These business, faith, military, and community leaders believe that
Florida benefits when America leads in the world.
U.S. Senate (2005-2009); Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2001-2003)
President, University of Miami; U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (1993-2001)
Director, Miami Policy Group, Akerman Senterfitt Attorneys at Law
Army Brigadier General
U.S. House of Representatives (2011-2013)
U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador (1996-1999)
Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Community, Florida Blue; U.S. House of
Representatives (2007-2013) Executive Director, Miami Council for International Visitors
Commercial Real Estate Lender/Broker,Absolut Financial Resources, Inc. Founder & CEO, Development Connect
President, DemeTECH Corporation
CFO, State of Florida
Executive Director, Americas Relief Team
Financial Advisor, Conrad Santiago & Associates
Partnerships Manager, , AFEX
Director of Knowledge Management, Ducatus Advisory LLC
President, Dick Batchelor Management Group, Inc. International Business Programs Coordinator, University of Tampa
President & Founder, Velocitas, Inc.
Managing Director, Conscious Connections
President, Tampa Downtown Partnership
President, Florida Transportation Builders’ Association, Inc.
Managing Partner, Jeb Bush & Associates, LLC
Director of Development, Baptist Health Foundation Speaker, Florida House of Representatives (2010-2012)
President, Tucker/Hall
Mayor, City of Coral Gables President, University of South Florida (1994-1999);
Representative, Florida Senate (1977-1979, 1983-1987)
President & CEO, Stuart/Martin County Chamber of Commerce Chairman & CEO, PLC
Investments, Inc.; U.S.
Ambassador to Belgium (1998-2001)
Retired Air Force Colonel
CEO, World For You Consulting
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Tallahassee
President, HJC Consultants, Inc.; Florida House of Representatives (1982-1984) Central Florida Manager, Floridian Partners, LLC
President & CEO, Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce
State Representative; President & CEO, JAX Chamber
Partner, Holland & Knight LLP; U.S. House of Representatives (1997-2007)
Associate Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
President, University of North Florida; Mayor, City of Jacksonville (1995-2003)
U.S. House of Representatives (1993-2011)
Chair, Customs & International Trade, Becker & Poliakoff
Mayor, City of Miami (2001-2009)
Commissioner District 12, Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners
President, Behavioral Support Services, Inc.
President, Rollins College Mayor, City of Orlando
Commissioner District 3, Miami Dade County Board of County Commissioners
Vice President, Wealth Advisor, Regions Private Wealth Management
President & CEO, Florida Export Finance Corporation
President & CEO, Associated Industries of Florida; U.S. House of Representatives (2003-2009) Of Counsel, Genovese, Joblove & Battista P.A.; Ambassador to Panama (1999-2001)
President, Orbis Strategy Group Vice President, Northern Trust, NA
Principal, Capital Realty Services, Inc.
First Vice President, Global Trade Solutions, SunTrust Bank
Host, “World of Politics”; Associate Professor of Political Science, Barry University Managing Director, Becker & Poliakoff
Chairwoman, GlobalJax
Partner, Holland & Knight LLP Director, Central America Program, International Republican Institute Southeast Government Relations Manager, The Boeing Company
Mayor, Miami-Dade County
Founder, Chairman & CEO, The Americas Group
President & CEO, CZA Incorporated
President & CEO, NPI Advisors Congressional District Leader, ONE; District Chair, CARE
CEO, Tampa Bay Jewish Community Center and Federation
Executive Director, The One on One Group
Managing Partner, Hilton Bentley Hotel
President, AVENTI Associates, LLC
Mayor, City of Ocala
Secretary of Commerce (2005-2009)
President & CEO, IOS Partners, Inc.
President & CEO, Aerosonic Corp.
President, University of Central Florida
Senior Vice President of Global Affairs & International
Research, University of Southern Florida
President & CEO, Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation U.S. Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (1994-1997)
Attorney, Diaz, Reus & Targ LLP
Mayor, City of Tampa (2003-2011)
Partner, Akerman Senterfitt Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
President & CEO, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
U.S. House of Representatives (2007-2011)
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Digital Hands
U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (2000-2001)
Secretary, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Director of Client Services, Kaufman, Rossin & Co. Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc.
Founding Executive Director, EcoWorks International
Shareholder, Carlton Fields President, Lennar International
Senior Vice President & Global Trade Group Head, Regions Bank
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Florida
Chair, Global Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Executive Director, Florida Council of Churches
Founder, Chairman & CEO, CEA Group
President, Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida
Vice President, Velocity Processing
State Chair, CARE; Orlando Coordinator, ONE
Former President & CEO, Miami-Dade Beacon Council
Managing Director & Senior Vice President of Investments, Raymond James
President, ROI Business Strategies
Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
President, Miami Dade College
President & CEO, SMC Resources
Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity
Executive Director, Florida Association for Volunteer Action in the Caribbean and the Americas, Inc.
President & CEO, Sheer Management Corporation; Ambassador of Commerce, International Business Council of Florida
Managing Director, Americas Market Intelligence
Southeast Regional Coordinator, CARE President & CEO, Burson-Marsteller Latin America,
Founder, President & CEO, PuMa Communications and Cultural Services
Director, Center for
Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Commissioner, Florida
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; U.S. House of Representatives (2001-2011) Shareholder, Customs & International Trade Law Group, GrayRobinson, P.A.
Principal, MTR Consulting Executive Director,
Manufacturers Association of Central Florida
Founder & CEO, Business Centers International
Managing Member, McDonald Hopkins LLC
Principal, Marketing Concepts, Inc.
President & CEO, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
President, Jacksonville University (2004-2013)
Chairman, The Vestcor
Companies; Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the
Bahamas (2004-2007)
President, Florida International University
President, Global Action Coalition
Senior Vice President of International Economic Development, The Beacon Council
Executive Vice President Emeritus, Rabbinical
Association of Greater Miami
Senior Program Director, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, Florida State University
President Emeritus, Dade Community Foundation (1985-2009)
Commissioner, District 7, Hillsborough County Commission
Founder & President, Trading Wise, Inc.
Executive Director, Greater Miami & Broward Chapter, American Jewish Committee
Congressional District Leader (CD 18), ONE
Shareholder, GrayRobinson, P.A.
Attorney, Thomas R. Spencer, P.A.
Professor, University of Miami School of Communication
Retired Marine Lieutenant General; Executive Director, USF Military Partnerships President, Limitless International, Inc.
Commissioner, District 1, City of Tampa
Former General Counsel for U.S. and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan
Owner, Broker, & Consultant, Coastal Strategies &
Investments
Senior Development Officer, Habitat for Humanity International
Honorary Consul, Republic of Austria
Senior Vice President, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Speaker of the House, Florida House of Representatives
Shareholder, Stearns & Weaver, P.A.
Senior Advisor, TCHO
Chief Executive, World Power and Water LLC
Archbishop, The Archdiocese of Miami
Executive Director, Tampa Bay Trade & Protocol Council
President, Landstar Global Logistics, Inc.
* Indicates Veteran of the United States Armed Forces
