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Board of Directorsspacecoastedc2022-04-19T17:17:59-04:00

Board Of Directors

Thriving Together On Florida’s Space Coast

Officers

Chair
Mr. Bart Gaetjens

Area External Affairs Manager

Florida Power & Light Company

Treasurer
Mr. Travis Proctor

CEO

Artemis IT

Immediate Past Chair
Ms. Julie Song

President

FL Business and Manufacturing Solutions

Chair-Elect
Mr. Kirk Hall

CEO / CFO

Sentry View Systems

Secretary
Ms. Linda Stout

Market President – East Central Florida

Truist

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

CHAIR: Mr. Bart Gaetjens*

Florida Power & Light Company

Mr. Greg Akers

The Haskell Company

Mr. Jason Alford*

Health First, Inc.

Mr. Luther Andal

Streamline Technologies

Mr. Tim Antonition*

Space Coast Credit Union

Mr. Christopher Bailey

Charter Communications/Spectrum

Ms. Kristin Bakke

LEAD Brevard

Mr. Jim Barfield

Luke & Associates

Ms. Courtney Barker

City of Satellite Beach

Mr. Kevin Barry

Rossway Swan

Ms. Kim Belardinelli

TD Bank

Ms. Stephanie Bergsieker

Rockledge Regional Medical Center

Mr. Alan Bernstein

HR Office Savers, Inc.

Mr. Charles Berry, II

TotalCareIT

Ms. Leah Blackmore

Courtyard By Marriott- West Melbourne

Ms. Bonny Block

Turner Construction Group

Ms. Julie Braga

Residence Inn by Marriott Melbourne

Mr. Thomas Brandon

Brandon Development Enterprises, Inc.

Ms. Linda Brandt

Brandt Ronat + Company

Mr. Matt Brandt*

Clear Channel Outdoors

Mr. Scott Brazdo

Black Tie Digital Marketing

Ms. Colleen Browne*

Keiser University & Gov. / Fin. Cncl Chair

Mr. Jim Britton

Space Coast Association of REALTORS

Mr. Mark Buongiorno

Tsunami Tsolutions

Mr. Mark Busalacchi*

Melbourne Orlando International Airport

Ms. Kat Butler*

North American Properties

Mr. Dewayne Carpenter

Carpenter / Kessel Compass

Ms. Holly Carver

Brevard County Commissioner,
Rita Pritchett

Ms. Laura Chiesman, CFP

FirstWave Financial

Mr. Gregory Cimeno

Wharton-Smith, Inc.

Mr. Daniel Ciuro*

Edward Jones Investments
& Chair, SCDA

Ms. Roz Clark

Space Foundation

Mr. Justyn Cole

Sorensen Moving and Storage

Mr. Erik Costin

W + J Construction

Mr. Brian Curtin, P.E.*

BRPH

Mr. Bill Davis

IM Solutions, Inc.

Mr. Craig Day

DRB Packaging

Ms. Cindy Dittmer*

City of Melbourne

Ms. Kirsten Dreggors

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Mr. Brett Esrock*

Health First, Inc.

Mr. Daniel Evans

At-Large Representative of
All Investors

Mr. Sean Farrell

City of Rockledge

Mr. James Flint

Sperry CGA – Flint Brokers
& Associates

Mr. Al Forbes

RUSH Construction Inc.

Mr. Josiah Gattle

Brevard County Commissioner,
Bryan Lober

Mr. Kevin Gholston

CVG Strategy, LLC

Mrs. Deborah Goode*

Carr, Riggs and Ingram CPAs
and Advisors

Ms. Michele Goodwin*

Ron Jon Surf Shop

Mr. Bo Green

All Service Graphics

Mr. Ken Gregg*

Orion180

Mr. Lloyd Gregg

ASRC Federal

Mr. Rich Grey

DNC Parks & Resorts
at KSC, Inc.

Mr. Bill Guyan*

Leonardo DRS

Mr. Kirk Hall*

Sentry View Systems

Ms. Gail Hart*

Acuity International, LLC

Mr. Benjamin Hayes* USN
(Reserves)

The Haskell Company

Mr. Charles Heinen

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Mr. Scott Henderson*

Blue Origin

Mr. Tom Hermansen

Ocean Partners Associates, LTD

Mr. Gordy Houser*

Lockheed Martin Space

Mr. Ryan Jesenik

Orion180

Mr. Neal Johnson*

Union Home Mortgage &
Chair, AVT Cncl

Mr. Jason Jones*

EDC Industry Council

Ms. Teri Jones

Brevard County Commissioner,
Curt Smith

Ms. Joan Junkala-Brown*

City of Palm Bay

Mr. Dan Kelley

Community Credit Union of Florida

Ms. Dana Kilborne

Cypress Trust Company

Mr. Richard Kolleda, FACHE

Spherion Staffing, Inc.

Mr. David Kornick*

L3Harris Technologies

Hon. Lorraine Koss

City of Cocoa

Mr. Gary Krueger

TLC Engineering Solutions

Mr. Daniel LaMorte*

Turner Construction Group

Mr. Michael Lapidus

SpaceX

Mr. Brian Lightle*

At-Large Representative of All Investors

Hon. Micah Loyd*

Canaveral Port Authority

Mr. Jordan Luhn

LifeStyle Homes

Mr. Thomas Mahle

Palm Point Behavioral Health

Mr. Ben Malik

SouthState Bank

Mr. Frank Margiotta

Eastern Florida State College

Ms. Lesley-Anne Marks

GrayRobinson, P.A.

