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Amit Garg

Southeast Oncology Key Account Manager

Acrotech Biopharma

Amy Alley

Executive Director

Think Big for Kids

Andrea Masterson

Vice President, Community Impact

Raymond James

Ankur Mali

Director of Trustworthy Knowledge-Driven AI (TKAI) Lab

USF

Anthony Masys

College of Public Health, University of South Florida

Augustus Scarlato

Assistant Professor

Stetson University

Bhuvan Unhelkar

Professor

University of South Florida

Bill Bensing

International Author, NAPE Creator, and Attestify Founder & CTO

Bill Hancock

Executive Director

College Football Playoff

Bob Rohrlack

President & CEO

Tampa Bay Chamber

Bonnie Brown

Director, Masters in Public Health & Biomedical Ethics

LECOM School of Health Services Administration

Carlos Rodriguez

Founder, Fractional CISO

CA2Security

Chrissann Ruehle

Management Instructor II, Lutgert College of Business

Florida Gulf Coast University

Christian Frazier

CEO

Elevated Minds Coaching, LLC

Christian Koch

President

KAMSouth LLC

Christofer Pacheco

Chairman and Owner

Pluma Construction

Claire Lessinger

Vice President of Events

Tampa Bay Sports Commission

Clinton Daniel

Instructor

University of South Florida

Dalton Crabtree

Visiting Professor

University of South Florida

DANIEL ACHEAMPONG

FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY

Daniel Gilham

Managing Director

Farther

Darden Rice

Chief Planning and Community Affairs Officer

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA)

David Blackwell

Lynn Pippenger Dean, Muma College of Business

University of South Florida

Deb Friar

CEO and Founder

Quant Fusion

Debbie Frank

Assistant Professor of Data Science and Business Analytics

Florida Polytechnic University

Dick Davis II

Founder

Equity in AI Institute

Dirk Libaers

John and Beverly Grant Endowed Professor of Entrepreneurship & Director,

Nault Center for Entrepreneurship

Donald Henderson

Director, Doctor of Healthcare Administration

LECOM School of Health Services Administration

Douglas Smith

Director of AI Operations

Element451

Eric Douthirt

Director, MBA Programs

University of South Florida | Muma College of Business

Eric Vogelpohl

Field CTO

Greg Greenhalgh

Assistant Professor

University of South Florida

HEMANT MERCHANT

PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL BUSINESS

USF

Jackie Skryd

President & CEO

Future of Work Strategies, LLC

James Wallace

CEO & Author, Precision Medicine: AI and the Science of Personalized Healthcare

DecisionRx Inc

Jared Knisley

Managing Principal

Fizen Technology

Jay Civitillo

Assistant Professor of Instruction

University of South Florida

Jayden Sage

Founder & CEO

Global Crypto Council & Celestial Ventures

JC La Verde

Founder and CEO

Nurturing Resilience, Inc.

Jim Aldrich

Director of Education & Workforce Development

Cyber Florida

Jim Steeg

SVP of Special Events

National Football League

Joe Bohn

Associate Professor

USF College of Public Health

Johane Dikgang

Associate Professor

Florida Gulf Coast University

John Hennings

Schiller International University

Josh Byrd

Chief Growth Officer

Copient.AI

Joshua Wethington

Assistant Program Director

Cyber Florida: The Florida Center for Cybersecurity · Full-timeCyber Florida: The Florida Center for Cybersecurity

Karl Kaliebe

Principal / VP International

Archway Strategic Partners, LLC

Keith Sartain

Chief Information Officer

SmartChoice Communications

Kim Bruce

Managing Director | Head of West & North Florida | Commercial Banking

CIBC USA

Kumar Subramaniam

Multi Family Commercial Real Estate Owner

Confidential

LaShawn Milton

Broker Associate

Realnet Florida Real Estate

Lauren Prager

Principal

Lattice Consulting

Lisa Brown

Logistics, Account Manager

Celestica Logistics, Supply Chain Services

Lisa Hammond

Principal

BHER Group

Manish Agrawal

Professor

University of South Florida

Marlena Harkless

Chief Operating Officer

Stablein Solutions

MaryAlice Trussell

Faculty, Accounting

Valencia College

Matthew Keller

Community Association Manager

Associa Gulf Coast

Matthew Mullarkey

Professor/Director

University of South Florida

Meghan O’Keefe

Executive Director

Tampa Bay Tech

Michael Bozzi

Director for the MBA Office of Student Services

University of Connecticut

Michael Kelly

Vice President for Athletics

University of South Florida

Mike Mondello

Professor

University of South Florida

Miranda Mattingly

Associate Director

University of South Florida

Ned Pope

Guild Head - Product Engineering Guild Head - Product Engineering

Motivus

Nicholas Calcutti

Manager of IT operations

US Assure

Niriksha Patel

Principal

HPrime

Olivier Millour

Director, 3DE Partnerships & Development

Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay

Peter Meso

Program Coordinator/Professor

Florida Gulf Coast University

Prieya Kumar

Subject Matter Expert - SAP Finance, Budgeting, Planning, Cost Accounting, Reporting

Rishiraj Mukherjee

CIO

Hit promotional products

Rob Hammond

Director, Center for Marketing and Sales Innovation

University of South Florida

Rob Higgins

Executive Director

Tampa Bay Sports Commission

Robert Hooker

Associate Professor & Director

University of South Florida

Roger Germann

President & Chief Executive Officer

The Florida Aquarium

Sabrina Fayaz

Director, LECOM Master of Science in Medical Cannabinoid Therapeutics

LECOM School of Health Services Administration

Sean Williams

Founder and Principal

Carbon Design & Architecture, LLC

Sheri Anderson

Vice President of Partnership Development and Activation

Vinik Sports Group

Shivendu Shivendu

Professor

University of South Florida

Shrimatee Ojah-Maharaj

Bridging global insight with public sector innovation to support transformative policy and sustainable development initiatives

Tammie Hollis

Cybersecurity Professor / Cybersecurity Program Coordinator

Rose State College

Tania Gorman

Executive Director

Pasco County Metropolitan Planning Organization

Thomas Feindt

CEO

Grow Financial Federal Credit Union

Thomas Pavey

Executive Director

Generative AI Research Institute

Thomas Stablein

Founder & CEO

Stablein Solutions

Tim Ernest

Project Manager

University of South Florida Nault Center for Entrepreneurship

Tim Novak

Dean

LECOM School of Health Services Administration

Timothy Heath

Interim Associate Dean of Research and Professional Programs

USF

Tingting Zhang

President

AI-Guardian Lab

Tom Hall

Director of AI & Data Governance

Jabil

Tom Whalen

Transportation Planning Coordinator

St Petersburg

Varol Kayhan

Associate Professor of Information Systems

University of South Florida

Whit Blanton, FAICP

Executive Director

Forward Pinellas

Xueping (Susan) Liang

CEO

TrustConnect

Yao Liu

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

CyberMirage

Zachary Hubbs

DBA Candidate 2025

University of South Florida

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