Michael C. Brown
Executive vice president & general manager, Florida building operations, Skanska USA, TAMPA
Brown oversees Florida operations for Skanska, a Swedish construction and development company that’s one of the top five construction companies in the world and has projects all over Florida. The company employs 1,361 in Florida. The firm has a reputation for extensive community involvement in the communities where it does work. During the pandemic, the company donated thousands of items of personal protective equipment to hospitals, law enforcement and others and accelerated the completion of thousands of hospital beds to treat patients with COVID.
| EDUCATION | University of Michigan (BS) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | Most people would be surprised to learn that I’m 25% French and 25% Norwegian. |
| SOMETHING NEW | One new thing for me this year is that I lost 30 pounds during the pandemic by adjusting my diet. |
| READING | Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson; Dare to Lead, by Brené Brown |