2024-2025 Class Selection Committees

  • Kemal Gasper
    Kemal Gasper
    VP of Community Engagement and Sponsorship VyStar Credit Union
    Chair
  • Dev Iglesias
    Dev Iglesias
    External Affairs Regional Manager Florida Power & Light Company
    Calusa Representative
  • Tal Siddique
    Tal Siddique
    County Commissioner Manatee County
    Calusa Representative
  • Megan Almasi
    Megan Almasi
    Senior Director of Community Relations Orlando Health
    East Central Representative
  • Sheldon Dutes
    Sheldon Dutes
    Manager, Team Member Communications & Engagement AdventHealth
    East Central Representative
  • Evan Philipson
    Evan Philipson
    Florida Political Director American Israel Public Affairs Committee
    Gold Coast Representative
  • Jarinete Santos
    Jarinete Santos
    Group Lead, Culture and Values HCA Florida Healthcare
    Gold Coast Representative
  • Ann Marie Sorrell
    Ann Marie Sorrell
    President & CEO The Mosaic Group
    Gulfstream Representative
  • Billie Woodard
    Billie Woodard
    Director of Education & Training - Public Sector Gehring Group
    Gulfstream Representative
  • Lee Anderson Louy
    Lee Anderson Louy
    Director of Philanthropic Services North Florida Land Trust
    Northeast Representative
  • Nemiah Rutledge
    Nemiah Rutledge
    Founder/ Owner Body Paradox Fitness
    Northeast Representative
  • Stefanie Bowden
    Stefanie Bowden
    Northwest Representative
  • Justin Thames
    Justin Thames
    Director, State Government Relations TECO Energy
    Northwest Representative
  • P.J. Campbell
    P.J. Campbell
    Vice President Of Governmental Affairs Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
    Southeast Representative
  • Phillip Lloyd Hamilton
    Phillip Lloyd Hamilton
    Assistant VP, Student Belonging & Support Florida International University
    Southeast Representative
  • Meredith Budd
    Meredith Budd
    Director of Strategic Initiatives Live Wildly
    Southwest Representative
  • Tracy Duhaney
    Tracy Duhaney
    CEO & Principal Consultant The Amboseli Group
    Southwest Representative
  • Kaseem Mabry
    Kaseem Mabry
    Director, Enterprise Application Services Tampa International Airport
    West Central Representative
  • Kinard Robinson
    Kinard Robinson
    Founder/CEO NEXTKNOWN
    West Central Representative
  • Jaha Cummings
    Jaha Cummings
    Manager Coldwell Banker Sunstar & Cummings Commercial Group
    Calusa Representative
  • Pat Robinson
    Pat Robinson
    Deputy City Manager/Public Safety Administrator City of Sarasota
    Calusa Representative
  • Kenyatta Lee
    Kenyatta Lee
    Chief of External Affairs Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
    East Central Representative
  • Ron Piccolo
    Ron Piccolo
    Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Assistant to the Provost University of Central Florida
    East Central Representative
  • Carol Hylton
    Carol Hylton
    President/CEO CareerSource Broward
    Gold Coast Representative
  • Julie Price
    Julie Price
    President/CEO Arc Broward
    Gold Coast Representative
  • Patrick Franklin
    Patrick Franklin
    President & CEO Urban League of Palm Beach
    Gulfstream Representative
  • Brian Seymour
    Brian Seymour
    Shareholder and Real Property Practice Co-Chair Gunster
    Gulfstream Representative
  • Jim Gilmore, Jr.
    Jim Gilmore, Jr.
    The Southern Group
    Northeast Representative
  • Nikul Patel
    Nikul Patel
    Senior Vice President Citi
    Northeast Representative
  • Wayne Mayo
    Wayne Mayo
    CEO & Founder Southern Standard Construction
    Northwest Representative
  • Alva Smith
    Alva Smith
    Leon County School Board Member, District 1 Leon County School Board
    Northwest Representative
  • Shari Bower
    Shari Bower
    Regional Executive Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
    Southeast Representative
  • Mandy Fernandez
    Mandy Fernandez
    Director of External Affairs for Miami-Dade Florida Power & Light Company
    Southeast Representative
  • Darla Bonk
    Darla Bonk
    Founder & CEO Darla Bonk Consulting
    Southwest Representative
  • Shawn H.P. Smith
    Shawn H.P. Smith
    General Manager, Florida Operations Boston Red Sox
    Southwest Representative
  • Isaac Henderson
    Isaac Henderson
    Division Vice President Amentum
    West Central Representative
  • Erica Shea
    Erica Shea
    Chief Marketing & Business Development Officer Shumaker
    West Central Representative
  • Seth McKeel Jr.
    Seth McKeel Jr.
    Managing Partner The Southern Group
    Chair
  • Alaina Barron
    Alaina Barron
    Executive Director Education Foundation of Okeechobee
    Gulfstream Representative
  • Andrea Messina
    Andrea Messina
    CEO Florida School Boards Association
    Northwest Representative
  • Carol Kay Brown
    Carol Kay Brown
    Director of Leadership Development Sarasota County School District
    Calusa Representative
  • Christine McGuinn
    Christine McGuinn
    Director of Education Projects & Quality Assurance Academica
    Southeast Representative
  • John Miller
    John Miller
    School Principal Orange County Public Schools
    East Central Representative
  • Kristi Rousseau
    Kristi Rousseau
    Supervisor Clay County Adult and Community Education
    Northeast Representative
  • Laura Meehan
    Laura Meehan
    Associate Director of First Year Studies University of Tampa
    Chair
  • Myrlaine Salter
    Myrlaine Salter
    District Supervisor Broward County Public Schools
    Gold Coast Representative
  • Noemi Perez
    Noemi Perez
    President & CEO The Immokalee Foundation
    Southwest Representative
  • Rebecca Edmond
    Rebecca Edmond
    Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives National Institute for Work & Learning AMIKids
    West Central Representative