Board Of Directors
Thriving Together On Florida’s Space Coast
Officers
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 SPoland@SpaceCoastEDC.org.
Board Of Directors
CHAIRMAN: Travis Proctor*
Artemis IT
Tassos Abadiotakis
ASRC Federal
Jason Alford*
Health First, Inc.
Hon. Thad Altman*
Brevard County Board
of County Commissioners
David Baggett, P.E.
EDC Haley Ward, Inc.
Kristin Bakke
LEAD Brevard
Brian Baluta*
Lockheed Martin Space
Courtney Barnard*
Verizon
Sean Beilman
BCER Engineering
Hon. Pat Bentley
City of West Melbourne
Charles Berry, II
TotalCareIT
Leah Blackmore
Courtyard By Marriott-
West Melbourne
Bonny Block
Barton Malow
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 &
Governance / Finance Council
Steve Bruch
Space Coast Habitat for Humanity
Mark Buongiorno
Tsunami Tsolutions
Kat Butler*
North American Properties
Virginia Cearra
Regions Bank
Michael Cerow*
Carr, Riggs and Ingram
CPAs and Advisors
Laura Chiesman, CFP®, CDFA™
Savant Wealth Management
William Chivers
RUSH Construction Inc.
Daniel Ciuro
Edward Jones
Roz Clark
Space Foundation
Jay Cochran
The Whiting-Turner
Contracting Company
Paul Collins
TD Bank
Anne Conroy-Baiter
Brevard County Commission
Office District 5
Carol Craig*
Sidus Space &
Craig Technologies
Brian Curtin, P.E.*
BRPH
Henry Cyr*
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Kevin Daugherty
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Craig Day
DRB Packaging
Shawn Demers
GrayRobinson, P.A.
Doug Dombroski*
City of Melbourne
Cindy Dropeski
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Scott Eller
MORSECOM
Daniel Evans
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Andrea Farmer
DNC Parks & Resorts at
Kennedy Space Center, Inc.
Zach Fecher
Prince Industries
Michael Ferro
The Boeing Company
Dr. Brenda Fettrow
City of Rockledge
Chuck Fortier
First Horizon Bank
Pamela Furr
Puzzle Box Academy
Josiah Gattle
Brevard County Commissioner,
Tom Goodson
Michele Goodwin*
Ron Jon Surf Shop
Matthew Graybill,
MSHA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, CNOR
Parrish Healthcare
Bill Guyan*
Leonardo DRS
Kirk Hall*
Immediate Past Chairman &
Sentry View Systems
Amer Hatoum*
Titusville Area
Chamber of Commerce
Ben Hayes USN (Reserves)
The Haskell Company
Charles Heinen
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Tom Hermansen
Ocean Partners Associates, LTD
Daniel J. Hickey*
Embraer Executive Aircraft, Inc.
Gordy Houser*
Lockheed Martin Space
Elizabeth Huy
Alluvionic, Inc.
Eric Jimenez, PE, PMP, CCM
Ardmore Roderick
Bill Johnson
Melbourne Orlando International Airport
Neal Johnson*
Cadence Bank &
Chair, AVT Council
Cooper Jones*
Space Coast Town Center
Teri Jones
Brevard County Commissioner, Rob Feltner
Joan Junkala-Brown*
City of Palm Bay
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
Mica Layne*
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch
Christie Lee
United Launch Alliance
Brian Leslie*
The Austin Company
Brian Lightle*
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Steve Lloyd
BRPH
Anna Long
Dean Mead
Hon. Micah Loyd
Canaveral Port Authority
Jordan Luhn
LifeStyle Homes
David Maloney*
Amazon Project Kuiper
Frank Margiotta*
Eastern Florida State College
Misty Marot
Medical Resource Solutions
Laura Maxwell*
Eastern Florida State College
Dawn Mays*
Call One, Inc. &
Hello Direct, Inc.
