Meet our Panel:
Christopher Fojo, SVN Alliance Commercial Real Estate Advisors
Seminole County Commissioner Amy Lockhart
Chris Ham, executive director, Rescue Outreach Mission
Matt Borchelt, COO, The Sharing Center

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Central Florida's top economist, Sean Snaith, Ph.D., the director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Forecasting, provides his economic outlook for 2025.

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Is your business struggling with social media? Are you trying to figure out how to be noticed and drive interaction? Still trying to understand snaps, reels and insta?

We're putting together a panel of social media experts who are working in businesses like yours and making their clients shine. 

You'll walk away from this with ideas, direction and a new way of looking at how social media can drive business your way.

Panel Includes:

Moderated by: Chip Colandreo, Lake Mary Life Publications

AdventHealth

Verizon

Next Horizon

The Orlando Law Group

JPMorganChase

Waste Pro

Addition Financial

J. Wayne Miller Company

Alan Byrd & Associates

Genske & Co.

learn about Seminole County and Central Florida’s growing industries and ways you can partner with one of the top 10 community colleges in the nation, Seminole State College, to hire graduates, upskill or reskill current employees and start or expand your business. Speakers from the Orlando Economic Partnership and Seminole County Tourism and Economic Development will join college president, Dr. Georgia Lorenz, and VP of Academic Affairs, Dr. Loretta Ovueraye to highlight the college’s economic impact and programs in business and entrepreneurship, engineering technology, IT and cybersecurity, skilled trades and the College’s Institute for Training and Career Center.

Sponsors:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J. Wayne Miller Company

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Genske & Co. Accounting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Next Horizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Orlando Law Group ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Transitioning to UCF in 2021, Malzahn's tenure has been nothing short of remarkable, marking a resurgence for the Knights on the national stage. Under his guidance, UCF has enjoyed three consecutive postseason appearances, injecting itself among the elite collegiate programs. Malzahn's strategic brilliance has been evident in UCF's offensive prowess, consistently ranking among the nation's top units, while his adept recruiting has bolstered the team's talent pool. With a legacy of success marked by conference titles, bowl game triumphs, and a historic 100th FBS coaching win, Malzahn's influence continues to shape the landscape of college football, solidifying his status as a coaching icon.

Sponsors:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J. Wayne Miller Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Genske & Co. Accounting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Next Horizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Orlando Law Group ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Featuring: Jason Siegel, president & CEO, Greater Orlando Sports Commission

Jason Siegel has enjoyed more than 30 years of success and accomplishments in sports tourism, major and minor league professional sports, as well as intercollegiate athletics. He is currently in his eighth year as President & Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Orlando Sports Commission (GO Sports).
 
Under his leadership, GO Sports has hosted more than 400 events and is projected to drive more than $1.5 billion in economic impact from 2016-2023. GO Sports serves one of the largest sports tourism regions in the country and drives economic impact for the City of Orlando, Lake, Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties. In that time, the Commission?s Board of Directors has quadrupled in size as many public and private sector partners served by GO Sports have taken leadership positions within the organization.
 
A testament to the collaborative efforts of our local sports community, Orlando was recently named the No. 1 Best Sports Business City for Attracting and Hosting Events in the country by the prestigious Sports Business Journal.

Sponsors:

⁠⁠⁠⁠J. Wayne Miller Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Genske & Co. Accounting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Next Horizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Orlando Law Group ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Moderated by: Samantha Taylor, publisher, Lake Mary Life Publications.

Panelists include:

Sponsors:

⁠⁠⁠J. Wayne Miller Company⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Genske & Co. Accounting⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Next Horizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Orlando Law Group ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠

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Our Panelists:

Moderator:
Esteban Saldarriaga, Business Marketing Manager for Seminole County Economic Development

Sponsors:

⁠⁠J. Wayne Miller Company⁠⁠⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠⁠⁠Genske & Co. Accounting⁠⁠⁠⁠J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Next Horizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Verizon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Orlando Law Group ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠

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Listen to a local panel of specialist:

Shaheen Barrett, Senior Manager - HR Business Partner, Verizon 

Carol Ann Logue, Director, Programs & Operations, Innovation Districts & Incubation Program, University of Central Florida 

Dawn Sipley, President, Sipley The Best

Nilda Blanco, senior vice president of workforce operations, CareerSource Central Florida

Sponsors:

⁠J. Wayne Miller Company⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠Genske & Co. Accounting⁠⁠J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.⁠

⁠⁠⁠Next Horizon⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Verizon⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Orlando Law Group ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠

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Sheriff Dennis Lemma, Seminole County Sheriff's Office
In 2017, Dennis Lemma was elected Seminole County’s 10th Sheriff and was re-elected for his second term in 2020. As the County’s chief law enforcement officer, Sheriff Lemma leads a work force of more than 1,400 employees and manages a $170 million budget. 
In January 2019, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody named Sheriff Dennis Lemma chair of her Transition Advisory Committee Working Group on Opioid Abuse. As chair, Sheriff Lemma works closely with Attorney General Moody, and others, gathering information related to the best practices to stop the influx of deadly opioids, treat addiction, raise awareness and reduce the death toll of this crisis claiming 17 lives a day in Florida.
In February 2022, Sheriff Lemma was sworn in as the President of the Major County Sheriffs of America. The Major County Sheriffs of America is a professional law enforcement association of the largest elected sheriffs’ offices dedicated to preserving the highest integrity in law enforcement. In July 2023, Sheriff Lemma was appointed to serve as Secretary on the Board for the Florida Sheriffs Association.
A U.S. Marine Corps veteran and graduate of the FBI Academy, Sheriff Lemma holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and master’s degree in administrative leadership. 

Sponsors:

J. Wayne Miller Company
Waste Pro
Genske & Co. Accounting
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

⁠⁠Next Horizon⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Verizon⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Orlando Law Group ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

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