John Hugh "Buddy" Dyer is an American politician who is the 32nd Mayor of Orlando. First elected in 2003, he is Orlando's longest-serving mayor. He is a member of the Florida Democratic Party. Previously he represented Orlando in the Florida State Senate for ten years, including three years when he was the Senate Democratic leader.
The Orlando Sentinel is the primary newspaper of Orlando, Florida, and the Central Florida region. It was founded in 1876 and is currently owned by Tribune Publishing Company.
WOMX-FM is a commercial radio station licensed to Orlando, Florida. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. and airs a hot adult contemporary radio format known as Mix 105.1. WOMX-FM's studios and offices are located on Pembrook Drive in Maitland and the transmitter tower is off Fort Christmas Road in Bithlo. The transmitter is shared with WRUM, WJRR and WTKS-FM.
Redmond Town Center is a mixed-use development and shopping center located in downtown Redmond, Washington. Owned and managed by Fairbourne Properties, Redmond Town Center has more than 110 shops, restaurants, lodging, and entertainment venues in an outdoor environment. It opened in 1997 on the site of a defunct municipal golf course along the north side of State Route 520.
Premier American Bank was a US bank that operated in Miami, Florida until it was closed by the Florida Office of Financial Regulation on January 22, 2010. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) assumed control, then entered into a purchase and assumptions agreement with American Premier Bank, National Association, a subsidiary of Bond Street Holding. It provided consumer and business banking services to communities throughout Florida.
John Horting Land was Mayor of Apopka, Florida for a total of 61 years, from 1950 to 1968 and again from 1971 to 2014. He was the longest-serving mayor in the history of Florida and one of the longest-serving mayors in the United States. After having served continuously since 1971, Land was defeated in a bid for re-election by Joe Kilsheimer on April 8, 2014.
DLR Group is an employee-owned integrated design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design. Their brand promise is to elevate the human experience through design. A self-described advocate for sustainable design, the firm was an early adopter of the Architecture 2030 Challenge, and an initial signatory to the AIA 2030 Commitment and the China Accord.
GMR Marketing is an engagement marketing advertising agency, which is headquartered in New Berlin, Wisconsin.
Campbell Alliance was a specialized management consulting firm that served the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The firm was founded in 1997 by John Campbell, a former executive of GlaxoWellcome, now GlaxoSmithKline, and is a consulting business segment of inVentiv Health, Inc.
Dick J. Batchelor is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives. He is president of Dick Batchelor Management Group, Inc., a management consulting firm that specializes in business development, strategic governmental affairs and public policy issues. He has been featured numerous times as one of the "50 Most Powerful People in Orlando."
City National Bank of Florida (CNBFL), based in Miami, Florida, is the second-largest financial institution in the state with over $26 billion in assets. CNBFL has 30 branches, from Miami-Dade County to the greater Orlando area, and nearly 1,000 employees. Since 2015, CNBFL has been owned by Chilean bank Banco de Crédito e Inversiones.
Arthur Falcone is an American real estate developer and chief executive officer and chairman of Falcone Group, a real estate and land development organization located in Boca Raton, Florida. He is known for commercial, residential and mixed-use projects and for his philanthropy to aspiring entrepreneurs.
Thomas W. Laputka is an American retired gridiron football player who played for the Ottawa Rough Riders and Edmonton Eskimos. He won the Grey Cup with Ottawa in 1973, and with Edmonton in 1975. He played college football at Southern Illinois University. He is also a retired businessman and served as a councilman and in 2011 was elected mayor of Orange City, Florida, serving through the end of 2016.
Mohamad Fakih is a Lebanese-Canadian businessperson, and philanthropist. Founder of the Middle Eastern Halal restaurant chain, Paramount Fine Foods, Fakih also conducts charitable work and community service through the Fakih Foundation.
Jarom Wagoner is the mayor of Caldwell, Idaho. He was a member of the Caldwell City Council, and a former Republican member of Idaho House of Representatives from District 10, seat A.
Anna Vishkaee Eskamani is an American politician who is the member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 47th district in Orange County from 2018. She is the first Iranian American in the Florida legislature. Eskamani is a member of the Democratic Party supporting abortion rights, increased gun control, increasing expenditures on public education, and increasing environmental regulations such as a banning plastic bags. She has worked for Planned Parenthood.
Paola Velez is a pastry chef and social justice activist from New York with Dominican heritage. She has worked for restaurants such as Milk Bar and Maydan in Washington, D.C., and she co-founded the organization Bakers Against Racism, as well as the donut pop-up shop Doña Dona in 2020.
Carol Wick is an activist and advisor on ending violence against women to politicians, business leaders, non-profits, and philanthropists. She serves on the UN Women Ending Violence Against Women roster.
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