Good Morning Seminole!

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...

Featuring:

• Shelly Allen, co-founder, Sanford Porchfest
• Jessica Pawli, owner, Pawli PR & Productions
• Sean Perry, co-founder, Axis Events & Productions
• David Schweizer, singer, musician, composer, producer, and sound engineer, Richer Records and Life on Mars
• Dustin Gioertz, event coordinator,  The West End Trading Co.

Moderated by: Mike Synan, owner, Synan Media Services; publisher, NewsAssignmentDesk.com

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A look at Amazon

Learn more about Amazon's footprint, corporate philosophy, outlook in the state/region, and what exactly is in the massive building along I-4 to our north.

Featuring:

• Sam Blatt, CEcD, manager, economic development, Southeast US & Puerto Rico, Amazon

Sponsored by:

Topgolf Next Horizon Alan Byrd & Associates AdventHealth J. Wayne Miller Company The Orlando Law Group  Waste Pro Genske...