Board Of Directors
Thriving Together On Florida’s Space Coast
Officers
Immediate Past Chairman
Chair-Elect
Todd Pokrywa
COO, Real Estate/Land
A. Duda & Sons, Inc. &
President, The Viera Company
The Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast is led by a Board of Directors who guide the organization toward established strategic goals and work on behalf of the community to create opportunities for local businesses and citizens of Brevard County. The Board of Directors is composed of highly-regarded private- and public-sector leaders who represent and provide valuable expertise in a wide range of industries, and work collaboratively to shape Florida’s Space Coast’s economy for vitality and growth.
To learn more about the EDC and how to get involved contact Sheila Poland at [email protected].
Board Of Directors
CHAIR: Linda Stout, CFP®*
Truist
Hon. Thad Altman*
Brevard County Board
of County Commissioners
David Baggett, P.E.
Haley Ward, Inc.
Brian Baluta*
EDC Officer & Lockheed Martin Space
Hon. Pat Bentley
City of West Melbourne
Charles Berry, II
TotalCareIT
Leah Blackmore
Courtyard By Marriott-
West Melbourne
Bonny Block*
Barton Malow
Lisa Bolinger*
Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce
Mark Boyd*
Space Coast Chamber
Julie Braga
Residence Inn by Marriott Melbourne
Thomas Brandon
Brandon Development Enterprises, Inc.
Linda Brandt
Brandt Ronat + Company
Matt Brandt*
Clear Channel Outdoors
Colleen Browne*
Keiser University &
Chair, Audit Rev. / Fin. Council
Kat Butler*
North American Properties
Virginia Cearra
Regions Bank
Michael Cerow*
Carr, Riggs and Ingram
CPAs and Advisors
Jordin Chandler*
Waste Management, Inc
Laura Chiesman, CFP®, CDFA™
Savant Wealth Management
Daniel Ciuro, MBA, CFP® *
Edward Jones & Accelerate Brevard
Roz Clark
Space Foundation
Jay Cochran
The Whiting-Turner
Contracting Company
Candy Cole
FloridaMakes
Paul Collins
TD Bank
Anne Conroy-Baiter
Brevard County Commissioner,
Thad Altman, D5
Ian Cotner*
Wire3
Tina Craft
LRA Insurance
Carol Craig*
Sidus Space &
Craig Technologies
Vinny D’Assaro
Comprehensive Energy Services, Inc.
Kevin Daugherty
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Alex de Chabert
Stellar Communities
Shawn Demers
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Cindy Dropeski
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Ohme Entin*
Orlando Health
Daniel Evans
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Oriana Eysaman, MBA
Interconn Resources
Andrea Farmer
DNC Parks & Resorts at
Kennedy Space Center, Inc.
Michael Ferro
The Boeing Company
Dr. Brenda Fettrow
City of Rockledge
Kit Fisher
Insurance Office of America
Connor Ford
City of Cape Canaveral
Terry Forde*
Health First, Inc.
Chuck Fortier
Synovus Bank
Pamela Furr
Puzzle Box Academy
John Gachago
Parrish Healthcare
Marcia Gaedcke
Brevard County Commission, D1
Josiah Gattle
Brevard County Commission, D2
Michele Goodwin*
Ron Jon Surf Shop
Jackie Griffin
Space Coast Association
of REALTORS
Bill Guyan*
Leonardo DRS
Kirk Hall*
Chair Gov. Council &
Sentry View Systems
Amer Hatoum
5 Cedar Tech
Ben Hayes, USN (Reserves)
Haskell
Brad Hegeman
NABHOLZ
Tom Hermansen
Ocean Partners Associates, LTD
Daniel J. Hickey*
Embraer Executive Aircraft, Inc.
Gordy Houser*
Lockheed Martin Space
Tanya Hudson*
Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce
Elizabeth Huy
Alluvionic, Inc.
Eric Jimenez, PE, PMP, CCM
Ardmore Roderick
Bill Johnson
Melbourne Orlando International Airport
Neal Johnson*
Chair, AVT Council &
Huntington Bank
Cooper Jones*
Space Coast Town Center
Teri Jones
Brevard County Commissioner,
Rob Feltner, D4
Jeff Justen*
Turner Construction Group
Dan Kelley
Community Credit
Union of Florida
Lorna Kenna
Amentum
Dana Kilborne*
Cypress Bank & Trust Company
Robert Kodsi, CCIM
Tricon Development of Brevard
Richard Kolleda, FACHE
Spherion Staffing, Inc.
