RICHARD J. WALSH

CHAIRMAN & CEO, KNOB HILL GROUP, ORLANDO

Knob Hill Group is a media, investments and strategic management firm. Before joining it, Walsh was part of Darden Restaurants leadership for 25 years. Knob Hill’s website describes Walsh as “the epitome of corporate social responsibility.” He’s been on the boards of the Greater Orlando and Florida Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise Florida, Nemours Children’s Health System, the National Restaurant Association, the Florida Tourism Council, the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation and the University of Central Florida. Having grown up on the plains of South Dakota and Iowa, he describes himself as a horseman at heart.

EDUCATION: University of Central Florida (BA, MBA)