Graduates of the Political Leadership Institute
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2024
Jerry Breckenridge
Truist
Arian L. Bryant
University of Central Florida
Kait Doulou
Build Ventures
Christopher Durant
Dueling Dragons of Orlando
Daniel Elliott
Florida House of Representatives
Daila Espeut-Jones
ZelTech, LLC
Johnmichael Fernandez
Florida Apartment Association
Quibulah Graham
Orlando Health
Hugh Gravitt
AdventHealth
Abraham Hanze
Sedgwick
Charlene Hotaling
Seacoast Bank
Amanda Kalantzis
Sustainability Advisory Board of Maitland
Kevin Kendrick
The Kendrick Team at EXP Realty
Barron Mills
Florida Photonics Cluster
Holton Mills
Addition Financial
Maria “Rocki” Sanchez
JPAR Coast to Coast
Kaley Slattery
The Southern Group
Rodney Thompson
Fastsigns North-Orlando
Kimberly Walker
Seminole County Property Appraiser
Michael Weinbaum
Martin Aquatic Design and Engineering
Ryleigh Wogoman-Sackos
United States Senate
2023
Puja Aggarwal
Orlando Health
Austin Arthur
Stars and Stripes Management Systems
Vanessa Bershad
AdventHealth
Samuel Gaslin
4Acre Commercial Real Estate
Deidre Graybill
Graybill Realty & Associates, LLC
Dr. John Gyllin
Seminole State College
Erin Huntley
Independent Contractor
Joel Kaiman
TJM Communications
Danny Kavanaugh
Holland & Knight LLP
Alexis Miranda Lok
Compass
Thomas Melton
AdventHealth
Steven Miller
State Attorney’s Office 5th Judicial Circuit
Karen Monteleone
Community Leader
Frances Nevill
Teach For America
Rajal Patel
Lariyen Investments
La-Zondra C. Randolph
LCR Legal
Arnold Sánchez
Goodwill Industries of Central Florida
Andrea Small
African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida
Daniel Vanegas
Heart of Florida United Way
Dawnn Williams
Allstate Insurance Company
2022
Bethanie Barber
Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association, Inc.
Emily Brown
Veracity Strategies
Kelly Flaherty Clark
SeaWorld Orlando
Anthony DePina
New Level Digital
Trey Dyer
Orlando Economic Partnership
Christina Hollerbach
Hollerbach’s German Restaurant
Daniel Jesus Lopez
Kissimmee/Osceola County Chamber of Commerce
Sean McDermott
Windward Consulting Group, Inc.
LaVell D. Monger
RTW Photography
Sarah Nemes
Embrace Families
Elijah Noel
Orange Avenue Concepts
Giorgina Pinedo-Rolón
Gio Communications
Donovan Pyle
Health Compass Consulting
Raman P. Rama
Premier Management Services
Pamela L. Saffran
Pamela L. Saffran, Mental Health Counselor
Ralph Seegobin, Jr.
Office of the State Attorney, Ninth Judicial Circuit
Kevin Sutton
True Change Staffing
Ilia Torres
Orange County Government
Anthony D. Watts, Sr.
Orange County Government
Cortez Whatley
Orlando Health
2021
Jennifer Adams
Florida Community Partnership
Stephanie Arguello
AdventHealth
Barry A.N. Bloom
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
Christopher Dawson
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Lynn Moira Dictor
Former Radio Host iHeart Radio
Dr. Melody Duckins
Beacon College
Jim Forrester, Jr.
SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment
Curtis Gibson
Geico Insurance
Pairris Jones
Florida Polytechnic University
Justin Kinsey
REEF
Meranda Landes
Dan Newlin Injury Attorneys
Nita Martin
Orlando Regional REALTOR Association
Melissa Myers
Just Write, Inc.
Brent Tallman
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp.
Sergio Urbina
Citigroup
Raul A. Vargas
Gallagher
Tim Veigle
Watson Realty Corp
Margie Viera
Be Global Marketing
Amanda White
Florida Apartment Association
Robert Wilson
Burges Property Company
2020
Karen Climer
Demetree School of Real Estate
James Cooper
U.S. Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation
Ebo Entsuah
Montverde Academy
Arnaldo Oliveras Fernandez
180 Commercial Real Estate Solutions
Antoinette Giles
eXp Realty
Trey Gordon
Hope for North Brevard, Inc.
