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Find out morePhotography by Lori Sax October 4, 2016
Jeanette Gates, Jon Kulman, Mark Huey, EDC Sarasota County
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Jeanne Corcoran, Sarasota EDC Film and Entertainment Office; Barry Rothstein, Consonant Custom Media
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Barbara Ford-Coates, Sarasota County Tax Collector; Jim Shirley, Arts and Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County
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Heather Shehorn, Jamie Smith, SCF
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Trish McConnell, Valerie Yates, United Way Suncoast
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Taylor Collins, Benefits and Planning, Inc; Robert Meade, Steve Young, Doctors Hospital
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Diane and Natalie Huey, Diane Huey Fitness
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David Rovine, Baltimore Orioles; Suzanne Atwell, Sarasota City Commissioner
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Rod Hershberger, PGT; Teri Hansen, Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation; John LaCivita, Willis Smith Construction
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Pam Daniel, Sarasota Magazine; Juliette Reynolds, C-Suite Communications; Susan Burns, 941CEO Magazine
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Rae Dowling, FPL; Suzanne McCormick, Mireya Eavey, Holly Bullard, United Way Suncoast
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Mark Pritchett, Veronica Brady, Gulf Coast Community Foundation
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Jim Kuhlman, incoming chair, EDC Sarasota County
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Circus Sarasota performers
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Circus Sarasota, Chuck Sidlow
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Mark Huey, President, CEO, EDC Sarasota County
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