Board of Directors

*Executive Committee Member

*Harry W. Orf, Chairman
Vice President Scientific Operations
Scripps Florida
Jupiter

Claudia Hillinger
VP of Institute Development
Max Planck Florida Institute
Jupiter
Leslie J. Croland, Secretary
Partner
Edwards, Angell, Palmer, & Dodge, LLP
Fort Lauderdale

Karen A. Holbrook
VP for Research & Innovation
University of South Florida
Tampa

Weaver H. Gaines, Treasurer
Chairman of the Board & General Counsel
Nanotherapeutics, Inc.
Alachua

Richard Houghton
President & CEO
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies
Fort Pierce

Thaddeus Seymour, Chair-Elect
Vice President
Lake Nona Science and Technology Park
Orlando

John L. Hutchinson
General Manager Corporate Services
Gulf Power
Pensacola
Pete Martinez, Immediate Past Chair
Chairman
Palm Beach Medical College
Royal Palm

Kirby W. Kemper
VP for Research
Florida State University
Tallahassee 
Marshall Criser III, Past Chair
President
AT&T Florida
Miami

*Frederick B. Lippman
Chancellor Health Professions Division
Nova Southeastern University
Davie 

David Gury, Member Emeritus & Past Chair
Principal
Gary Consulting, LLP
Boca Raton

Buck Martinez
Senior Director Project Development
Florida Power & Light
Juno Beach 
Russell Allen
President
BioFlorida
West Palm Beach

Leslie Molony
Senior Director, Business Development
Sanford Burnham Research Institute
Orlando
Canan "Jana" Balaban
Associate Director of Industrial Collaboration & Commercialization
University of Florida
Gainesville

Tom O'Neal
Associate VP for Research
University of Central Florida
Orlando

Randolph (Randy) E. Berridge
President
Florida High Tech Corridor Council
Lake Mary
Winfred M. Phillips

VP for Research
University of Florida
Gainesville


*Sena Black
Senior VP of Marketing & Information
Enterprise Florida
Orlando

Richard S. Podemski
Associate VP for Research & Dean of
Graduate Studies
University of West Florida
Pensacola

Richard J. Bookman
Vice Provost for Research
University of Miami
Miami
Kinfe Redda
VP for Research
Florida A&M University
Tallahassee 

Rod Casto
Associate VP for Research & Economic Development,
Executive Director for USF Research Foundation 
University of South Florida
Tampa
Jarett Rieger

Director, Associate General Counsel
Moffitt Cancer Center
Tampa


Andrew P. Corty
President & Publisher
Florida Trend Magazine
St. Petersburg


The Honorable Jeremy Ring
Senator, 32nd District
The Florida Senate
Tallahassee
*David L. Day
Director, Office of Technology & Licensing
Director, Sid Martin Biotechnology Incubator
University of Florida
Gainesville

Thomas J. Roberts
Associate VP for Research
Florida Gulf Coast University
Fort Myers 
Nancy B. Deal
Business Development Executive
IBM Global Services
Tallahassee

Barry T. Rosson
Vp for Research
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton

Imeh D. Ebong
Assistant VP for Research
University of North Florida
Jacksonville

*Erik Sander
Dir. of Industry Programs
University of Florida College of Engineering
Gainesville

Kenneth Ford
Director
Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
Pensacola

Veronica Sarjeant
Chief Operations Officer
Florida Lambda Rail LLC
Tallahassee
 
John A. Fraser
Executive Director, Office of IP Development & Commercialization
Florida State University
Tallahassee

Rod Smith
President
SouthPoint Energy
West Palm Beach
Christina Frederick-Recascino
VP for Research & Federal Programs
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Daytona Beach

*M.J. Soileau
VP for Research
University of Central Florida
Orlando

Andrés G. Gil
VP for Sponsored Research
Florida International University
Miami
Wim Steelant
Dean of School of Science, Technology & Engineering
St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens

Bill Green
Co-Founder
Hopping Green and Sams, P.A.
Tallahassee

Jackson Streeter
CEO
Banyan Biomarkers
Alachua
Douglas C. Greenlaw
VP of Strategy & International Business Development
Lockheed Martin Global Training & Logistics
Orlando

Bahram Yusefzadeh
Managing Director
V2R, LLC
Longwood
Chris Hart
President
Workforce Florida, Inc.
Tallahassee