Ms. Maritza Martinez-Guerrero

University of Central Florida

Mr. Joe Mayer*

Lockheed Martin Space

Ms. Dawn Mays*

Call One, Inc. & Hello Direct, Inc.

Mr. Shawn McIntyre*

North American Properties

Ms. Carla McRae, CPA, CGMA

Berman Hopkins CPAs & Associates, LLP

Mr. Mike Meredith

Lockton Companies

Mr. Brett Miller

DSK Law

Ms. Lory Milton

Marine Bank & Trust

Ms. Jessica Moore*

Greater Palm Bay Chamber
of Commerce

Ms. Chrystal Morgan

United Launch Alliance

Mr. Todd Morley

City of Cape Canaveral

Ms. Angelica Morrissey

Griffin Communications Group

Ms. Marci Murphy

CareerSource Brevard

Mr. Gary Neal

M.E.C. Contractors Engineers

Hon. Jo Lynn Nelson

City of Titusville

Mr. Craig Olson*

Thales

Mr. Scott Pfeiler*

Collins Aerospace

Mr. Daniel Pierron

Widerman Malek, PL

Mr. Todd Pokrywa*

The Viera Company & Melbourne
Regional Chamber of Commerce

Mr. Dan Pollock

AT&T Florida

Hon. Rita Pritchett*

Brevard County Board of
County Comm’r

Mr. Travis Proctor*

Artemis IT

Mr. Gary Prus

Parametric Solutions, Inc

Mr. Richard P. Pruss, P.E.*

Burns & McDonnell

Dr. Jonathan Reed

At-Large Representative of All Investors

Ms. Dina Reider-Hicks*

Waste Management, Inc. & CB  Chamber

Ms. Kimberly Rezanka

Lacey Lyons Rezanka

Mr. Jim Rhinehart

KAST Construction

Ms. Valia Rich

Bank of America/Merrill Lynch

Mr. Hector Rivera

Aireko Energy Solutions US, LLC

Mr. Anthony Romero

The LUXE Team at Dale
Sorensen Real Estate

Ms. Wendy Romeu

Alluvionic, Inc.

Hon. Hal Rose

City of West Melbourne

Mr. Joe Rowlette

Florida Health Care Plans 

Mr. Corey Runte

Certified General Contractors, Inc.

Mr. Gilbert Russell*

At-Large Representative of All Investors

Mr. Jack Ryals

Melbourne Orlando International Airport

Mr. Robert Salonen, MPA, CEcD

Florida Institute of Technology

Ms. Kimberly Santiago

Paul Davis Restoration of the Space Coast

Mr. Anthony Scaramouche

Coldwell Banker Paradise

Mr. Mark Schramek*

Embraer Executive Aircraft, Inc.

Ms. Leah Selig*

Space Coast Association of REALTORS

Mr. Summit Shah*

Southeast Petro Distributors, Inc.

Mr. Forrest Smalley

Florida City Gas

Mr. David Smith

Seaport Canaveral Corporation

Mr. Paul Sohl,* RADM, USN Ret.

Florida High Tech Corridor

Mr. Rob Solito

JM Real Estate

Ms. Julie Song*

EDC Officer/ FL Business & Mfg. Solutions

Ms. Natasha Spencer*

Shelter Mortgage – Florida

Ms. Linda Stout*

Truist

Mr. Brett Strassel*

Hedrick Brothers Construction, Inc.

Ms. Tracy Stroderd, MA

EverythingBrevard.com

Hon. Matthew Susin*

Chair, CPT Council

Mr. Rich Sutter, CPA

Brevard County Commissioner, Kristine Zonka

Ms. Lindsey Swindle

Christian Care Ministry

Mr. Al Taylor,* ABR, GRI, SFR

Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce

Ms. Debbie Thomas

WELBRO Building Corporation

Mr. Stephen Thomas

Lowndes

Mr. John Timmermann*

Airbus OneWeb Satellites

Mr. Emmanuel Tormes*

The Boeing Company

Mr. David Volk

Volk Law Office, P.A.

Mr. Scott Wall

Regions Bank

Abram Walton, Ph.D. *

Chair, Innovation Council

Mr. Bradley White*

WhiteBird &  Chair, Govt.
Relations Council

Ms. Lisa Wilder

PNC Bank

Mr. Bill Williams

A Cut Above Video Productions, Inc.

Mr. Michael Williams, Jr.*

M.H. Williams Construction Group, Inc.

Mr. Peter Woods

Meridian Property Group, LLC

Ms. Laura Young*

Dean Mead

Ex-Officio Members

Ms. Anne Conroy-Baiter

Junior Achievement of the Space Coast

Mr. Peter Cranis

Space Coast Office of Tourism

Mr. Frank DiBello

Space Florida

Mr. Evan Ernst

Lead Brevard 4 Under 40

Mr. Robin Fisher

North Brevard Economic Devel. Zone

Ms. Claudia Jones*

Ex-officio Legal Counsel

Mr. Peter Mannino

Lead Brevard 4 Under 40

Mark W. Mullins, Ed.D.

Brevard Public Schools

Ms. Janet Petro

NASA

Mr. Robert Rains

United Way of Brevard

Mr. James Trudeau

Lead Brevard 4 Under 40

Mr. Corey Williams

Lead Brevard 4 Under 4

(*) Denotes an Executive Board Member

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