Our Mission:
To provide a regular forum for today’s
established and rising leaders to hear from
prominent and distinguished speakers on
the most important and relevant topics
shaping our future and the world.
Past Speakers
Associations
Steve Brobeck, Executive Director, Consumer Federation of America (4/26/2002)
Dr. John H. Budd, President, American Medical Association (11/17/1977)
Mike Sommers, President & CEO, American Petroleum Institute (4/14/2022)
Bob Chase, President, National Education Association (6/8/2001)
Thomas J. Donohue, President, American Trucking Association (9/13/1985)
Roger Dow, President, U.S. Travel Association (07/07/2017)
Jack N. Gerard, President and CEO, American Petroleum Institute (4/17/2012)
Jerry J. Jasinowski, President, National Association of Manufacturers (9/30/1994)
Dr. Richard L. Lesher, President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (1/18/1985)
Larry E. Naake, Executive Director, National Association of Counties (2/2/1996)
Jesse Rosen, President & CEO, League of American Orchestras (4/1/2019)
Donald T. Senterfitt, President, American Bankers Association (5/9/1986)
Randolph Smoak, President, American Medical Association (3/8/2001)
Sen. Richard Schweiker, President, American Council of Life Insurance (3/13/1992)
Chris Thompson, President & CEO, Brand USA (8/05/2020)
Astronauts/Space Program
Bill Nelson, Administrator, NASA (10/1/2021)
Frank DiBello, President & CEO, Space Florida (7/7/2015)
James W. Kennedy, Director, Kennedy Space Center, NASA (4/28/2005)
James A. Lovell, Astronaut who landed on the Moon (9/8/1978)
William F. Readdy, Astronaut and Associate Administrator, NASA Office of space Flight (1/15/2004)
Norman Thagard, Astronaut who made five flights on the space shuttle and spent 115 days on the Russian space station Mir (3/1/1996)
Business
Matt Behnke, CPA, Associate Athletic Director and CFO, Florida State University Department of Athletics (7/25/2013)
Jack Boyle, Co-President, Direct-to-Consumer/Omnichannel Retail, Fanatics, Inc. (9/27/2019)
Grayson Brutle, Co-Founder & President, Brulte & Company (7/29/2019)
Richard A. Caplin, CEO, HCI Group (3/29/2021)
Gary Chartrand, Executive Chairman, Acosta, Inc. (3/21/2017)
Chuck Cobb, Chairman, President and CEO of Arvida Corp/CEO/Sr. Managing Director, Cobb Partners. (8/15/1980 and 9/20/206)
Francis E. Ferguson, Chairman, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (1/13/1984)
Freddie Figgers, Chief Executive Officer, Figgers Communication (8/25/2022)
Andrew Friedman, Co-Founder & Senior Director, Freedman & Koski, Inc. (5/30/2019)
Patrick “Pat” Geraghty, Chairman and CEO, Florida Blue (2/18/2014)
Raymond V. Gilmartin, Chairman and CEO, Merck & Company, Inc (6/18/2003)
Barry Gilway, President & CEO, Citizens Property Insurance Corp (07/10/2014)
James Hackett, Chairman, President and CEO, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (2/26/2009)
Gary R. Heminger, President & CEO, Marathon Petroleum Corporation (3/20/2015)
Erik Jacobsen, President, Deseret Ranches and General Manager, Deseret Ranches of Florida (11/14/2016)
Marva Johnson, Group Vice President of State Government Affairs, Charter Communications (2-08-2022)
Todd Jones, President & CEO, Publix Super Markets, Inc. (10/05/2017)
Jonathan Kilpatrick, Founder & CEO, Trulight, LLC (09/30/2020)
Alan Levine, Executive Chairman, President & CEO, Ballad Health (05/12/2021)
Walter O. Lowrie, President, Martin-Marietta Aerospace (9/22/1983)
Robert W. Lundeen, Chairman, Dow Chemical Company (3/8/1985)
Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, President & CEO, Celebrity Cruise (8/10/2021)
Manuel D. Medina, CEO of Cyxtera; Founder and Managing Partner, Medina Capital (8/27/2019)
Fielding Miller, Chairman & CEO, CAPTRUST (12/02/2020)
Ed Murray, Jr., President/Broker/Owner, NAI TALCOR (7/25/2013)
Albert F. Myers, Vice President for Test Operations, Northrop Corporation (5/10/1991)
Wayne Peacock, President, USAA Property & Casualty Insurance Group (06/07/2018)
Rob Quartel, Founder & Chairman, NTELX (6/15/2020)
Ross Roberts, General Manager, Lincoln-Mercury Division, Ford Motor Company (11/9/1990)