Mandie Jones
AdventHealth
Trinity Kutschinski
The Apartment Association of Greater Orlando
Danielle Levien
Embrace Families
Lawrence Lyman
Tactical Electronics Corporation and Gaboton Group
Kathryn Miller
Florida Polytechnic University
Thomas Moses
Emerson International, Inc.
Sean Osmond
Contec America
Maegen Pierce
Breakthrough Behavior
Leonard Spencer
Walt Disney Company
Stefanie Steele
Project Lead the Way, Inc.
Carlos Torres
Orange County Sheriff’s Office
Pamela Tuscany
Universal Studios Orlando
Sandi Vidal
Central Florida Foundation
Woody Walker
CCG
Renee Weeden
Orlando Skin Solutions
Christine Wydra
Lennar Industries
2019
Yesenia Baron
National Criminal Justice Training Center
Daniel Bentancourt
Wyndham Destinations
Chan-Denise Budhoo
AmeriTeam Realty
Derrick Chacon
The Bid Coach
Christopher Chambers
Serious Simulations, LLC
James Evans
Century 21
Dan Lopez
Legends Realty
Katy McGinnis
Florida Department of
Business & Professional Regulations
Sean McQuade
CompuGroup Medical
Paul Norman
Wyndham Destinations
David Riccardi
Fifth Third Bank
Tiffany Sanders
JHT, Inc.
Steve Simpson
Central Florida Property Management
Derick Thompson
Walter P Moore
Lito Valdivia
Leidos Engineering
Franz Reiner Valencia
Enerzen, LLC
Josh Wyche
Downtown Orlando Partnership
Elizabeth Yawman
Enterprise Florida
2018
Christopher Anderson
Seminole County Tax Collector
Jon Arguello
PBM Specialties
Rishi Bagga
Law Office of Rishi S. Bagga
Regine Bonneau
RB Advisory, LLC
Ross Burke
Blue Heron Beach Resort
Mary Downey
Community Hope Center
Jimmy Dunn
June Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Ana Luisa Esquivel
Care Plus Health Plans (Humana)
Keith Lowe
AdventHealth
Jim Mark
American In-Home Care, LLC
Joel A. Montilla, Esq.
Montilla Law Firm
Mark Politte
DoubleTree
Michael Scott
UCF Housing
Marni Stahlman
Shepherd’s Hope, Inc.
Michelle Tatom
Rhodes +Brito Architects, Inc.
Karl Theobald
Theobald Construction
2017
Zane Beard
Florida Department of Financial Services
Melissa Byrd
Orange County Public Schools
Robert Campbell
CNL Financial Group
Lyndon Carter
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.
Harry Ellis
Next Horizon
Wilfredo “Will” Fonseca
La Rosa Realty
Michael Gorritz
Avant Healthcare Professionals
Eric Gray
United Against Poverty Orlando
Lori Hagey
Feeding Children Everywhere
Brock Hankins
Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist P.A.
Amer Hatoum
ACR Solutions, LLC
Susan Makowski
Orange County Governement
Natalie Martinez
Align Public Strategies
Khalid Muneer
Jupiter Properties, Inc.
Amy Pennock
Pennock Consulting Group
Gonzalo Senior
IRM-Investments, Real Estate & Management
Raleigh “Lee” Steinhauer
Greater Orlando Builders Association
Heather Trick
Jordan Law FL P.A.
Matthew Weber
ROAR! Internet Marketing
Kari Whaley
St. Cloud Chamber of Commerce
2016
Tim Adams
Urban University Seminary SM
Michael D. Armbruster, Ed.D.
Orange County Public Schools
Denise Beamer
Office of Attorney General, State of Florida
Gregory Eisenberg
Asset Campus Housing
Mahmoud ElAwadi
Merrill Lynch
Robyn Hattaway
Willson Hattaway Law PLLC
Robert P. Healy, Jr.
Funeraria San Juan
Brian Hodgers
Complete Choice Insurance
Joshua Lazar
Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida
Carl McPhail
The Law Office of Carl McPhail, PLLC
Yogesh Melwani
Align Commercial Real Estate
Lourdes M. Mola
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Orlando
Wes Naylor, CAPT, USN (Ret.)
Coe & Naylor LLC
Twinata “Demica” Paige
Power of Wellness, LLC
Stephon Pinkston
Danny Rivera
Orange County Government
Jennifer Spath
CBC of Central Florida
Derek Walls
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc.
Monica Wofford
Contagious Companies, Inc.
