Professional Services

GRAY SWOOPE
PRESIDENT & CEO, VISIONFIRST ADVISORS, TALLAHASSEE
Swoope started VisionFirst in 2015 with an office in Tallahassee and later that year in Orlando. The firm now has seven employees and works with Florida communities in their economic development endeavors. Swoope was Florida’s Secretary of Commerce and president and CEO of Enterprise Florida from 2011-15. Before that, Swoope served as executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority.
EDUCATION | Mississippi State University (BS, MBA) |
SOMETHING SURPRISING | I am a rollercoaster junkie! |
FLORIDA ISSUE | Financial risk of state’s economy from continuing to be too dependent on a few industry sectors |
RESOLUTION KEPT | Discovered the personal goals of my late business partner, who died unexpectedly in January, on her desk. I stole one of hers and have kept it since. “I will be thankful every day of my life.” |
Philip Anson
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Antonio Argiz
MBAF
Brian Ballard
Ballard Partners
Christine Barney
rbb Communications
Rodney Barreto
Barreto Group
Sarah Bascom
Bascom Communications & Consulting
Hilarie Bass
Bass Institute for Diversity & Inclusion
LARRY BERRYMAN
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW
Brett Beveridge
Revenue Optimization Companies
Ronald Book
Ronald L. Book PA
Paul Bradshaw
Southern Group
Brian Butler
Vistra Communications
Gregory Celestan
Celestar
NABYL CHARANIA
ROKK3R
Kelly Cohen
Southern Group
Frank Compiani
RSM US
Brendan Courtney
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions
DANIEL DAVIS
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
John Delaney
FIORENTINO GROUP
Bill Donnell
NCCI
Brett Doster
Front Line Strategies
Chris Dudley
Southern Group
Tom Feeney
Associated Industries of Florida
Michael Finney
Beacon Council
Marty Fiorentino
Fiorentino Group
Eugene Franklin
Florida Black Chamber of Commerce
Tim Giuliani
Orlando Economic Partnership
Adam Goodman
Ballard Partners
Barry Gould
Eisneramper
Blain Heckaman
Kaufman Rossin
Bill Herrle
National Federation of Independent Business
Rick Homans
Tampa Bay Partnership
H. Wayne Huizenga Jr.
Rybovich
John Jennings
Waste Pro USA
JEFF JOHNSON
AARP
Cindy Kushner
Crowe
Drew Levine
G4S Secure Solutions USA
Suneera Madhani
FattMerchant
Tina McCain Matte
Gravina, Smith, Matte & Arnold
Karen Moore
Moore
MICHAEL MUNZ
DALTON AGENCY
Bennett Napier
Partners in Association Management
Luis H. Navas
Global Governance Advisors
PEGGY NORDEEN
STARMARK INTERNATIONAL
Carey O’Donnell
O’Donnell Agency
Mark Perlberg
Oasis Outsourcing
George Platt
LSN Partners
Phil Purcell
Marine Industries Association
Craig Richard
Tampa Bay EDC
Steve Riggs
Carr Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors
Ron Sachs
Sachs Media Group
Tadd Schwartz
Schwartz Media Strategies
Kelly Smallridge
Business Development Board of Palm Beach County
John Sowinski
Consensus Communications
Jennifer Spooner
BDO
JAY STARKMAN
ENGAGE PEO
Bob Swindell
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
Gray Swoope
VisionFirst Advisors
Charles “Chuck” Sykes
Sykes
Julie Talenfeld
BoardroomPR
Cory Tilley
CoreMessage
Rick Walsh
Knob Hill Group
Lynda Weatherman
Space Coast EDC
Mark Wilson
Florida Chamber of Commerce
SAM ZIETZ
TOUCHSUITE
George Zoley
Geo Group