President and CEO of the Central Florida Urban League Glenton Gilzean Jr. started his first nonprofit at age 26. Educate Today represented the first of many times Gilzean would create a space for...
Category - Up Close
Up Close with Chris Leggett Talk of supply chains, imports, exports and the global economy has rushed to the forefront of business news cycles and board videoconference discussions since COVID-19...
(February 2020) – Cliff Long, CEO at Orlando Regional REALTOR® Association, came to real estate by way of politics. It was his previous role with the State of Florida a few years before he...
(January 2020) – Shaun Germolus always knew he wanted to fly. “Since I was 11, I wanted to become a professional airline pilot,” he said. He enrolled in the University of North Dakota...
(November 2019) – Elisha Gonzàlez has always felt a calling to public service. In every field she has broken into she has excelled because of that calling. “Above all else, I’m passionate about...
As an inductee into the National Center for Simulation Hall of Fame and one of Florida’s most influential business leaders as chosen by Florida Trend magazine, Bev Seay has established herself as a...
Born and raised in England, Adrian Jones has seen a lot of changes in the hospitality industry in his journey to his current role as divisional director of Midway North America for Merlin...
Education forges paths. Some grit their teeth and hack their way through while others follow a gilded yellow brick road, but anyone who makes it to the finish line finds a world of opportunity — and...
Kelly Nierstedt began working at age 15, cooking, cleaning and eventually staffing the register at a Burger King in her hometown. The job brought with it some contempt from her high...
Yog Melwani, president of the Indian American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) in Orlando, learned early in his career the value of “working smart.” His first job at the student computer lab at Hofstra...