Boardroom
From business owners to local government officials, from educators to business resource providers, the EDC’s leadership shares a mutual commitment to creating a more diverse local economy now and for future generations.
Attorney, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Regional Chancellor, University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee
Landscape Architect and Associate, Kimley-Horn
CEO/COO, SouthTech
President, Willis A. Smith Construction
President, Atlas Building Company
Florida Power & Light
Senior Vice President, IMG Academy
- Lesley Barre, Bank of America
- Kirk Boylston, Lakewood Ranch Commercial
- Mayor Gene Brown, City of Bradenton
- Chris Ciaccio, IMG Academy
- Dr. William Colgate, MCR Health
- Jacki Dezelski, Manatee Chamber of Commerce
- Mark Evans, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
- Larry Fineberg, Benderson Development Company
- Kandi Floyd, TECO Peoples Gas
- Jag Grewal, Ian Black Real Estate
- Mayor Shirley Groover Bryant, City of Palmetto
- Andy Guz, Lakewood Ranch Medical Center
- Kent Hayes, Tandem Construction
- Jennifer Healey, Feld Entertainment
- Dr. Scott Hopes, Manatee County Government
- Devaney Iglesias, Florida Power & Light Company
- Allison Imre, Grapevine Communications
- Mark Irwin, Truist
- Terri Kinder, Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce
- Brittany Lamont, Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance
- Josh Matlock, CareerSource Suncoast
- Ryan McIntyre, ME&S General Contractors
- Maureen Merrigan, Town of Longboat Key
- Mike Moschella, Hancock Whitney Bank
- Charlie Murphy, The Bank of Tampa
- Dr. Timothy Novak, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Nicole Parker, Bank of America
- Rick Piccolo, Sarasota Bradenton International Airport
- Dr. Carol Probstfeld, State College of Florida
- Stephen Racine, Peak Development
- Dave Sanford, SeaPort Manatee
- Cynthia Saunders, School District of Manatee County
- Michael Saunders, Michael Saunders & Company
- Byron Shinn, Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors
- Peter Skokos, Norton, Hammersley, Lopez & Skokos, P.A.
- April Smith, Fifth Third Bank
- Kevin Stencik, PNC Bank
- Veronica Thames, Gulf Coast Community Foundation
- Dr. Valerie Viands, Manatee Technical College
- Greg Witt, Halfacre Construction Company