Hector Samario, MBA, LEED AP, a Regional Account Manager with ABM Building Services, LLC, is responsible for State and local government business development in Florida and the Caribbean. He has spent the last 16 years working with local and state governments, higher education, and school districts to develop resilient and sustainability strategies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy consumption and specifically cost of operations… Read more…

Ms. Calhoun is a partner in the firm’s Land Use & Zoning practice group. Ms. Calhoun graduated from the University of Florida College of Law and has more than 20 years of local government and land use experience. As a partner in the firm’s Land Use and Zoning practice group, Ms. Calhoun represents property owners, developers and local governments in all aspects of the development approval process. These approvals require working with federal… Read more…

Veteran communicator. Message master, and Strategist. Big Idea generator, Heart for community and Tenacious client advocate.

Sophia A. Nelson Is President/CEO of S.A. Nelson & Associates and oversees the day to day operations, business development, public Involvement, and government/community relations. She is a longtime community strategist, entrepreneur… Read more…

William Cullen McCormick, Jr., is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Americlaims Billing, Inc.

McCormick is a 30-year pharmaceutical and healthcare executive that’s been recognized across the country for his high standards and excellent work in revenue cycle management and claim adjudication efficiency.

Throughout his 30-year career in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, Mr. McCormick has developed and enhanced a strong set of core competencies… Read more…

Jacqueline LaRue Jimenez is a Television and Social Media News Coverage Consultant and Author of “How to Get Television News Coverage. It’s Easier Than You Might Think!” She wrote the book because she realized most people don’t understand what Newsrooms consider Newsworthy. If they did, she says, they would send more stories.

Her love for nonprofits and business was born out of being the first “official” news producer for Neighbors 4 Neighbors, which operates out of the CBS 4 News Station in Miami. It was born out of Hurricane Andrew… Read more…

Chief Matthew Boyd is the first Chief of Police for the City of Miami Gardens Police Department. The Cityof Miami Gardens was incorporated on May 13, 2003, as the 33rd municipality in Miami-Dade County, and at that time had a population of over 107,600 residents. The City of Miami Gardens is the county’s third largest municipality after the City of Miami and the City of Hialeah.

Prior to Miami Gardens, Chief Boyd was employed with the Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) from 1982 thru 2006. During his tenure with MDPD… Read more…