Michael A. Zaharios, III
The Corridor
2015
Steven Alexander
PFM Asset Management, LLC
Roberto Baptiste
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Robert Clements
Florida Office of Attorney General
Michelle Ertel
Florida Strategic Advisors, Inc.
David Gevorgyan
Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business
James P. Gleason
City of Mascotte
Susan Hammerling
Florida Dermatology Associates
Jerry Lee Hanbery
Invitation Homes
Shay Harold
SunTrust Bank, Central Florida
Wendy Hatton
Accelerated Learning Systems, Inc.
Ava Henderson
Parquet Public Affairs, LLC
Andria R. Herr
Hylant Group
Charles T. Keen, III
Rockwell Collins
Jared Maltbie
Incentive Properties, LLP
Yogesh Melwani
Align Commercial Real Estate
Rob Panepinto
Florentine Strategies
Bruno Portigliati
Florida Christian University
Latif Qadri
The Best Direct Marketing Group
Mauricio Reale
Amerex Capital LLC
Danny Rivera
Orange County Government
Jennifer Spath
CBC of Central Florida
John Williams
Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business
Codeye J. Woody
Orange County Public Schools
2013
Robert Agrusa
Republican Party of Florida
Prince Brown
Seminole State College of Florida
Patrick Chapin
Winter Park Chamber of Commerce
Shannon Currie
All-N-One Media Group, LLC
Eric DuBois
DuBois Law Group
Brian Empric
Manhattan Construction
Robert Harvey
Aviation and Defense Consultant
Kyle Havill
Darden
Linda S. Howard, CPA
OUC – The Reliable One
Ross Johnston
Orange County Environmental
Penny Jones
Florida Hospital
Erin Melinda Koski, CPA
Averett Warmus Durkee
John C. Leonard, III
Wyndham Lake Buena Vista Resort
Benjamin W. Newman
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Terry Olson
Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs
Jose A. Rivas, Jr.
Sol Time
Charles Roper
Roper Growers
Melissa Sarnelle
Oviedo-Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce
Mark Schirmer
PNC Financial Services Group
Chris Sileo
Supervisor of Elections Seminole County
Elizabeth Starr
Office of the Attorney General, State of Florida
Phil Stump
Campus Crusade for Christ
David Taylor
WHOLESHEBANG
2012
Robert Anderson
Bravo/Brio Restaurant Group
Kristen Arrington
TEAMFL
Yeoshua Bendayan
Push Button Productions
James Dubea
U.S. Coast Guard
Carey Gleason
Carey Gleason Consulting
Linda D. Ivell
Charles Rutenberg Realty
Gregory Jackson
Florida Office of Attorney General
Mike Liguori, CPA
Business Breakthroughs International
Gregory L. Moore
Mall at Millenia
Alan Morrison
Waste Management
Colin Myers
Rollins College
John Paré
John Paré, Attorney at Law
Andrew Pickett
Office of State Attorney – 18th Judical Circuit
Katrina Powell
Government Fleet Services
Julio L. Rocha, MBA
Rocha Financial Group
Shannon Rogner
Megan Sladek
Wolfshead Real Estate, LLC
Daniel Stephens
CATResearch.org
J. Scott Sturgill
Durable Safety Products
Davis Talmage
Talmage Financial Group
Nadya Vilá
Nadya Vilá, Attorney at Law
Sherrick T. Wassel
Florida Hospital
Virginia L. Whittington
MetroPlan Orlando
2011
Vernice Atkins-Bradley
Votum Construction
Chevon Baccus
CRC/Baccus Communications
John Callan
SpaceHelpWanted.com
Alexander Castillo
Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business
Melanie Chase
Chase Freeman, P.A.
Vera Clark
Baldwin-Fairchild Cemeteries and Funeral Homes
Sarah Grafton DeVoe
Merrill Lynch Private Client Group
Rogue Gallart
Central Florida Disability Chamber
John R. Gill
Tews Company Staffing
Eric B. Jontz
Swann & Hadley, P.A.
Richard B. Lord
Upchurch, Watson, White & Max Mediation Group
Kathleen Gallagher
McIver RE/MAX Town & Country Realty
Adam H. McKinnon
Suburban Land Reserve
Robert Olszewski
Emerson Management and Consulting Group, Inc.
Bob O’Malley
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Orin Owen
G&T Conveyor Company, Inc./Five Star Airport Alliance
Jason Pirozzolo, D.O., C.A.Q., C.S.C.S.
Florida Hospital Centra Care
Andrew Ranck
Merrill Lynch
Greg Reynolds
Realty Capital Commercial Real Estate Services
Damien Richards
The Richards Law Group, PLLC
David E. Riley
PPI Construction Management
Rafael Sanchez, Jr.