Michelle A. Robinson, Vice President, Government Affairs, Verizon (5/18/2015)
Peter Rummell, Chairman, The St. Joe Company (11/22/2002)
Dr. William C. Rupp, CEO, Mayo Clinic in Florida (3/13/2014)
Roger Staubach, Chairman and CEO, The Staubach Company (3/26/2003)
Karen Tandy, Vice President, Public Affairs, Motorola (11/12/2010)
Sidney Taurel, Chairman and CEO, Eli Lilly and Company (9/8/2006)
John Thompson, General Manager, IBM North America (2/13/1998)
Jay Townsend, Assistant City Manager, City of Tallahassee (7/25/2013)
Bernard R. Tresnowski, President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (3/11/1994)
Bill Wagner, President & CEO, LogMeIn, Inc. (11/04/2020)
Dr. Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman, IHS Markit (5/29/2020)
Larry Zelvin, Director, Citi’s Cyber Security Fusion Center (9/21/2015)
Defense/Military
Jonathan Altman, Senior Analyst/Assistant Program Director for Military Strategy and Communications, Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (1/13/2017)
Rear Admiral Bette Bolivar, Commander, Navy Region Southeast (04/09/2018)
General James Cartwright, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff (2/18/2011)
Rear Admiral Jay M. Cohen, Chief of Naval Research, U.S. Navy (10/23/2003)
John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy (1/26/1996)
Richard DeLaur, Undersecretary of Defense (2/24/1984)
Thomas F. Hall, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (10/29/2004)
General James J. Lindsay, Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command (12/2/1988)
Mary Beth Long, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (9/5/2008)
General Lance W. Lord, Commander, Air Force Space Command, USAF (1/13/2004)
Vice Admiral Joseph Maguire, Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning, National Counterterrorism Center (4/16/2009)
Thomas W. O’Connell, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict (4/27/2007)
Steven Pomerantz, Former Assistant Director, FBI; Director of Counter Terrorism and CEO, Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (4/3/2008)
Erik D. Prince, Owner and CEO, The Prince Group, LLC and Blackwater Worldwide (3/14/2008)
Lawrence F. Snowden, Lieutenant General, U.S. Marine Corps (ret) and U.S. Chairman of the Reunion of Honor (1/28/2005)
General Donn A. Starry, Commander in Chief, U.S. Readiness Command (12/9/1982)
Brian Stahl, Deputy Base Civil Engineer, Tyndall Air Force Base (8/26/2020)
Admiral Carl Trost, Chief of Naval Operations (10/14/1994)
General Larry D. Welch, Chief of Staff , U.S. Air Force (2/9/1990)
General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (ret), Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East (8/23/2002)
Diplomatic
John Bolton, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute and former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations (4/9/2009)
Rafael Caldera, Former President, Republic of Venezuela (6/19/1984)
Chuck Cobb, Former U.S. Ambassador to Iceland, and Sr. Managing Director/CEO, Cobb Partners (9/20/2016)
Allan Katz, U.S. Ambassador to Portugal (9/11/2012)
Michael A. Ledeen, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and International Affairs Expert (2/17/2005)
William Middendorf, U.S. Ambassador to Organization of American States (4/20/1984)
Kenichiro Sasae, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. (11/13/2015)
Marshall D. Shulman, Ambassador, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State on Soviet Affairs (3/7/1980)
Donald B. Sole, South African Ambassador to the U.S. (5/4/1979)
Ronald P. Spogli, former Ambassador to San Marino and Italy (11/17/2020)
Sir Roger Tomkys, Master Pembroke College and former Ambassador to Syria (2/13/2002)
Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America (10/14/2020)
Kurt Waldheim, Secretary General, United Nations (2/11/1983)
General Anthony Zinni, Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East (8/23/2002)
Economic Policy
Wayne Angell, Vice Chair, Federal Reserve System (10/9/1986)
Robert W. Blanchette, President & CEO, The TGV Comapny (2/11/1987)
Raphael Bostic, President & CEO, Federal Reserve of Atlanta (7/16/2020)
Nikita Chernovalov, Strategy and Business Innovation Manager, Fagerhult Group (10/10/2016)
Steve Einhorn, Economist, Goldman Sachs & Company (1/4/1991)
Timothy Geithner, President, Warburg Pincus; former U.S. Treasury Secretary (3/1/2017)
Richard A. Grasso, Chairman and CEO, New York Stock Exchange (3/13/2000)
Dr. Armand Hammer, Chairman, Occidental Petroleum Corp. (9/21/1979)
Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs International (6/30/1994)
Arthur Laffer, Professor of Economics, University of Southern California (3/8/79 and 1/8/1993)
Bert Lance, Director, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (11/17/1978)
Kewsong Lee, Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group (5/6/2020)
Jacob Lew, 76th United States Secretary of Treasury (4/27/2021)
Sir Raymond Derek Lygo, CEO, British Aerospace, London (1/23/1987)
Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisors (5/5/1995)
Gregory L. Miller, First Vice President and Chief Economist, SunTrust Banks, Inc. (10/14/2004)
William Miller, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, Chairman, G. William Miller, Inc. (10/14/1988)
James E. Nevels, Chairman, The Swarthmore Group; Lead Independent Director, The Hershey Company (5/26/2016)
Leon E. Panetta, Director, U. S. Office of Management and Budget (10/22/1993)
Dr. Jerry Parrish, Chief Economist & Director of State and Local Policy Analysis, FSU Institute of Government (7/19/2022)
Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, Inc., and former Secretary of Commerce (5/19/1983)
John Phelan Jr., President, New York Stock Exchange (11/29/1983)
W.J. Price, President & CEO, Chevron, USA (6/28/1991)
Dr. Penelope Prime, Founding Director, China Research Center (3/22/22)
Richard Rahn, Chief Economist, U.S. Chamber of Commerce (11/20/1987 and 5/13/1993)
Kimberly Reed, President & Chair, EXIM Bank (10/07/2020)
Dr. Walter L. Robb, President, Vantage Management, Inc. (9/6/2007)
Charles L. Schultze, Chairman, President’s Council of Economic Advisors (10/27/1980)
Susan N. Story , President & CEO, Gulf Power Company (5/17/2007)
Ali Velshi, MSNBC Anchor and Business Correspondent for NBC News (10/8/2018)
Greg Vestri, Co-Founder, Vestment Global Services (2/19/2018)
David Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General (06/17/2013)
Ed Yardeni, Chief Economist and Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Securities (12/15/1998)
John Parke Wright, IV, Chairman, J.P. Wright & Comapny, Inc. (1/18/2007)
Mark Vitner, Senior Economist & Director of Corporate & Investment Banking, Wachovia Corporation (01/29/2004)
Paul Volker, former Chairman, Federal Reserve System (6/21/2000)
Education
Richard McCullough, President, Florida State University (12/1/2021)
Dr. Manuel F. Ayau, President, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala (9/25/1981)
Eric J. Barron Ph.D., President, Florida State University (10/7/2010)
Frank T. Brogan, Chancellor, State University System of Florida (6/2/2011)
Marshall Criser, III, Chancellor, State University System of Florida (8/14/2014)
Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, President, Florida State University (8/31/2000)
David Day, Director, Office of Technology Licensing, University of Florida (4/21/2014)
Joseph A. Fernandez, Chancellor, New York City Public Schools (4/10/1992)
Dr. W. Kent Fuchs, President, University of Florida (2/14/2017)
Dr. Fred Gainous, President, Florida A&M University (10/232002)
Dr. Harry Holzer, Senior Advisor, Georgetown Public Policy Insitute (11/22/2019)
John Kirtley, Co-Founder, KLH Capital (4/26/2016)
John Lombardi, President, University of Florida (11/30/1990 & 7/25/1997)
Dr. J. Bernard Machen, President, University of Florida (6/11/2004)
Dr. Elmira Mangum, President, Florida A&M University (6/3/2014)
Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO, Lumina Foundation (2/1/2013)
Cynthia F. O’Connell, Secretary, Florida Lottery (7/29/2011)
Jorge Pinon, Interim Director, Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Texas at Austin (1/71/2016)
Ed Poppell, Director of Economic Development, University of Florida Development Corporation (4/21/2014)
Madeline Pumariega, President, Miami-Dade College (12/16/2020)
Dr. Charles Reed, Chancellor Emeritus, California State University system and State University System of Florida (4/19/2013)
Dr. Larry Robinson, 12th President of Florida A&M University (FAMU) (10/27/2020)
Mark Rosenberg, Chancellor, Florida State University System (4/20/2006)
John Ryor, President, National Education Association (12/1/1977)
Donna Shalala, President, University of Miami (10/10/2003)
Albert Shanker, President, American Federation of Teachers (3/22/1996)
Dr. Henry King Stanford, President, University of Miami (5/8/1981)
John Thrasher, President, Florida State University (2/3/2015)
Investment Strategy
Theodore R. Aronson, President & CEO, Aronson + Partners (1/11/2002)
Ralph J. Acampora, Director of Technical Research, Prudential Securities, Inc (4/25/1997)
Wayne D. Angell, former Vice Chair, Federal Reserve System and Chief Economist, Bear, Stearns & Co. (10/9/1986 and 2/1/1995)
Kevin J. Bannon, Executive V.P. and Chief Investment Officer, Bank of New York (4/2/2004)
Greg Baty, Principal, Hamilton Lane (10/13/2014)
John C. Bogle, Founder, The Vanguard Group (1/13/2000)
Peter Canelo, President and Chief Investment Strategist, Canelo Associates, Inc. (3/1/2007)
Lawrence Chimerine, Chairman and CEO, The WEFA Group (1/13/1989)
Charles I. Clough, Jr., Chief Investment Strategist, Merrill Lynch (1/8/1998)
Abby Cohen, Vice President, Goldman Sachs & Co. (11/2/1995)
Ricardo L. Cortez, President, Global Distribution, Broadmark Asset Management, LLC (5/20/2010)
Thomas Doe, Founder and CEO, Municipal Market Advisors (3/14/2013)
Benjamin F. Edwards III, President, A.G. Edwards and Sons (12/12/1980)
Robert J. Eggert, President, Eggert Economic Enterprises, Inc. (2/10/1989)
Mary Farrell, Senior Investment Strategist, Paine, Webber, Inc. (1/17/1997)
Robert J. Farrell, Chief Market Analyst, Merrill Lynch (3/25/1981)
Laurence D. Fink, Founder, Chairman and CEO, BlackRock, Inc. (6/21/2016)
William M. Fitzgerald, Chief Investment Officer, Nuveen (7/12/2007)
Robert J. Froelich, Managing Director, Deutsche Asset Management Americas (6/13/2002)
Elaine Garzarelli, Executive Vice President and Investment Strategist, Shearson Lehman Brothers (1/31/1992 & 10/14/1993)
James K. Glassman, Host, TechCentralStation, New York (7/20/2000)
Alfred Harrison, Vice Chairman, Alliance Capital Management (4/3/1996)
Ira Hersch, President, The Fourteen Research Corp. (1/12/1995, 10/6/2000, 10/30/2001 & 07/22/2005)
Kent Hiteshew, Strategic Advisor, Ernst & Young (10/20/2017)
Richard F. Hokenson, Chief Economist, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (9/13/1996 & 3/25/2004)
Edward S. Hyman, Chairman, International Strategy & Investment Group (4/25/1991)
Harry A. Jacobs, Chairman, Prudential Bache Securities (8/19/1983)
Edward D. Jannotta, Chairman, Securities Industry Association and Managing Partner, William Blair and Company (10/8/1982)
David Johnson, CBS-KRLD Business Analyst (3/26/2009)
Bruce Johnstone, Managing Director, Fidelity Investments (11/2/2006)
Henry Kaufman, General Partner, Salomon Brothers (2/12/1981)
Sandy Kaul, Mangaing Director, Citi Global Services (1/10/2019)
Dr. Quincy Krosby, Chief Investment Strategist, The Hartford (1/13/2005)
Ronald J. Kruszewski, Chairman & CEO, Stifel Financial Corp. (3/2/2020)
Scott Kupor, Investing Partner, a16z (6/21/2022)
Alan C. Lerner, Chief Economist, Bankers Trust Company (10/27/1988)
Louis I. Margolis, Managing Partner, Solomon Brothers, Inc. (2/26/1988)
Michael E. Metz, Chief Investment Strategist, Oppenheimer & Co. (2/15/1996)
Kate Moore, Managing Director and Head of Thematic Strategy, BlackRock (1/20/2022)
Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, Chairman and Managing Partner, Global Infrastructure Partners (5/24/2013)
William F. Rhodes, Vice President, U.S. Advisor Services, Franklin Templeton (9/24/2009)
Philip J. Roth, Technical Analyst, Miller Tabak + Co., LLC (9/19/2002)
David M.Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group (5/6/2014)
