ANANTH PRASAD

PRESIDENT, FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, TALLAHASSEE

The Florida Transportation Builders Association is a trade association of firms involved in the design and construction of roads, bridges, tunnels, rail and transit. A former state Department of Transportation secretary, he has been at the helm of FTBA for the last five years.

EDUCATION: National Institute of Technology in India (BS), University of Florida (ME)

READING: Lately I have been hooked on The Economist.

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: Former Speaker Will Weatherford embodies character, intellect and warmth. Will has achieved a lot in his career, but how he does it is what inspires me. He is smart, humble and genuine.

MOTIVATIONAL MANTRA: Albert Einstein’s quote 'You can’t use an old map to explore a new world' and that change is inevitable, so embrace it and be the agent of the change and chart its course.