Good Morning Seminole!

Speakers:

Richard E Glover, CEO, Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Erin Bussom, General Curator, Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens

Sponsors: 

AdventHealth

Verizon

One School

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Seminole SCOUT by Freebee
Better Together Group
Alan Byrd & Associates
evok advertising
dfilmk Productions

Panelist Are:
Bale Dalton (DEM)
Christopher Dennison (LPF)
Ryan Elijah (REP)
Alan Grayson (DEM)
Michael Don Johnson (REP)
Marialana Kinter (DEM)
Cory Lee Mills (REP) *Incumbent
Sarah Ulrich (REP)
Three current and former board members will be asking the candidates your questions:
Lauren Miller, vice president, J. Wayne Miller Company
Mike Brockman, president, Brockman Insurance Group
Tekoa Pouerie, CEO and president, The Sharing Center.

Sponsors: 

AdventHealth

Verizon

One School

Casa Leon Jewelers

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Seminole SCOUT by Freebee
Better Together Group
Alan Byrd & Associates
evok advertising
dfilmk Productions

Meet our speaker:
Steve Fussel, chief strategy officer, Orlando Sanford International Airport
 

Sponsors: 

AdventHealth

Verizon

One School

Apple One

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Seminole SCOUT by Freebee
Better Together Group
evok advertising
dfilmk Productions

Meet our Panelists:
Walt Disney World Resort
Brendan Richmond, director, Destination Universal, Universal Orlando Resort
Jon Peterson, park president, SeaWorld Orlando, United Parks & Resorts
We have some amazing door prizes from our panelists!

Sponsors: 

AdventHealth

Verizon

OneSchool

Better Together Group

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Dina Badra, Realtor - Dreamland Realty
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Seminole SCOUT by Freebee
evok advertising
dfilmk Productions

Meet our Panelists:Waymon Armstrong, founder/CEO, Engineering & Computer SimulationsDolly Oberoi, CEO, C2 Technologies, Inc George E. Cheros, president & CEO, National Center for SimulationCarolina Cruz-Neira, interim director, IST/PRI, Agere Chair, Department of Computer ScienceModerator:Chairman Andria Herr, Seminole County GovernmentSponsors: ⁠South Seminole Business & Storage⁠⁠Waste Pro⁠⁠The Orlando Law Group⁠⁠Addition Financial⁠⁠Genske & Co. Accounting⁠⁠JPMorganChase⁠⁠Grand Canyon University⁠⁠Seminole SCOUT by Freebee⁠⁠Better Together Group⁠⁠evok advertising⁠⁠dfilmk Productions⁠Advent Health VerizonOne School of the Arts and Sciences

Featuring:
Monique Waldrop, chief marketing officer, 4Rivers
Anthony Alonge, area director of operations, Mission BBQ
Kristina Gaardbo, owner, Holy City Zoo
Moderating:
Chip Colandreo, Lake Mary Life Publishing
 

Sponsors: 

AdventHealth

Verizon

One School of The Art and Sciences

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Grand Canyon University
Seminole SCOUT by Freebee
Better Together Group
evok advertising
DfilmK Productions

Meet our panelists:
Richard Sweat, owner/CEO, .decimal and .D Machining
Kevin Dole, CEO/Founder, FutureCow
Chris Chambers, CEO, Serious Simulations
Candy Cole, executive director, Manufacturers Association of Central Florida (MACF)
SK Sharma, process and reliability engineer, Domtar
Moderator:
Gui Cunha, director, office of economic development and tourism, Seminole County Government
Sponsors: 

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Grand Canyon University
Seminole SCOUT by Freebee
Better Together Group
evok advertising
DfilmK

Scout will offer residents a more flexible, responsive, and accessible public transportation option. Coming October 2025, Scout will allow riders to request shared trips through a smartphone app or by calling a dedicated phone line, providing on-demand service within defined zones across the County.

Meet our Panel:

• Commissioner Amy Lockhart, Seminole County Government
• John Janusz, vice president of economic development, Freebee
• Ben Pauluhn, president, Optimus Energy Solutions
• Adam Stark, academic dean, Center for Computer, Digital Media & Information Technology, School of Construction, Design, Engineering & IT (CDEIT), Seminole State College of Florida

Moderated by:
Alan Byrd, Alan Byrd & Associates

Sponsors: 

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Westarp AI + BI
Grand Canyon University
Seminole SCOUT by Freebe