Paul Salem, Senior Managing Director, Providence Equity Partners (1/31/2014)
Jeffrey D. Saut, Chief Investment Strategist and Managing Director, Equity Research, Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (1/10/2008)
Pete Seeley, Executive Director and Director of Investment Strategies, Morgan Stanley Investment Management (10/29/2009)
Sarah A. B. Teslik, Executive Director, Council of Institutional Investors (7/10/2003)
Lord Taylor, House of Lords, Chairman, Morgan Grenfell & Company, London (5/22/1985)
Bill Walton, Founding Managing Member, Rockpoint Group, LLC (9/11/2014)
Sam Wardwell, Senior Vice President and Director of Investment Communications, Pioneer Investments (10/9/2008 & 1/28/2010)
Scott Welch, Senior Managing Director, Fortigent, LLC (6/5/2008)
Byron Wien, Vice Chairman, Blackstone (02/08/2018) (01/19/2021)
Ashbel “Ash” Williams, Former Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer, Florida State Board of Administration (11/4/2021)
Ash Williams, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer, State of Florida Board of Administration (04/16/2010)
David A. Wilson, Jr., Senior Director – Research, Portfolio Strategist, Merrill Lynch (5/25/2006)
News Media
Walter Anderson, Editor, Parade Magazine (2/22/1991)
John P. Avlon, Columnist, The New York Sun and former Speechwriter for Mayor Guiliani (7/30/2004)
David S. Broder, syndicated columnist, The Washington Post (7/9/1993 & 3/14/2002)
Carl M. Cannon, Executive Editor, PoliticsDaily.com (7/30/2010)
Hodding Carter III, President & CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (11/7/2002)
Alvah H. Chapman, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Knight-Ridder Newspapers (4/26/1985)
Steve Coll, Associate Editor, The Washington Post (9/15/2005)
Patrick Dorsey, Publisher at Statesman Media; Vice President at GateHouse Florida (7/10/2019)
Richard Edmonds, Editor and Publisher, Florida Trend Magazine (3/18/1986)
Marilyn Geewax, Senior Business Editor, National Public Radio (9/8/2016)
Diana B. Henriques, Financial Reporter, The New York Times (03/13/2003)
Mark Howard, Editor, Florida Trend Magazine (9/26/2003)
Carl Hulse, Deputy Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times (11/21/2011)
Alberto Ibarguen, President & CEO, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundtaion (10/8/2019)
Lynda Keever, Publisher, Florida Trend Magazine (9/26/2003)
David Lawrence, Jr., Publisher and Chairman, Detroit Free Press (10/31/1986)
Miles O’Brien, Former CNN chief science correspondent (9/23/2010)
Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief, USA Today (3/14/2016)
Eugene Patterson, Editor and President, St. Petersburg Times (11/13/1991)
Allen M. Neuharth, founder of USA Today and President, Gannett Newspapers (2/9/1978 & 12/30/1986)
Anthony Ridder, President, Knight-Ridder Newspapers (1/10/1992)
Jon Sawyer, Executive Director, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (10/23/2015)
Paul C. Tash, Chairman & CEO, Tampa Bay Times (08/29/2013)
Social/Political
Paul Anderson, Pres/CEO, Port Tampa Bay (08/17/2017)
Lee Bailey, Trial Lawyer (2/26/1999)
Robert S. Bennett, Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP (11/3/2005)
Jon Birger, FORTUNE Contributor, Freelance Journalist and Author (2/11/2016)
Pam Bondi, Florida Attorney General (5/7/2012)
Congressman F. Allen Boyd, Jr., Second Congressional District, Florida (8/23/2007)
Carol M. Browner, Administrator, EPA (5/28/1998)
Bob Buckhorn, Mayor, Tampa, Florida (10/4/2013)
Jeb Bush, Governor, State of Florida (1/15/2003)
Johnnie Byrd, Speaker, Florida House of Representatives (2/20/2003)
Charles Canady, Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (5/17/2022)
Linda Chavez, President, U.S. English (9/23/1986)
Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs Magazine (2/25/2010)
Ron DeSantis, Governor, State of Florida (2/20/2019)
Roger Dow, President/CEO, U.S. Travel Association (07/7/2017)
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Chairman, Republican National Committee (9/18/1987)
Ted C. Fishman, Author, China, Inc. and Shock of Gray (11/30/2012)
