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University Research & Innovation

• UCF, MGRP – Jennifer McKinley

• USF, MGRP – Elizabeth Nelson

• UF, FLEX Station – Trey Womack

Workforce Programs

•  stemCONNECT – Amanda Allen

•  CareerSource Central Florida – Pam Nabors

•  CareerSource Brevard – Lori Robinson, Deserine Morgan

•  CareerSource Flagler|Volusia – Robin King

•  CareerSource Tampa Bay – John Flanagan

Career & Workforce Education

•  Valencia College Career & Workforce Education – Nasser Hedayat, Michelle Terrell

•  Daytona State College School of Workforce Training – Dante Leon, Sherryl Weems

STEM & Invention

• The Cade Museum – Phoebe Miles

Entrepreneurial Programs

•  Incubators / Entrepreneurial Centers / Venture & Other Capital / Phase II Enterprise

• Development

• Embry-Riddle Technology Transfer & Research Park – Stephanie Miller

• State College of Florida, Coding Academy – Desh Bagley

• Cenfluence – Steve Nakagawa, Amy Beaird, Jack Henkel

• Synapse Florida – Brian Kornfeld, Lauren Prager, Brett Maternowski

• UCF Incubator – Carol Ann Dykes Logue

• The Florida Venture Forum – Kevin Burgoyne

• UF Innovate – The Hub – Jim O’Connell, Karl LaPan

• St. Pete Innovation District – Alison Barlow

• Tampa Bay Wave – Amit Agrawal

• Economic Gardening

• GrowFL – Jennifer Taylor, Hannah Metevia

Modeling, Simulation & Training

The National Center for Simulation – Neal Finkelstein, George Cheros

NAWCTSD – Capt. Dan Covelli, Diana Teel

Optics & Photonics

Florida Photonics Cluster and CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics – Barron

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Economic Development Organizations

• Tampa Bay Tech – Meghan O’Keefe

• Volusia County, Economic Development – Brad Harris, Helga van Eckert

• Pinellas County Economic Development – Scott Talcott, Suzanne Christman

• Bradenton Area EDC – Max Stewart

• The EDC of Florida’s Space Coast – Trudy McCarthy, Lynda Weatherman

• Elevate Lake, Lake County Economic Development – TBD

• Central Florida Development Council, Polk County – Alex Price, Sean Malott

• Tampa Bay EDC – Adam Myers

• Pasco EDC – Dan Mitchell, Turner Arbour, Bill Cronin

• Florida Economic Development Council – Beth Cicchetti

• Ocala Metro Chamber & Economic Partnership – Heather Shubirg

• Tampa Bay Partnership

• Team Volusia – Harry Jorgensen, Tywan Arrington

• Seminole County Office of Economic Development – Gui Cunha, Irma Stenman, Esteban Saldarriaga

• City of Ormond Beach – Brian Rademacher

• Seminole County Government – Tricia Johnson

• Sumter County FL Economic Development – Frank Calascione, Jada Glover

• City of Palm Coast – Barbara Fiedor