David Kornick*
L3Harris Technologies
Hon. Lorraine Koss
City of Cocoa
Jenni Lamb*
City of Melbourne
Christie Lee
United Launch Alliance
Brian Leslie*
The Austin Company
Caitlin Lewis*
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Brian Lightle*
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Anna Long
Dean Mead
Hon. Micah Loyd
Canaveral Port Authority
Jordan Luhn
LifeStyle Homes
Dori Madison
Wellogy Design
Peter Mannino*
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
Frank Margiotta
Eastern Florida State College
Misty Marot
Medical Resource Solutions
Dawn Mays*
Call One, Inc. &
Hello Direct, Inc.
Shawn McIntyre*
North American Properties
Rusty Melle
ITG Capital Group
Didier Menard
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
Sandy Michelson
Zonta Club of Melbourne
Brian Mills
Maynard Nexsen
Steve Moga
Guardian Manufacturing, Inc.
Peter Moore
Chen Moore & Associates
Matthew Morton*
City of Palm Bay
Marci Murphy
CareerSource Brevard Flagler Volusia
Michele Murrell*
EDC Officer & Florida Power & Light Co.
Steve Natschke
Coldwell Banker Paradise
Hon. Jo Lynn Nelson
City of Titusville
Sarah Nemes
AT&T Corporate External Affairs
Cory Olson
Hensel Phelps Construction
Matt Passarella*
Chair, Speaker Bureau Council,
Wharton-Smith, Inc.
Brent Peoples
Peoples Financial Planning of
Raymond James
Daniel Pierron
Widerman Malek, PL
Todd Pokrywa*
EDC Officer & The Viera Company
Travis Proctor*
Immediate Past Chairman & Artemis, Inc.
Richard P. Pruss, P.E.*
Burns & McDonnell
Kristen Pulio
Health First, Inc.
Alex Redkin
Charter Communications
Brittany Retherford
City of Satellite Beach
Emma Reynolds
Brevard Zoo
Kimberly Rezanka, Esq.
Lacey Rezanka
Michelle Riegner
DAG Architects, Inc.
Kristin Ross
Turner Construction Group
John Rothell
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Corey Runte
Certified General
Contractors, Inc.
Lindsey Ruschak*
Space Coast Association of REALTORS
Rachel Rutledge
LEAD Brevard
Jack Ryals*
Melbourne Orlando International Airport
Robert Salonen, MPA, CEcD*
Florida Tech
Summit Shah*
Southeast Petro
Distributors, Inc.
Sara Shell
Griffin Communications Group
Tubby Shwedo*
University of Central Florida
Dr. Phil Simpson*
Eastern Florida State College
Tyler Sirois
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Forrest Smalley*
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
Paul Sohl, * RADM, USN Ret.
Florida High Tech Corridor
Chris Sorensen
Sorensen Moving & Storage,
a company of The Advance Group
Natasha Cartagena Spencer*
Shelter Mortgage – Florida
Tom Stallard
State Title & Guaranty Co., Inc.
Tracy Stroderd, MA
EverythingBrevard.com
Laurie Stupak*
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc.
Bobbi Sullivan
Cirrus Apartments
Matt Susin
Marsh McLennan
John Taft
CCDI
Jason Tapley
Marine – A Division of ELGA Credit Union
Anna Terry
Space Coast Habitat for Humanity
Debbie Thomas*
WELBRO Building Corporation
Stephen Thomas
Lowndes
Ben Thornton
RUSH Family of Companies
Mick Thornton
DeAngelis Diamond Construction
David Volk
Volk Law Office, P.A.
Abram Walton, Ph.D.*
At-Large Representative of All Investors
Marti Watts, PMP, LEED AP*
BRPH
Bradley White, Esq.*
WhiteBird
Michael Williams, Jr.*
M.H. Williams Construction Group, Inc.
Sean Williams
Brevard County Commissioner,
Kim Adkinson, D3
Tom Wilson*
Phillips Heavy, Inc.
Aaron Winchester
Launch Credit Union
Brian Woltz, RCDD, PSP
BCER Engineering
Peter Woods
Meridian Property Group, LLC
Kathleen Yonce
Space Coast Innovation Park, LLC
Ex-Officio Members
Peter Cranis
Space Coast Office of Tourism
Jerry King
Space Launch Delta (SLD) 45
Dr. Mark Rendell
Brevard Public Schools
Laura Young*
Ex-officio Legal Counsel
Forthcoming
Junior Achievement S.C., NASA, and
United Way Space Coast
(*) Denotes an Executive Board Member
