Future of Florida Forum 2019 | Florida Chamber of Commerce | 28 October 2019 | Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, 1 Grand Cypress Blvd, Orlando, FL 32836, USA

The Florida Chamber Foundation’s 2019 Future of Florida Forum will bring together Florida’s business leaders, industry experts and elected officials to discuss the opportunities and challenges impacting Florida’s future between now and 2030.

Join us as we discuss:
• Florida’s cradle to career continuum and preparing tomorrow’s workforce,
• Diversifying Florida’s economy,
• Preparing Florida’s infrastructure and transportation systems for growth,
• Creating the nation’s best business climate,
• Promoting economic opportunity for all Floridians,
• and more!

2019 Speakers

Todd Powell
VP, Weyerhaeuser; Chair, Florida Chamber Foundation

Mark Wilson
President & CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce

Jerry D. Parrish, Ph.D.
Chief Economist, Florida Chamber Foundation

David Hart
Executive Vice President, Florida Chamber of Commerce

Joe Clements
Advisor, Florida Chamber Political Program

Joe Gruters
Chairman, Republican Party of Florida, Florida Senate, District 23

William Large
President, Florida Justice Reform Institute

Harold Kim
COO, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform

Thomas Leek
Florida House of Representatives, District 25

Senate President-Designate Wilton Simpson
Florida Senate, District 10

Doug Wheeler
President and CEO, Florida Ports Council

Kevin J. Thibault
Secretary, Florida Department of Transportation

Dennis Grady
CEO, Chamber of the Palm Beaches

Rick Asnani
President, Cornerstone Solutions Florida

David Odahowski
President, Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation

Clay Ingram
CEO, Volunteer Florida

Sabeen Perwaiz
President & CEO, Florida Nonprofit Alliance

Kay Rawlins
Founder & Sr. VP of Community Relations, President, Orlando City Foundation

Frank DiBello
President & CEO, Space Florida

Mark Wiese
Gateway Logistics Element Manager, NASA Kennedy Space Center

Joe Quaglia
President, Americas, Tech Data

Madeline Pumariega
Vice President & Provost, Tallahassee Community College

Dr. Michelle Horton
University of West Florida, Complete Florida Team

Rene “Coach P” Plasencia
Florida House of Representatives, District 50

Cyril Turner
President, Year-Up

Jimmy Patronis
Chief Financial Officer, Florida

Nikki Fried
Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Florida

Ashley Moody
Attorney General, Florida

Peter Schorsch
Extensive Enterprises

Dean Cannon
President & CEO, GrayRobinson, P.A., Former Speaker, Florida House of Representatives

Steve Crisafulli
Crisafulli Consulting, Former Speaker, Florida House of Representatives

Will Weatherford
Managing Partner, Weatherford Capital, Former Speaker, Florida House of Representatives

Michael Griffin
VP, Public Affairs, AdventHealth

Paul Renner
Florida House of Representatives, District 24

Jeff Brandes
Florida Senate, District 24

Shon Hopwood
Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center

Vance Aloupis
CEO, The Children’s Movement of Florida, Florida House of Representatives, District 115

Charles Hokanson
Senior Vice President – Florida Community Engagement, Helios Education Foundation

Eric Hall
Chancellor of Innovation, Florida Department of Education

Kathy Hebda
Chancellor, Division of Florida Colleges

Jacob Oliva
Chancellor, Division of Public Schools

Glenda Hood
Former Mayor, Orlando, Founding Partner, Hood Partners, LLC

John Dailey
Mayor, City of Tallahassee

Buddy Dyer
Mayor, City of Orlando

Matt Surrency
Mayor, City of Hawthorne

Michelle Dennard
President & CEO, CareerSource Florida

Jeff Hendry
Executive Director, North Florida Economic Development Partnership

Gray Swoope
President & CEO, VisionFirst Advisors

Jamal Sowell
Florida Secretary of Commerce and President & CEO, Enterprise Florida Inc.

Ken Lawson
Executive Director, Florida Department of Economic Opportunity

Kevin Carr
CEO, FloridaMakes

Dana Young
President & CEO, VISIT FLORIDA

Steve Seibert
Executive Director, Florida Humanities Council

Patrick “Pat” Geraghty
President & CEO, Florida Blue

Ted Abernathy
Managing Partner, Economic Leadership LLC

2019 Partners & Sponsors

• AARP
• Bank of America
• Boeing
• Fidelity Investments
• Fisher Philips
• Florida
• Florida Consortium
• FloridaMakes
• Florida Prepaid
• Florida Realtors
• Florida Trasportation Builders' Asst.
• Florida Trend
• FPL
• Gulf Power
• Helios Education Foundation
• Lyft
• Phrma
• Rali Florida
• America's SBDC Florida
• Veterans Florida
• Wells Fargo

PARTNERS:
• Florida Commission
• Economic Development
• Florida Women's Hall of Fame