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Suzanne Monroe; Anna Foster, Gulf Coast Community Foundation; Mimi Cirbusova, Sarasota Chamber
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Nathan Bailey, SouthTech; Dan Harris, Kerkering Barberio
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Rae Dowling, FPL; Sue Stewart, Girl Scouts of Gulfcoast Florida
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Sarah Murphy, Steve Queior, The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce
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Bob Hite, Venice Regional; Jennifer Compton, Shumaker Loop; Mark Pritchett, Gulf Coast Community Foundation
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Ania Adderley, Sun Trust; Wille Shaw, City of Sarasota; Elaine Hampshire, Art To Walk On
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Dan Ceasar, Goldie Feldman Academy; Ben Hanan, Shumaker Loop
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Charley Bailey, Williams Parker; Lisa Krouse, FCCI
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Barbara Hines, Donna Ravens, Sarasota Chamber
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Steve Queior, Sarasota Chamber; Tony Carvajal, CAE, Executive Vice President of the Florida Chamber Foundation; Lisa Krouse, FCCI
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Amy Lynch, Shawn Halls, Joelle Hennesey, Mackenzie Jones, Sarasota Memorial Hospital
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Laurie Pike, Comfort Suites; Heather Kasten, LWR Business Alliance; Teresa Tyrrell, ABC7
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Janet and Dean Mixon, Mixon Fruit Farms
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The Greater Sarasota Chamber welcomed speaker Tony Carvajal, executive vice president of the Florida Chamber Foundation.
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