Shawn McIntyre*
North American Properties
Rusty Melle
Space Coast Association of REALTORS
Elizabeth Miller
Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy
Brian Mills
Maynard Nexsen
Lory Milton
Marine Bank & Trust
Steve Moga
Guardian Manufacturing, Inc.
Marci Murphy*
CareerSource Brevard Flagler Volusia
Michele Murrell*
Florida Power & Light Co.
Hon. Jo Lynn Nelson
City of Titusville
J. Cole Oliver
Rossway Swan
Cory Olson
Hensel Phelps Construction
Matt Passarella*
Wharton-Smith, Inc.
Brent Peoples
Peoples Financial Planning of
Raymond James
Daniel Pierron
Widerman Malek, PL
Todd Pokrywa*
EDC Officer & The Viera Company
Dan Pollock
AT&T Florida
Richard P. Pruss, P.E.*
Burns & McDonnell
Helmut Przychodny
Booz Allen Hamilton
Dina Reider-Hicks*
Waste Management, Inc. & Cocoa Beach Chamber
Brittany Retherford
City of Satellite Beach
Emma Reynolds
Brevard Zoo
Kimberly Rezanka, Esq.
Lacey Lyons Rezanka
Valia Rich
Valley National Bank
Michelle Riegner
DAG Architects, Inc.
Chari Rigby*
Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce
Hector Rivera
Aireko Energy Solutions US, LLC
Jeffery T. Robison, CCIM *
Melbourne Regional
Chamber of Commerce
Anthony Romero
The LUXE Team at
Dale Sorensen Real Estate
Kristin Ross
Turner Construction Group
Joe Rowlette*
Florida Health Care Plans
Corey Runte
Certified General
Contractors, Inc.
Lindsey Ruschak*
Space Coast Association of REALTORS
Gil Russell*
At-Large Representative of
All Investors
Jack Ryals*
Melbourne Orlando International Airport
Robert Salonen, MPA, CEcD*
Florida Tech
Sue Schmitt
W + J Construction
Summit Shah*
Southeast Petro
Distributors, Inc.
Sara Shell
Griffin Communications Group
Tubby Shwedo*
University of Central Florida
Tyler Sirois
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Forrest Smalley*
Chesapeake Utilities Corporation
Brianna Soat, AICP
City of Cape Canaveral
Paul Sohl, * RADM, USN Ret.
Florida High Tech Corridor
Chris Sorensen
Sorensen Moving & Storage,
a company of The Advance Group
Michael Spencer
KAST Construction
Natasha Spencer*
Shelter Mortgage – Florida
Kelli Stargel*
Florida Polytechnic University
Linda Stout, CFP®*
EDC Officer & Truist
Tracy Stroderd, MA
EverythingBrevard.com
Bobbi Sullivan
Cirrus Apartments
Matt Susin
McGriff Insurance Services, Inc.
Lindsey Swindle
Christian Care Ministry
David Taylor, PE
HARRIS Civil Engineers, Inc.
Debbie Thomas*
WELBRO Building Corporation
Mel Thomas
Hedrick Brothers Construction, Inc
Stephen Thomas
Lowndes
Mick Thornton
DeAngelis Diamond Construction
Molly Townsend*
Airbus U.S. Space & Defense Inc.
Zoraida Velasco
FloridaMakes
David Volk
Volk Law Office, P.A.
Kate Wallace
Charter Communications
Abram Walton, Ph.D.*
At-Large Representative of All Investors
Bradley White*
WhiteBird
Michael Williams, Jr.*
M.H. Williams Construction Group, Inc.
Peter Woods
Meridian Property Group, LLC
Kathleen Yonce
Space Coast Innovation Park, LLC
Ex-Officio Members
Peter Cranis
Space Coast Office of Tourism
Robin Fisher
North Brevard Economic Devel. Zone
Caron Partridge
United Way of Brevard
Janet Petro
NASA
Jack Pladdys
Junior Achievement
of the Space Coast
Dr. Mark Rendell
Brevard Public Schools
Laura Young*
Ex-officio Legal Counsel
(*) Denotes an Executive Board Member