About the Florida Small Business Summit
Hosted by Governor Crist on November 5, 2009, the Florida Small Business Summit joins government and private sector leaders, including more than 20 small business owners, for a daylong series of discussions and workshops aimed at establishing ideas that can foster and promote free competitive enterprise for Florida’s small business owners.
Small Business Summit Web Cast Archive
Watch the Florida Small Business Summit in its entirety by clicking on this link to archived video.
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Event Agenda
To view the agenda for the Florida Small Business Summit, click this link.
Send Your Comments
To share your ideas on how to best stimulate Florida’s economy, please fill out this PDF comment form and send it as an attachment to SmallBusinessSummit@eog.myflorida.com . You can also fax your comment form to (850) 414 -1734, Attn: Small Business Summit. Some of the comments will be discussed during the Summit.
Press Announcements
Governor Crist Participates in Roundtable Discussion with Small Business Owners, 10/21/2009
Governor Crist Promotes Florida Small Business Month in Miami, 10/20/2009
Governor Crist to Convene Statewide Small Business Summit, 10/16/2009
Governor Crist Applauds Contribution of Hispanic Businesses on Florida Economy, 10/13/2009
Governor Crist Kicks Off Florida Small Business Month in Orlando, 10/1/2009
Small Business Summit Presenters
- Dale A. Brill, Ph. D.
Director, Governor’s Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development
- Jerry Cartwright
Board Chairman, Association of Small Business Development Centers
State Director, Florida Small Business Development Center Network
- Keyna Cory
President, Public Affairs Consultants Inc.
- Chuck Drago
Secretary, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Chris Hart
President/CEO, Workforce Florida
- Bill Herrle
Florida’s Executive Director, National Federation of Independent Business
- Dr. Thomas O’Neal
Associate Vice President for Research and Commercialization, University of Central Florida
- John Pieno
Chairman, Florida Sterling Council
- Mark Wilson
President/CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce
Small Business Summit Participants
- Senator Thad Altman, Indian Harbor
- James Bailey Jr., Jacksonville
- Monte Bradwell, Quincy
- Cindy Cockburn, Safety Harbor
- Dulce Cuetara, RN, Miami
- John Falconetti, Jacksonville
- Adela Fernandez Lubkowitz, Gulf Breeze
- Sandie Foland, Palm Beach Gardens
- Reggie Gaffney, Jacksonville
- Gypsy Gallardo, St. Petersburg
- Ellen Hunt, Pensacola
- Bill James, Davie
- John Justak, Stuart
- Larry Newsome, Gulfport
- Paresh Patel, Clearwater
- State Representative Jimmy Patronis, Panama City
- Richard Paul-Hus, Fort Lauderdale
- Scott Peelan, Winter Park
- John Smith, Palm Beach Gardens
- Dwight Stephenson, Delray Beach
- Brian Walsh, Coral Springs
- Garrett Walton, Pensacola