Past Speakers
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May 9, 2022
Jim Anderson, Founder/Partner, Sea & Shoreline Aquatica Restoration
Jim is responsible for cultivating seagrass, maintaining our aquaculture nursery, and developing technologies that ensure efficiencies and success in restoration projects. Jim spent most of his career in turf farming and nursery production of ornamental plants. To date, Jim has developed and patented several subaquatic restoration technologies including an underwater liquid fertilization system, a planting machine that mechanizes the back-breaking work of hand-planting seagrass beds, a transplantation system for salvaging and transporting large pieces of seagrass sod, and sediment tubes for repairing erosion from propeller scars. Jim has worked with the USACE, NOAA, FDEP, FWC/FWRI, and others to explore options for reversing seagrass losses.
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May 2, 2022
Carole Post, Vice President of Facilities and Public Safety for the University of South Florida (USF).
Carole Post is the Vice President of Facilities and Public Safety for the University of South Florida (USF). In this role, she oversees all university facilities across the Tampa, Sarasota/Manatee, St. Petersburg, and USF Health campuses including academic, research, clinical, athletic, and administrative operations. She also oversees the University Police Department and safety operations.
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April 25, 2022
Eddy Elguezabal, President and General Manager of Univision Tampa and Orlando
Eddy Elguezabal is the President and General Manager of Univision Orlando and Univision Tampa.
An industry veteran, Eddy Elguezabal has over 30 years of experience in the broadcast media industry. -
April 11, 2022
Adam Walser, Award-winning Investigative Reporter, ABC Action News
Investigator Adam Walser joined the ABC Action News I-Team in June 2013.
Before that, he worked as Chief Investigative Reporter at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KY.
Adam has more than 20 years of television news experience, starting his career shortly after graduating with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. -
April 4, 2022
Diane Egner, Publisher and Editor of 83 Degrees – Weekly Local Digital Magazine
Diane Egner is an award-winning journalist with four decades of experience reporting and writing about the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. She is a member of Leadership Florida and the Athena Society, and serves on the boards of The Institute for Research in Art (Graphicstudio, the Contemporary Art Museum, and USF’s Public Art Program) Community Advisory Council and the StageWorks Theatre Advisory Council.
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March 28, 2022
Kevin Dorsey Chairperson – SCORE Chapter 203-Tampa, Florida
Kevin Dorsey has been Chairperson of SCORE Tampa since 2021. SCORE Tampa, a partner of the U.S. Small Business Administration, has been active since 1966. SCORE mentors a full range of small businesses and non-profits, from start-ups to existing businesses, in all areas of business.
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March 21, 2022
Andrea Cheney, Co-Founder of the Ausec & Cheney Group
Co-Founder of the Ausec & Cheney Group, a full-service advertising agency. The agency grew to $13M in annual billings with clients like Klondike Ice Cream, Val-Pak, New York Yankees and Nestea. Her responsibilities including marketing communications, strategies planning, and analysis for her clients.
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March 14, 2022
Jennifer Motsinger, Executive Vice President of Tampa Bay Builders Association
Jennifer Motsinger is the Executive Vice President of the Tampa Bay Builders Association. Her role is to manage the day to day operations of the association and to be the voice of the building industry. The Tampa Bay Builders Association is one of the largest and influential trade organizations in the state of Florida representing members of the residential building community in Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties.