Board of Directors
America’s Business Leaders…shaping the future
In one short sentence, “The Florida Council has been teaching kids to fish since 1975.” Beginning with Jack Eckerd and Scott Linder in 1975, the FCEE has been blessed with a long line of dedicated leaders committed to one common cause: celebrating and harnessing the power of America’s free enterprise system through education.
Executive Committee
- Don DeFosset , Tampa
Vice Chairmen
- Carol Jenkins Barnett, Publix Super Markets Charities Lakeland
- Attorney General Bill McCollum, State of Florida
- Geoffrey A. Simon, Raymond James Associates
Chairmen Circle
- Alfred S. Austin, Austin Companies Tampa
- Honorable Lou Frey, Jr. Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed Orlando
- Gus A. Stavros, D.H.L. PELAM Investments, Inc. St. Petersburg
- John H. Sykes, JHS Management, Tampa
- Zachariah P. Zachariah, M.D. Holy Cross Hospital Ft. Lauderdale
- H. Wayne Huizenga Huizenga, Holdings Ft. Lauderdale
- Thomas A. James, Raymond James Financial, St. Petersburg
- Leon R. Sikes, Jr. Sikes Tile Distributors, Inc. Ft. Lauderdale
Directors
- Manny G. Alvarez, Jr. Colonial Bank Tampa
- Louis V. Buccino, Citigroup, Inc. Tampa
- Juan del Busto, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Miami
- Bennett Falk , Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP Miami
- Paul Cutler, FPL Group, Inc. Juno Beach
- George J. Kehl, KPMG LLP Tampa
- H. Gary Morse, The Villages The Villages
- Christopher L. Oakley, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Jacksonville
- Mark Wilson, Florida Chamber of Commerce Tallahassee
- Judy A. Schmeling HSN, Inc. St. Petersburg
- Chris T. Sullivan, Outback Steakhouse of Florida, Inc. Tampa
- Arthur F. Tait Jr., Ocala Palms, Ocala
- Stanley G. Tate, Tate Enterprises, Miami
- William R. Thomas, Protiviti, Tampa
- Don W. Wallace, Lazy Days R.V. Center, Inc. Seffner
Honorary Directors
- Governor Bob Martinez, Carlton Fields Tampa
- General Norman Schwarzkopf, Black Summit Tampa
- George M. Steinbrenner III, New York Yankees Tampa