Theodora Uniken Venema, Principal & Broker for Downtown Brokers LLC, Hall of Fame recipient 2020 of the National Association of Realtors, Director on the Board of the Women Council of Realtors Orlando Regional, and Realtor of the Year Central Florida Commercial Association of Realtors, was recently chosen to be featured in the Top 50 Fearless Leaders Publication by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP).

The International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) is an international boutique networking organization that handpicks the world’s finest, most prestigious top professionals from different industries.  These top professionals are given an opportunity to collaborate, share their ideas, be keynote speakers, and to help influence others in their fields. This organization is not a membership that anyone can join.  You have to be asked by the President or be nominated by a distinguished honorary member after a brief interview.

IAOTP’s experts have given thousands of top prestigious professionals around the world, the recognition and credibility that they deserve and have helped in building their branding empires.  IAOTP prides itself to be a one of a kind boutique networking organization that hand picks only the best of the best and creates a networking platform that connects and brings these top professionals to one place.

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Dr. Lucille Burbank, Educational Media Consultant and Best Selling Author of “The Inside Secrets of Sesame Street” and “Secrets from Sesame Street’s Pioneers: How They Produced a Successful Television Series,” was just recently selected for the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award for 2020 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for her proficiency, creative contributions and dedication to her professional life.

Dr. Burbank is being recognized for this honor for dedicating over 30 years of her life’s work to the educational media and technology industry. As an Educational Media Consultant and Best-Selling Author, she has inspired others and excelled in every position that she has served. Her impressive background of prior work experience included consulting for the Sesame Workshop, NASA, and the New Jersey Department of Civil Service. Dr. Burbank taught media design and production courses at community colleges and was a media coordinator for the Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Resource Center for Special Education. She has written numerous articles on educational media and technology, including a grant proposal that provided a high degree of interactive learning experiences for special education students. Her most recent booklet, 52 Tips for Parents: Guide Your Child to Safe TV and Electronic Media was published to help make a difference in people’s lives.

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Mr. Ronald C. Whittemore, Senior Gold Medalist, Renowned long-distance runner, jumper and Former Computer Programming Expert was just recently selected as Top Computer Program Manager of the Year for 2019 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) for his outstanding leadership and commitment to the industry.

While inclusion with the International Association of Top Professionals is an honor in itself, only a few members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction. These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, longevity in the field, other affiliations and contributions to their communities.  All honorees are invited to attend the IAOTP’s annual award gala at the end of this year for a night to honor their achievements.

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Prof. Steven M. Stanley, Ph.D. Paleontologist and Research Professor of University of Hawaii at Manoa, was recently selected as Top Researcher of the Decade by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP).

While inclusion with the International Association of Top Professionals is an honor in itself, only 1 Research Professor is chosen for this distinction. Dr. Stanley is being recognized for this honor for dedicating over 4 decades of his professional life to the Paleontology Industry. He was honored at IAOTP’s 2019 Annual Awards Gala in Las Vegas at the Bellagio Hotel, as Top Research Professor of the Year and for the Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Stanley will be honored at IAOTP’s 2020 Annual Awards Gala being held at the Plaza Hotel in New York City not only for this award but also for his induction in IAOTP’s Hall of Fame.

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Dr. Daniel B. Botkin, Professor Emeritus of Biology for UC Santa Barbara, previous Faculty for Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Former Adjunct Professor at the University of Miami, and former Chairman for the University of California’s Environmental Studies Program, has recently been selected as Male Visionary of the Year for 2021 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP).

Inclusion with the International Association of Top Professionals is an honor in itself, only one man and one woman are selected as Visionary of the Year.

These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, longevity in the field, other affiliations, contributions to their communities and have consistently added visionary leadership to their industries. All honorees are invited to attend IAOTP’s Annual Awards Gala at the end of this year for a night to honor their achievements.

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