SPEAKERS

April Atkins -AICP
Community Affairs Specialist, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

The Honorable Peter Altman
Councilmember, City of New Port Richey

Miles Ballogg

Practice Leader and Economic Development Director for Cardno, Inc

Joseph Bonora
CEO and President of Catalyst Community Capital Inc.

Denyve Boyle, MBA, CFRE
Director of Philanthropy
Community Foundation of Tampa

Jeff Burton, M.P.A. FRA-RA, DFCP
Director of the Palmetto Community Redevelopment Agency and
President Elect of the Florida Redevelopment Association

The Honorable Jane Castor

Mayor, City of Tampa

Christopher Cochran

Director of Service Development for the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART)

Gladys Cook

Disaster Housing Recovery Director for the Florida Housing Coalition

Kevin S. Crowder, CEcD

Founder, CEO of Business Flare

Lisa Colon

Partner,  Smith, Currie & Hancock, LLP
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Felix Deloatch, Assoc. AIA

Torti Gallas, Tampa, Florida

Brenna Durden

 Shareholder, Lewis, Longman & Walker, PA and Past President, Florida Redevelopment Association

Jeremy Earle, PH.D, ASLA, AICP

Assistant City Manager and Executive Director of Hallandale Beach Community Redevelopment Agency

Michael English, AICP

Corporate Leader in Community Planning and Redevelopment

Julie Fife

Long-Range Planner, Polk County Board of County Commissioners

Melanie Urff Gaboardi

Director of Community Development Services for the City of Ocala

Cecilia Gayle, CRP, MBA, PLA

Senior Landscape Architect, Waldrop Engineering

Susan Grandin

Assistant General Counsel, City of Jacksonville

Wendy Grey, AICP

Planning Consultant (retired) and former Planning Director, Tallahassee-Leon County Planning Department

Sherod Halliburton

President/CEO, Manatee Community Federal Credit Union

Gail Hamilton

CRA Director in Zephyrhills, Florida and President of the Florida Redevelopment Association

Teri Hasbrouck, B.S. M.S. Certified Public Manager

Pinellas County Environmental Program Coordinator

Frank L. Hearne

Shareholder, Mechanik Nuccio Hearne & Wester, P.A.

Tyler Hudson

Attorney at Gardner Brewer Martinez-Monfort, P.A.

Chris Jadick

Director of Communications, TBARTA

Renee A. Jadusingh

Executive Director, Delray Beach Community Redevelopment Agency

Cherry P. Jochum

Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator Philanthropy Advisor, FEMA National Disaster Recovery Support

Isiaa Jones

Chief Legal Officer, Omni Community Redevelopment Agency

John M. Jones, AICP, CRP FRA-RP

Senior Project Manager, S&ME, Inc.

Evan Johnson, AICP, LEED AP, FRA-RP

Business Development Manager, Pinellas County

Karen Kress, AICP, LCI

Director of Transportation and Planning, Tampa Downtown Partnership

Charles L. Marohn, Jr., PE, AICP

Founder, President of Strong Towns

Lisa Anne Mifflin, NBE | CRCM
District Community Affairs Officer, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Giovanni Moss
Project Manager, Innovative Emergency Management

Christopher H. Moran, CPA.

Partner, Moran & Smith LLP, Certified Public Accountants

Jeff Oris, CEcD

Executive Director, City of Margate Community Redevelopment Agency

Tony Otte, CEcD, FRA-RA
Economic Development Manager for the City of New Smyrna Beach

Amy Palmer
Community Development Director for the City of Auburndale

Wallace Reyes, PhD
V.P. of the Gonzalez Habano Cigar Company

C.J. Reynolds

Director of Resilience and Engagement, Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council

Belinda Richard
National Brownfields Program Manager, Terracon

Kathyrn B. Rossmell
Attorney, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.

Zachary Schwartz
Senior GIS and IS Analyst, City of Palmetto Community Redevelopment Agency

Toni Shamplain, FRA-RA
Downtown North CRA Manager, City of Panama City CRA

Clifford B. Shepard
Shepard, Smith, Kohlmyer & Hand and general counsel of the Florida Redevelopment Association

James H. “Jim” Shimberg, Jr.
Executive Vice President for Legal and External Affairs, Strategic Property Partners, LLC

Gerald Snell

Chairman of the Southside CRA Avon Park, Florida

Richard Stauts
Executive Director, Florida City Community Redevelopment Agency

Ken Thomas
Director of Housing & Redevelopment, City of Leesburg

Brenda Thrower
Economic Development Specialist, Ybor City Development Corporation

David N. Tolces, B.C.S.
Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A.

Justin Willits
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART)

Michael Zaharios, III
Program Director, Florida Virtual Entrepreneur Center