October 16, 2020
Ida V. Eskamani serves as Senior Director at State Innovation Exchange (SiX), organizing a network of state legislators across the country wielding people-centered state governing power. In her role, Ida leads the organization’s 50-state Economic Power Project, focused on tax justice, anti-monopoly reform, worker power, affordability and care economy campaigns. Before joining SiX, Ida was […]
October 9, 2019
Biography John Mattone is the world’s top executive coach and the Founder of one of the world’s leading coaching and leadership development firms, John Mattone Global (JMG). JMG is also an industry-leading coach certification company that provides ICF approved and accredited certification programs to coaches and leaders through its’ trademarked and licensed brand, Intelligent Leadership. […]
May 14, 2019
Biography Lourdes Diaz-McAgy is a strategic, motivational and visionary C-Suite executive and entrepreneur; owner of several businesses with over 21 years of experience. She founded Total Nutrition Technology (2007), Kane Roman Distributors (2012), Artemis Warehouse and Distribution (2018), and Themyscira Management (2019). Lourdes built these businesses as a bootstrap style entrepreneur, while navigating the financial […]
April 29, 2019
Biography Roland Williams is a retired Boeing structures engineer. He worked in the aerospace and defense industry for over 42 years. His start in industry began with a 11 year stint at Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) in Orlando and followed by 29 years with Boeing/Rockwell. At Boeing, he worked for their Defense Systems, NASA […]
April 23, 2019
Yvette Kanouff is an Emmy award winning technology pioneer and Partner at JC2 Ventures, a venture firm founded by Cisco Chairman Emeritus, John Chambers. Yvette headed the service provider business at Cisco Systems, the worldwide leader in IT, networking, and cybersecurity solutions. The revenue for the business led by Yvette was $13B. She has held […]
June 11, 2018
Biography Roger Pynn is founder and Senior Counsel of Curley & Pynn. He has been involved in Florida’s communications community since the late 1960s, starting his career as a journalist with the Orlando Sentinel. He began his public relations career in the mid-70s with an Orlando advertising agency where he helped establish The Public Relations […]
June 11, 2018
Tony Nicholson started his entrepreneurial career in 1962, shortly after he graduated from college. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Tulane University. Nicholson began working in new site acquisition and lease negotiation for the McDonald’s Corporation. This experience led Nicholson to Site Finders Unlimited, a real estate brokerage, where he offered site […]
June 11, 2018
Biography Chris Lombardo represents clients in family law, personal injury, civil and commercial Litigation and appellate practice. Lombardo earned his BA in political science from UCF in 1980 and his Juris Doctorate in 1983 from Florida State. He is a member of the Florida Bar and Collier County Bar Association, as well as the Academy […]
June 11, 2018
Michael Griffin is the Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Public Policy, providing Advocacy leadership to AdventHealth. The AdventHealth system includes 52 hospital facilities located across nine states and serves more than eight million patients every year. Mike received his bachelor’s degree in Journalism with a Political Science minor at the University of Central Florida. […]
June 11, 2018
A 38-year veteran of the strategic communications industry, Gwen is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Griffin Communications Group. Since launching the agency in 1997, she’s led the Griffin team in developing and executing strategic communications campaigns and programs for both consumer and trade audiences. As CEO, Gwen focuses on strategic planning and advocacy […]
