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Don’t Miss the Treasure Hidden In the Season by Eric Wright Our modern culture often criticizes traditions, especially when the meaning or purpose behind the tradition gets lost. Once a new rabbi came to a synagogue where the people were…
2012 BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR – OVERALL Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast The Space Coast has been at the epicenter of some of history’s greatest triumphs, where dreams became realities and actual achievements surpassed science…
2012 BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR – FINANCE William “Bill” Taylor President and CEO, Community Bank of the South While the great recession has been challenging for most financial institutions, Brevard-based Community Bank of the South has outperformed a…
2012 Business Leader of the Year – MARKETING Charley Richards Founder and president, Absolutely Natural The funnel clouds around Atlantis Road the last year and a half aren’t tornadoes, but rather a whirlwind emanating from Absolutely Natural, Inc. …
Jim Jensen Founder/CEO, Satcom Direct Inc. Satcom Direct provides global satellite communications to business aviation, military aviation – including to Heads of State, NATO and the Department of Defense – general aviation, land mobile and maritime customers. This…
Bill Potter Vice Chairman, Melbourne Airport Authority The word visionary may be overused, but it certainly fits Bill Potter. He not only helped envision the infrastructure needed to attract Embraer and others to Melbourne International Airport, he also crafted war-torn…
Sandi Scannelli President/CEO, Community Foundation for Brevard Sandi Scannelli is familiar with every facet of Brevard’s nonprofit community, which encompasses more than 1,500 public charities. The Community Foundation, an independent, nonprofit organization, consists of a family of philanthropists who…
Dr. Robert P. Scaringe President and founder, Mainstream Engineering Corporation Mainstream Engineering is a 26-year-old company involved in the research, development and manufacture of advanced energy conversion and thermal control devices. They hold a 100 percent DOD commercialization index,…
From Thanksgiving to ‘Thanks-living’ by Eric Wright Rudyard Kipling, author of Captains Courageous and The Jungle Book, was not only famous, but was quite wealthy. A newspaper reporter once approached him and said, “Mr. Kipling, I read that the…
Space Coast Defense Alliance Council Chairman by Eric Wright Every decade seems to have a key word that is drawn from history or the wordsmiths to become a part of popular vocabulary. During the negotiations to end the Vietnam War…