Featuring our panelists:
Blaise Trettis, public defender, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
William Scheiner, state attorney, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
Moderated by:
Jennifer Englert, managing partner at The Orlando Law Group
Blaise Trettis was elected Public Defender for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit for Brevard and Seminole counties in 2012.  Mr. Trettis? commitment to serving the public is demonstrated through both his work in the legal profession and his volunteer work in a wide range of community service organizations.
Mr. Trettis graduated from the University of Florida with honors with a bachelor?s degree in business administration.  He then went on to graduate from Stetson University College of Law, the first law school established in the State of Florida.
In 1987, Mr. Trettis moved to Brevard County where he took a job as assistant public defender.  The cases he has taken to jury trial include first degree murder, and he has argued several cases before the Florida Supreme Court.  He has served on the Florida Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions in Criminal Cases.
Mr. Trettis has served on the Crosswinds Youth Services Juvenile Assessment Center Advisory Board; the North/Central Brevard Salvation Army Advisory Board; the Florida Assertive Community Treatment Team Advisory Board; and the Brevard Achievement Center Board of Directors.   His involvement with civic organizations includes the Rockledge Rotary Club.  Mr. Trettis has been married for 36 years to wife Jill, and they have three children and one grandchild.
State Attorney Will Scheiner, a career prosecutor, has proudly served the people of the 18th Judicial District since 2008.  He has prosecuted thousands of criminal cases ranging from petit theft to public corruption, drug trafficking to first-degree murder. Before his election as the State Attorney in 2024, Mr. Scheiner served as chief trial attorney for Brevard County. Earlier roles included felony division chief, Career Criminal and Firearms Unit, Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit, felony trial attorney, misdemeanor trial attorney, and felony early resolution. ?Being a prosecutor is an honor that comes with great responsibility,? Mr. Scheiner says. ?It is a profession that comes with power and consequences from our decisions. Our work requires compassion, integrity and a desire to always do the right thing.  A prosecutor must always be prepared and diligent. To do otherwise would be a miscarriage of justice and a disservice to the community we serve.? Mr. Scheiner grew up in Titusville, graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2005, and received his law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2007. He is the father of two daughters, whom he describes as ?my rocks and inspiration ? the strongest people I know.? Mr. Scheiner is a member of the Florida Bar, Brevard County Bar Association, Brevard County Commission on Aging, Brevard County Association of Chiefs of Police. He is the recipient of the Brevard Trial Attorney of the Year award, given to the top trial attorney, in 2012 and 2015.  He also was honored as Victim Rights Prosecutor of the year in 2014 and Brevard Police Chief?s Top Prosecutor in 2015. 
 

Sponsors: 

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Seminole SCOUT by Freebee
Grand Canyon University
Westarp AI + BI

Speakers:

Bill Weinaug, president, Wekiva Island
Mary Weinaug, executive director, Wekiva Island

Moderated by:
Rebekah Arthur, president and CEO, Seminole County Chamber
Bill Weinaug was born in western New York. He graduated from Penn State University and moved to Florida to start his career as an engineer. Not long after, he joined several friends as a partner at a small firm. They grew that firm from 12 people to 4,000, starting several divisions that are thriving today. While Bill retired from full-time work at exp in 2024, his time in engineering ignited his love for sustainability, which he applied at home and to his passion project, Wekiva Island. 
Bill and his family purchased the former Wekiwa Marina in 2008 and have grown it into a beacon for sustainability in business. Today, Bill's focus is structured around his trademarked sustainability toolbox, C.E.R.O., which stands for Conservation, Efficiency, Renewables and Offsets. Bill believes that, through this toolbox, we can make a difference by saving wasted energy and providing positive impacts on the environment through all types of energy conservation measures and sustainable approaches. 
When he isn't working to improve Wekiva Island, Bill is a passionate backpacker and SCUBA diver. He has five children and five grandchildren and has been married to his wife, Mary Sue, for 21 years.
A native Floridian born in Port Charlotte, Mary Sue moved to Orlando in 1967, then Altamonte Springs. She has lived in Central Florida her whole life. Mary graduated high school from Lyman High in Longwood, FL, and went to Seminole State College. Her family bought Wekiva Island on 9/30/2008, and she is extremely proud of what they have built, transforming a business that was very popular but was rotting away from lack of maintenance. They have made it a beautiful venue in Seminole County.  Mary has worked at Wekiva Island since they purchased it. It has become her life, and she has fully immersed herself in the Island and the protection of the environment. In 2009, Mary partnered with Keep Seminole Beautiful, and when the Executive Director passed away, she took over. She has overseen as many as 30 river clean ups a year since, pulling an estimated six tons of trash out of the river and off of the roads in the last 16 years. 
Mary has also served on the Audubon Advisory Board for the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey in Maitland since about 2015 and served a four-year term on Seminole County's Tourism Development Council from 2018 to 2021. 
Mary has five children and five grandchildren, all of whom she cherishes. She has been married to her husband for 21 years. Mary is passionate about her family and loves to travel. In 2022, her family invested in properties in Tennessee, and she hopes to spend time there with her husband and family.
 
Sponsors: 
AdventHealth

Verizon

South Seminole Business & Storage
Waste Pro
The Orlando Law Group
Addition Financial
Genske & Co. Accounting
JPMorganChase
Grand Canyon University
Westarp AI+BI
Seminole SCOUT by Freebee