The Floridaville Podcast
Welcome to The Floridaville, a podcast featuring Florida influencers! Each episode of the The Floridaville will feature the life story of a distinguished Floridian. We'll hear from business leaders, political insiders, government officials, and other Floridians who make our state shine.
Episodes
The Floridaville
Get to Know the People
Behind the Florida Names You Know
Nicholas Romanello serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Health First. Health First is Central Florida's only fully integrated delivery network and employs over 9,000 associates. In addition, Health First operates four hospitals: Health First's Cape Canaveral Hospital, Holmes R...
The Floridaville
Get to Know the People
Behind the Florida Names You Know
Mary Kucek is the CEO and founder of OvaryIt, a telehealth platform focused on providing access to affordable and high-quality contraceptive options. Mary's personal experience inspired her to create a company to help other women.
The Floridaville
Get to Know the People
Behind the Florida Names You Know
Ben Odom is the Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs at NASCAR. Learn how his career ended up in the fast lane!
The Floridaville
Get to Know the People
Behind the Florida Names You Know
Shevaun Harris is the Secretary of the Florida Department of Children and Families. Prior to joining DCF, Secretary Harris served as Acting Secretary at the Agency for Health Care Administration, where she was responsible for administering the Florida Medicaid program and regulat...
The Floridaville
Get to Know the People
Behind the Florida Names You Know
On this episode we get to know attorney, entrepreneur, and business advisor Melanie Griffin. Melanie is Of Counsel at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, an Am Law 200 firm that is the largest law firm in Tampa Bay, and Shumaker Advisors Florida as Senior Advisor, Business-to-Business Relationships. ...
Guest: Pegine Echevarria, Keynote Speaker, CEO of Team Pegine, Inc., Author of Called to Lead
Pegine is a motivational leadership business expert who helps women working in corporations and organizations to unlock their power to influence, impact, and inspire others.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
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Guest: Dr. Dawn Emerick CEO of the Institute for Trauma-Informed Leadership and Change Management Founder of Dawn Emerick Consulting; Host of Leadership Uncensored Podcast
Dr. Emerick leads dynamic organizations through change while navigating through disclosed or undisclosed trauma experienced by staff.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
The Floridaville
Get to Know the People
Behind the Florida Names You Know
On this episode we get to know Lawmaker Paul Renner. He serves District 24 in the Florida House of Representatives. Rep. Renner is set to be Speaker of the House beginning in the year 2022.
Guest: Brenden Kumarasamy, founder of MasterTalk and public speaking expert
Brenden is an experienced speaker and facilitator with a popular YouTube channel. On this episode he provides some tips for better public speaking.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
Guest: Rory Diamond, CEO of K9s for Warriors
Under Rory Diamond's leadership, K9s For Warriors has grown to be the nation's largest provider of Service Dogs for disabled American veterans and the largest Service Dog agency in the world using primarily rescue dogs.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
https://www.k9sforwarriors.org/
Guest: Pepper Uchino, Florida Shore & Beach Preservation
The Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association was organized in 1957 at a meeting of 37 local government and university leaders concerned about the growing problem of beach erosion that had virtually destroyed important resort beaches such as Miami Beach. They recognized that erosion was a statewide problem that couldn't be handled by individual cities and c...
Guest: Miyo Strong, Elizabeth Smart Foundation
Miyo Strong is the Smart Defense Program Director at the Elizabeth Smart Foundation in Utah. She is working to help people learn self defense and spot situations with sexual abuse potential. With Elizabeth Smart at the helm of the organization, they are trying to bring hope and end the victimization and exploitation of sexual assault through prevention, recovery, and advocacy.
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The Floridaville Express
Guest: Carlos Cruz, Politics to Profit
Carlos is the founder of Politics to Profit which is a professional training & coaching company that launched the "Political Self-Help" Genre. The first Book in the Business of Politics Series titled "Staff: Watching a Policy Makers back as well as your Own" launched October of 2020.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
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Guest: Melanie Griffin, Founder of Spread Your Sunshine
Melanie is an attorney, speaker, entrepreneur and host of the podcast and social media show Spread Your Sunshine. She founded Spread Your Sunshine to promote the importance of mentorship.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
https://spreadyoursunshine.com/
Guest: Anna Johnson Reidel, Villas at Killearn Lakes
Anna Johnson Riedel has over 35 years working for WCTV, a CBS affiliate, in Tallahassee, Florida as an anchor and in Public Relations. She is also known for her leadership role in the community with non-profit organizations. She has retired from the broadcasting business but is currently a partner and the spokesperson for the new assisted living concept called the Villas at...
Guest: Kim Grippa, Founder of Shine NOW
Kim Grippa founded the nonprofit Shine NOW to address the issues women face in the workplace.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
Guests: Mike Prusinski, BusyKid
Get your kids to do their chores! Mike Prusinski is the co-Founder/President of this financial literacy tech tool for your kids---BusyKid - Chores & Allowance Simplified.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
Guests: Jennifer Powell & Lisa Davis, Professional Photographer & Makeup Artist
Professional photographer Jennifer Powell and professional makeup artist Lisa Davis discuss how they help transform clients and the creative ways they are growing their business.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
Guest: Paul Coley, Founder & CEO of Scent Evidence K9
Paul founded Scent Evidence K9 in 2012 to help communities and law enforcement agencies improve their methods of locating missing persons by developing innovative and effective systems of scent discriminate K9 training and scent collection technology.
Hosts: Joy Tootle, Esq., Rosanna Catalano, Esq., and Jeanne Curtin, Esq.
The Floridaville
Get to Know the People
Behind the Florida Names You Know
Christine Phipps is the CEO of one of the fastest growing companies in the country, Phipps Reporting. Learn how she grew her business with hard work and persistence.
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