 | Richard Baker is involved full time in residential subdivision development in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties. He previously was a mortgage banker. A leader in the Pensacola business community, Mr. Baker serves as treasurer of the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and has won the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce PACE Community Leader of the Year award. |
 | Carol H. Carlan is the former President of Wachovia Bank. Ms. Carlan serves on various boards including the Pensacola Junior College Board of Trustees, PACE Center for Girls, and the Advisory Board for the University of West Florida School of Business. She is a Foundation Board Member of West Florida Rehab Institute. |
 | William S. Dalton is President, Chief Executive Officer and Center Director of the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. Dr. Dalton received his Ph.D. in toxicology and medical life sciences and his M.D. degree from Indiana University. He is interested in developing approaches to enhance access to health care and developing evidence-based methods of evaluating and integrating new technologies into the standard of care. |
 | Ronald L. Ewers is the President of Ewers Consulting and a part owner of Encore-Classic Fire, building fire apparatus; Oxy Life, an Ocala oxygen supply company; and Fire Programs, a fire reporting software company. Active in community endeavors, Mr. Ewers serves on the Board of the Ocala/Marion County Economic Development Council, SunTrust, the Boys & Girls Club, Hale Academy, and is the CoChair of the Central Florida Community College Promise for the Future fund drive and Co-Chair of the United Tocqueville Society Fund Raiser. |
 | Eugene Franklin is the President of the Florida Black Chamber of Commerce. He founded Franklin Mortgage & Investment Company, which later became Premier Mortgage Funding. He served 27 years of active duty in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Franklin serves on the Board of Directors for the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, Committee of 100, United Way, Junior Achievement, and the proposed Florida Maritime Museum. |
 | Chris Hart is interim OTTED director and President and CEO of Workforce Florida, Inc., the nonprofit, public-private organization charged with policy setting and oversight of Florida's workforce system. In this role, Hart is at the center of efforts to ensure the state has the talent needed to strengthen the global competitiveness of Florida businesses, while also assisting Floridians with advancing their skills, thus qualifying them for better jobs. He previously served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives. |
 | General Charles Horner , of Shalimar, serves as Chair of the UWF Board of Trustees. He is retired from the United States Air Force as well as a business consultant and author. During his career with the U.S. Air Force, he was a commander of Two Wings, Two Air Divisions, The Air Defense Weapons Center at Tyndall AFB, 9th Air Force, and the U.S. Space Command. Gen. Horner lectures at military and education institutions across the country, including the National Defense University, West Point, and the Air Force Academy. |
 | Hal Hudson is a Pensacola area business man and is actively affiliated with various organizations. He is President of Hudsco, Inc., President of the Soil Remediation, Inc., a member of the Board of Governors for the Pensacola Junior College Foundation, member of the Board of Directors for the Bank of Pensacola, member of the Board of Directors for Sacred Heart Hospital, and others. Mr. Hudson is currently involved in several real estate development projects. |
 | Eric Nickelsen is a real estate developer and banker in Pensacola. He served in upper management positions at a number of banks through a variety of mergers. Currently, he is a partner and officer in various corporations and partnerships that develop and sell real estate in Northwest Florida and Southern Alabama. |
 | Hector A. "Tico" Perez is the founder of Edge Public Affairs, a government relations consulting firm; Mas Communications, an Hispanic media relations firm; and Tico Perez Solutions, a business development consulting firm. Previously he was a partner of the national law firm Baker and Hostetler where he practiced business law, specializing in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Perez serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida where he is the chairman of the Budget Committee. |
 | Jim Reeves is the Chair of the IHMC Board of Directors and practices Real Estate Law and is a lifelong resident of Escambia County. He was previously a member of the Florida House of Representatives and the Pensacola City Council. His community involvement includes board service at numerous organizations including Gonzalez United Methodist Church, St. Michael’s Cemetery Foundation, the Cultural Center/Pensacola Little Theatre, and the Sacred Heart Hospital Foundation. |
 | Ray Russenberger is a Pensacola businessman who founded Network Telephone Corp., named one of Inc. Magazine’s 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America in 1994 and 1995. He currently is involved in real estate development in downtown Pensacola. He is also active in several local organizations. |
 | Gordon J. Sprague is currently the owner and operator of a working Vermont dairy farm and an Antique Auto Private Collection Museum in Gulf Breeze, Florida. After serving in the Air Force and obtaining his degrees, Mr. Sprague worked in Parks and Recreation in several cities. Mr. Sprague then served as the Assistant to the President for Fogelman Properties and as a Mutual Fund Money Manager for AIM in Houston where he marketed investment products to financial advisors. |
 | Glenn W. Sturm is Vice Chair of the IHMC Board of Directors. Mr. Sturm is a partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in the Atlanta office, where he practices in corporate and technology law. Additionally, Mr. Sturm practices in securities law and focuses on the representation of investment banks, technology, private equity funds and emerging growth companies. Mr. Sturm has chaired the Firm's Corporate Group and serves on the Firm's Executive Committee, a governing body of seven partners who oversee the overall operations of the firm. |
 | Hal White is Executive Vice President and University Professor of Ethics, Law and Policy at the University of West Florida. Previously, he has served as Chief of International Law and Senior Assistant Attorney General, as a delegate to the United Nations for the Federated States of Micronesia, as Special Deputy Attorney General of North Carolina, and as project counsel and associate researcher at the Smithsonian Institution. White is co-author of a book on space law for the Smithsonian Press. |
