipler is committed to focusing his business, management and leadership skills on advancing humanitarian, social and environmental causes. His commitment to excellence and passion for corporate social responsibility led to the creation of Clean the World in 2009.
Clean the World is a social enterprise that offers sustainable, socially responsible programs to the hospitality and meetings industry. With the goal of preventing millions of deaths caused by acute respiratory infection and diarrheal disease, the organization distributes hygiene products to impoverished people around the world.
Since 2009, Clean the World has enrolled more than 4,000 North American hotel partners in its environmentally friendly soap-recycling program, distributing more than 25 million bars of soap to children and families in 99 countries. Clean the World has partnered with hundreds of meeting professionals and associations to produce “green” meetings and offer impactful, socially responsible activities to thousands of attendees.
Shawn has been featured on CBS Evening News, CNN, Fox News, National Geographic, Yahoo Finance, The Washington Post and NPR. He also was selected among the “40 Under 40” people to watch by Connect magazine. Shawn is a board member for the Orlando Chamber of Commerce and currently sits on the City of Orlando’s
Sustainability Task Force. As an Advisory Board member for amaZulu, he actively participates in the Athena PowerLink Program at Rollins College, which encourages and empowers woman-led businesses.
Under Shawn’s leadership, Clean the World was named one of the 50 Florida Companies to Watch for 2014, and won the 2011 Sustainable Florida Award for Best Practices. Clean the World has recycling operations centers in Orlando, Las Vegas, Montreal, and Hong Kong.
@LeadershipORL
#LO90 #LO40Anniversary www.LeadershipOrlando.org l 407.835.2444
B
IOGRAPHY
B
ARBARA
N.
S
CHERER
Senior Vice President, Marketing Director
Fifth Third Bank (North Florida)
200 East Robinson Street
Orlando, Florida 32801
Phone: 407-999-3042
Email: [email protected]
Barb Scherer is the senior vice president and marketing director for Fifth Third Bank (North Florida). In her role, Barb serves on the Bank’s executive leadership team and oversees marketing initiatives throughout the Central Florida, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville markets. She is responsible for directing all marketing programs to drive Fifth Third’s strategic plans in North Florida.
Prior to joining Fifth Third Bank, Barb served as the president of the Orlando office of Engauge Marketing, LLC, a full-service, national brand advertising and digital agency headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. She was responsible for all agency operations, business development, account management, digital and media services, strategic planning and public relations for the Florida portfolio of accounts.
Barb started her career in New York City at SSC&B/Lintas (now Lowe+Partners) on the Diet Coke account. She also worked at a national PR firm on packaged goods and cosmetics accounts. In Florida, she has been in senior positions at national ad agencies, including the regional offices of Earle Palmer Brown, Greenstone/Roberts and Cramer Krasselt. During this time she worked with such clients as The Florida Lottery, Disney’s Wide World of Sports, Sprint, Orlando Regional Healthcare, Tijuana Flats Restaurants, Middleton Lawn & Pest Control, Orlando Sentinel, SunSports, Rosen Hotels & Resorts, Sonny’s Bar-B-Q and Florida Citrus Sports (Russell Athletic Bowl and Capital One Bowl).
Barb is a graduate of Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida and garnered both the President and Club of the year award from the 4th District AAF and National AAF. She was also awarded the AAF Silver Medal in 2005 for career
and industry accomplishments. In 2010, Barb was named “Marketer of the Year” for individual leadership by the
American Marketing Association’s Central Florida chapter. Barb has served as the president of the American Advertising Federation’s (AAF) Orlando chapter, governor of the 4th district (25 chapters in Florida and Caribbean) and board member for the National AAF. She also served as the National AAF Annual Conference co-chair and recently completed another two-year term on the AAF National board of directors. In addition, Barb serves on the board of Orlando
Downtown Arts District, Florida Citrus Sports and Orlando After-School All-Stars. She is also a graduate of Leadership Orlando Class 57.
A native of New York City, Barb was raised in Naples, Florida. In her spare time, she enjoys cycling, attending live sports and entertainment events, playing golf, working out or spending weekends at New Smyrna Beach.