STEVE HOGAN
CEO, FLORIDA CITRUS SPORTS, ORLANDO
Florida Citrus Sports is a non-profit event management organization. It hosts the Florida Blue Florida Classic, Camping World Bowl and VRBO Citrus Bowl, which dates back to 1947, when the game was founded as a fundraiser for a local children’s hospital. Florida Citrus Sports employs about 30 full-time staff, in addition to seasonal staff and hundreds of volunteers who assist throughout the season. Hogan has been CEO since 2006.
| EDUCATION | University of Central Florida (BS) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | Although I made my college football team at UCF, I invested far more time in marching band in high school. |
| FLORIDA ISSUE | Workforce housing and transportation, attracting more companies with high-wage jobs and tackling some of the pockets of concentrated poverty |
| ALTERNATE CAREER? | I could have seen myself as a broadcaster, but knowing what I know today, I’d probably have become a developer. |