Good Morning Seminole!

There's a lot of focus on retail these days with tariffs, trade barriers, and more looming on the horizon. But every day, in our community, owners of local stores are succeeding, working hard to serve you. 
Join us as we hear from four of our great local retail owners to hear what's making their business pop and what they see coming for retail.
Meet our panelists:
Giuliana Horal, co-founder, The Good Pour
Dani K...

Anyone who has lived in Florida for more than a year certainly understands the power of hurricanes. But disasters can strike any minute as the recent tornado in Longwood showed us.

 Are you ready for the next hurricane season or any weather emergency? 

Featuring:

-Alan Harris, director, Office of Emergency Management, Seminole County Government

-Meteorologist Michelle Morgan, News 6

-Michael Kryger, owner, Pegasus Insurance Agency 

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Join us for a fireside chat with two new Supervisors of Elections as we talk about their unique backgrounds, the state of elections and their future plans. It's a unique opportunity to meet, engage and learn about two people who will be integral in the future of our region for years to come.
Moderated by:
Maritza Martinez-Guerrero, vice president of external affairs and philanthropy, Orlando Magic
Featuring:
Orange ...

Moderated by:
Alan Byrd – Florida Outreach Director, Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy

Meet Our Panelists:

• Sharon Arroyo – Vice President, Duke Energy

• Chris Cucci – Executive Vice President, Climate First Bank

• Ben Pauluhn – President, Optimus Energy Solutions

• Kristine Richmond – Senior Director, Sustainability, Waste Management

• Bryan Homayouni – Director of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Central Florida Expressway Auth...

Featuring:

John Gyllin: vice president, resource and economic development, Seminole State College

Chris Doney: owner, The Designery

Tiffany Wieder,:area director, sales and marketing, Brookdale Senior Living

William A. McNeil: Chief Revenue Officer and general counsel, The Barista Cup

Moderated by: Rafael Caamano, UCF Business Incubation Program Sponsors: 

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando ...

Is your business struggling with social media? Are you trying to figure out how to be noticed and drive interaction? Still trying to understand snaps, reels and insta?

We're putting together a panel of social media experts who are working in businesses like yours and making their clients shine. 

You'll walk away from this with ideas, direction and a new way of looking at how social media can drive business your way.

Panel Includes:

learn about Seminole County and Central Florida’s growing industries and ways you can partner with one of the top 10 community colleges in the nation, Seminole State College, to hire graduates, upskill or reskill current employees and start or expand your business. Speakers from the Orlando Economic Partnership and Seminole County Tourism and Economic Development will join college president, Dr. Georgia Lorenz, and VP of Academic A...

Transitioning to UCF in 2021, Malzahn's tenure has been nothing short of remarkable, marking a resurgence for the Knights on the national stage. Under his guidance, UCF has enjoyed three consecutive postseason appearances, injecting itself among the elite collegiate programs. Malzahn's strategic brilliance has been evident in UCF's offensive prowess, consistently ranking among the nation's top units, while his adept...

Featuring: Jason Siegel, president & CEO, Greater Orlando Sports Commission

Jason Siegel has enjoyed more than 30 years of success and accomplishments in sports tourism, major and minor league professional sports, as well as intercollegiate athletics. He is currently in his eighth year as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Orlando Sports Commission (GO Sports).
 
Under his leadership, GO Sports has...

Moderated by: Samantha Taylor, publisher, Lake Mary Life Publications.

Panelists include:

• Susan D'Astoli, senior director, news-Florida, Charter Communications
• Anne-Marie Hayward, market president & publisher, Orlando Business Journal
• Allison McGinley, news director, WKMG-TV; chair. RTDNA Foundation
• Melissa Medalie, vice president of news/news director, FOX 35 WOFL
• Judith Smelser, president & GM, WMFE &...

Our Panelists:

• Sergie (Serg) Albino, CEO, ecoSPEARS
• Brittany Lytle, VP of Learning and Development, ExamRoom.AI
• Tony Martinez, VP of communications and operations, Timeplast
• Peter Travers, CEO, LifeBridge Innovations, PBC

Moderator:
Esteban Saldarriaga, Business Marketing Manager for Seminole County Economic Development

Sponsors:

⁠⁠J. Wayne Miller Company⁠⁠⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠Genske & Co. Accounting⁠⁠⁠⁠J.P....

Listen to a local panel of specialist:

Shaheen Barrett, Senior Manager - HR Business Partner, Verizon 

Carol Ann Logue, Director, Programs & Operations, Innovation Districts & Incubation Program, University of Central Florida 

Dawn Sipley, President, Sipley The Best

Nilda Blanco, senior vice president of workforce operations, CareerSource Central Florida

Sponsors:

⁠J. Wayne Miller Company⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠Genske & Co....

Sheriff Dennis Lemma, Seminole County Sheriff's Office
In 2017, Dennis Lemma was elected Seminole County’s 10th Sheriff and was re-elected for his second term in 2020. As the County’s chief law enforcement officer, Sheriff Lemma leads a work force of more than 1,400 employees and manages a $170 million budget. 
In January 2019, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody named Sheriff Dennis Lemma chair of her Transition Adviso...

Featuring:

• Travaris McCurdy, Manager, Small Business Outreach, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
• Michelle Maikisch, Executive Director, Central Florida Expressway Authority
• Maurice Jones, Director of Procurement, Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority (LYNX)
• Nicole Martz, President & CEO, Orlando Sanford International Airport

Moderator: Chip Colandreo, Publisher, Lake Mary Life Publishing

Spons...

Featuring:
Dr. Georgia Lorenz - President, Seminole State College
Arts & Sciences - Dr. Stephen Summers
Athletics - Kurt Esser and Geoffrey Nelson
Construction - Cheryl Knodel
Fine & Performing Arts - Dr. Michel Cuomo
Grindle Honors Institute - Tracy Harbin
Health Sciences - Dr. Shanin Kanani, Dr. Nancy Gasper and Dr. Leslie Sammarco
Information Technology - Dr. Adam Stark, Sandy Keeter, and Cheryl S...