George Friedman, CEO, Statfor and author, The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century (2/11/2009)
Tom Gallagher, Chief Financial Officer, State of Florida (5/28/2003)
Don Gaetz, Florida Senate President (11/4/2013)
Stuart Graff, President, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (06/01/2017)
Sen. Bob Graham, (2/19/2004 & 1/14/2011)
William H. Gray III, President and CEO, The College Fund/UNCF (10/11/1996)
Peter D. Hart, President and CEO, Hart Research (3/6/1997)
Yoram Hessel, Former Head, Global Operations, Intelligence and Foreign Relations, The Mossad (10/26/2011)
Clark Hoyt, Public Editor, The New York Times (10/23/2008)
Toni Jennings, Lieutenant Governor, State of Florida (3/11/2004)
Rhoda H. Karapatkin, President, Consumers Union of the United States (10/2/1992)
James E. “Jim” King, President, Florida Senate (4/11/2003)
Claude Kirk, Former Florida Governor (3/31/2006)
William Kristol, Chairman, Project for the Republican Future (2/23/1995)
Juan Kuryla, PPM, Port Director & CEO, PortMiami (5/20/2021)
John C. Lawn, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Agency (10/7/1988)
Hon. Laurel Lee, Florida’s Secretary of State (6/23/2020)
John Lenczowski, Founder and President, Institute of World Politics (10/5/2006)
Sen. Mel Martinez, Former United States Senator (10/31/2019)
Norman Y. Mineta, Chairman, Hill and Knowton, former U. S. Secretary of Transportation (2/21/2007)
James T. “Tim” Moore, Commissioner, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (4/12/2002)
Dr. Judy Monroe, President & CEO, The CDC Foundation (6/3/2021)
Dr. Nancy Nielsen, President-Elect, AMA (1/24/2008)
Bill Nelson, Senator, United States Senate (8/31/2005)
Michael Novak, Director, Social & Political Studies, American Enterprise Institute (3/5/1988 & 2/1619/90)
Sam Nunn, former Senator, United States Senate, Co-chair, Nuclear Threat Initiative (3/1/2006)
Mark O’Bryant, Chief Executive Officer and President, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (11/13/2003)
Father Valentine Peter, Executive Director, Father Flanagan’s Boys Town (2/3/1993)
Kevin Phillips, President, American Political Research Corp. (3/3/1988)
Ricky Polston, Florida Supreme Court Justice (07/31/2018)
Adam Putnam, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture (10/10/2012 and 4/28/2015)
Pat Robertson, President, Christian Broadcasting Network (6/11/1986)
Sharon L. Roush, Chief Executive Officer, Capital Regional Medical Center (11/13/2003)
Phyllis Schlafly, Chairman, Stop ERA (1/20/1982)
Rick Scott, Governor, State of Florida (9/6/2011)
Alex Sink, Chief Financial Officer, Florida Department of Financial Services (3/15/2007)
Dr. John T. Sinnott, Director, USF, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, Tampa, General Hospital (3/9/2006)
Eleanor Smeal, President of NOW (12/4/1981)
Leonard Steinhorn, Professor of Communications and Affiliate Professor of History, American University (7/7/2016)
Stuart Strahl, President and CEO, Audubon of Florida (2/21/2002)
Sidney Taurel, Chairman, Eli Lilly & Company (9/8/2006)
Larry D. Thompson, Deputy Attorney General of the United States (5/2/2002)
Guy Tunnell, Commissioner and Executive Director, Florida Department of Law Enforcement (8/6/2004)
Christine Todd Whitman, former New Jersey Governor and former EPA Administrator (5/30/2007)
Charles Wells, former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice (9/20/2013)
Andrew Young, Chairman, Law Companies International and former Ambassador to the United Nations (2/28/1992 & 3/24/1995)
Sports
Mark A. Emmert, Ph.D., President, NCAA (1/30/2012)
Sir Craig Reedie, V. P. Executive Board, International Olympic Committee and Past Chairman of the British Olympic Association (4/21/2021)
Bud Selig, Baseball Commissioner and owner, Milwaukee Brewers (3/23/1995)
Roger Staubach, Chairman & CEO, The Staubach Company (3/26/2003)
George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees (3/12/1982)
John D. Swofford, Commissioner, Atlantic Coast Conference (5/13/2005)
Don Yaeger, Inspirational Speaker and Best-selling Author (11/24/2014)