Orange County Health Department
David Scherer
A+ Appraisals, Inc.
Teresa Seefeldt
Rogers Benefit Group
Colonel David A. Smith
United States Marine Corps
Kenneth P. Stackpoole, Ph.D., ATP
Florida Institute of Technology
2010
Clayton H. Archey
ADM Alliance Nutrition, Inc.
Raymond S. Blankenship
Blankenship Consulting
Lucas D. Boyce
Orlando Magic
Colleen L. Burton
Polk Vision
Alan Byrd
Alan Byrd & Associates, LLC
Steven L. Corso
MedSynergies, Inc.
Earnest A. DeLoach, Jr.
DeLoach Law LLC
Carmen Dominguez
Carmen Dominguez Construction, LC
Stina D’Uva
West Orange Chamber of Commerce
Robert W. Gidel
Liberty Partners, LP, a Florida LLC
Kenneth P. Hazouri
deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP
Justin M. Hollis
Keller Williams Realty
Alphonso Jefferson, Jr.
Orange County Clerk of Courts
Kasey C. Kesselring
Montverde Academy
George M. Kramer, AICP, LEED
Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin, Inc.
Gregory D. Lee
Baker Hostetler
Michele C. Murrell
Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts of Brevard Community College
Rosser L. Pace, II
Clancy & Theys Construction Company
James T. Poulos
Poulos Brown, LLC
Paul F. Pritchard
Synectic Strategy LLC
Nizam Razack, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Spine and Brain Neurosurgery Center
Anupam Saxena
ASC geosciences, inc.
Paul B. Sladek
Cloninger and Files
Lynetta Tipton Steed
Regions Bank
William M. Stinson
Holiday Professional Center S.S. LLC/ Real Estate Investment Depot LLC
Robert F. Stuart, Jr.
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Joshua H. Truitt
University of Central Florida
Yennie Tse
Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business
David Webb, Jr.
Fifth Third Bank
2009
Benny William Albritton, Jr.
Albritton Companies
Jason G. Albu
Albu & Associates, Inc.
Harry B. Antonio
Kristin Beall
Charlie Johnson Builder, Inc. 18650 Highway 441
Melony M. Bell
Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles
Richard W. Bradley
Buena Vista Corporation
Jason W. Brown
One Source Financial
Christopher L. Carmody, Jr.
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Victoria K. Colangelo
Mitigation Marketing, LLC
Amanda S. Day
Day Communications, Inc.
Mary Ann Etzler
deBeaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris & Neal, LLP
Eduardo J. Fernández
Shutts & Bowen LLP
Kayla Florio
Thomas L. Fulmer, III
Success Essentials
Robert H. Gebaide
Baker Hostetler
Wendell B. Hays
Wendell Bruce Hays, P.A.
Charles A. Lacey
QTS Management Corporation
Christopher Martin
RBC Bank (USA)
Conor P. McFadden
Premier Beverage Company
John L. Parkinson, IV
Hilton Hotels, Embassy Suites
Sean M. Parks, AICP, QEP
Weaver Boos Consulting
Richard Porter
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Marc S. Reicher
RIDA Associates, LP
Jeanie L. Rowin
Peter A. Schoemann
Broad and Cassel
Edith Shelley
Legacy Estate Planners
Karl-Heinz Theobald
Yasmin Tirado-Chiodini
Tirado-Chiodini, PL Law Firm
Naomi J. Weiss
Daytona Beach Partnership
2008
The Honorable Kenneth W. Bradley
Aileen Cubillos
Christina Dixon
Dyer, Riddle, Mills & Precourt, Inc.
Susana Gibson
Clermont Automotive & Tire Center, Inc.
Dan Kirby, Jr., AIA, AICP
Boyken International, Inc.
Lawrence Kolin
Alvarez Sambol Winthrop & Madson, P.A.
Eric A. Lasso
Carl W. Lentz, IV
Adams Cameron & Company Realtors
Sarah E. Rumpf
Vose Law Firm, LLP
Domingo Sanchez
Canaan Development Company
Cory Skeates
Oviedo – Winter Springs Regional Chamber of Commerce
James D. Spaeth
Sarah Sprinkel
Sarah Sprinkel Consulting
Jennifer Thompson
Wade C. Vose
Vose Law Firm, LLP
James N. Wetherell
Duane D. Winjum
Royale Parc Suites