Buddy Dyer has served as Mayor of the City of Orlando since 2003, and from his first day in office, he has worked tirelessly to advance the community’s shared vision for Orlando as America’s 21st Century City.

Under Mayor Dyer’s leadership and through strategic investments, Orlando is one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities and is the most visited destination in the country, hosting more than 65 million visitors each year. Mayor Dyer has defined Orlando as America’s new home for inclusiveness, opportunity and quality of life, with a strong focus on innovation, transportation, sustainability and government efficiency.

Committed to Inclusiveness

Mayor Dyer helped the community unite and heal following the June 12, 2016 Pulse tragedy that took the lives of 49 people and injured more than 50, vowing that Orlando would not be defined by one hateful act, but instead by responding with love and compassion. The unity was on display in the hours after the tragedy when residents waited for hours to donate blood, and later at vigils and memorials and as millions of dollars were raised to support victims’ families and survivors through the OneOrlando Fund.

Throughout his tenure as Mayor, he has ensured that Orlando is a city that embraces diversity, promotes fairness and equality and is a welcoming, multicultural community. In 2015, Mayor Dyer presided at the historic Vowed and Proud wedding ceremony at City Hall when 44 same-sex couples were married, a year after Orlando added gender identity as a protected class in the City’s anti-discrimination code.

Orlando’s longest-serving mayor, Mayor Dyer is dedicated to celebrating the community’s diversity throughout the year at annual cultural events, and also through workshops to foster ongoing engagement and conversation between residents and the City to further a culture of acceptability and understanding.

Creating a City of Opportunity

Since his first day in office, Mayor Dyer has strived to increase cooperation and partnership between Central Florida’s many governments, its business and civic communities and its residents. The result of this effort is a new era of collaboration that has paved the way for a series of remarkable, transformational accomplishments for greater Orlando in a very short period of time and has set the city on course for a more prosperous future.

That future includes a new University of Central Florida-Valencia College campus in Downtown Orlando, which will open in 2019, anchoring the Creative Village innovation cluster and benefiting the entire region, bringing more than 7,500 students and a more than $200 million economic impact each year. The campus will also help young people, including those in the City’s successful youth programs, connect education to opportunity.

The accomplishments also include the opening of three community venues – the Amway Center, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and Camping World Stadium. The venues, which have brought world-class events to Central Florida, even more international visitors to the region and enhanced the quality of life for residents, were part of Mayor Dyer’s engineering of one of the most remarkable downtown resurgences of anywhere in the country.

Mayor Dyer has served as one of the region’s leading voices on ending homelessness, guiding the collaboration among jurisdictions, service providers and community groups. Veteran homelessness has been essentially eliminated and a 2016 point-in-time census identified a one-year 23.6 percent decrease in the number of homeless individuals in the region.

Developing a Destination for Innovation

Mayor Dyer has shaped Orlando into a desirable place to live, work, learn and play. Orlando added more jobs than any other metropolitan area in the country in 2015 and Forbes ranked Orlando No. 2 nationally as the best place to buy real estate, No. 3 in job growth and No. 4 as the happiest place to work.

Mayor Dyer is leading the efforts to diversify Central Florida’s economy and create a new breed of high-tech, high-wage careers for residents in cutting-edge industries such as digital media, life sciences and biotechnology, modeling, simulation and training and aviation and aerospace.

Innovation is on display at the Lake Nona Medical City, which is home to some of the nation’s leading hospitals, universities, research institutions and health and science companies. A growing destination for startups and young entrepreneurs, Downtown Orlando’s tech scene is thriving.

Keeping Orlando Moving and Green

Under Orlando’s strong-mayor form of government, Mayor Dyer serves as the City’s chief executive and also helps govern and oversee the operations and growth of its city-owned utility, OUC, and the Orlando International and Executive Airports.

Mayor Dyer is an advocate for the expansion of public transit and for creating an environmentally sustainable city. Successes under Mayor Dyer’s leadership include SunRail, Central Florida’s first commuter rail system which launched in 2014, the introduction of bike share and an 140 percent increase in bike lane mileage since 2003.

Orlando has worked to become one of the most sustainable cities in the country. Through recycling, composting, energy efficiency and the planting of thousands of trees, the City is conserving more and wasting less in order to create a better future for generations to come.

Serving Efficiently

Mayor Dyer’s commitment to bolstering police protection helped bring about the most dramatic reduction in crime in Orlando history. This focus on safety has also helped make the Orlando Fire Department one of the elite departments in the entire country with international accreditation.

Under Mayor Dyer’s leadership, the City is creating a Digital City Hall which allows business owners, residents and visitors to access City services and Orlando Police Department data via the internet.

A Central Florida Native

Mayor Dyer was born in Orlando and raised in nearby Kissimmee.

Prior to being Mayor, he served for a decade in the Florida Senate. His colleagues elected him as their Democratic Senate Leader, a position he held for three years. Mayor Dyer earned his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Brown University and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Florida College of Law. Before he chose to serve in public office, Mayor Dyer worked as an environmental engineer.

Jason Siegel has enjoyed 30 years of success and accomplishments in major and minor league professional sports and intercollegiate athletics. He is currently in his second year as CEO of the Central Florida Sports Commission after serving five years as the Orlando Solar Bears Managing Partner & President/CEO.

Under his leadership, the Central Florida Sports Commission hosted more than 150 events and drove more than $300 million in economic impact in 2016 and 2017. Anchored by marquee events such as the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship First and Second-Rounds, Copa America Centenario, and Wrestlemania 33, the commission serves one of the largest sports tourism regions in the country and drives impact for Orange, Seminole, Lake and Osceola Counties and the City of Orlando.

Siegel was named one of Orlando Business Journal's CEOs of the Year in 2017.

Siegel served as Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Community Development for the New Jersey Devils (NHL) from 2000-2007.

Prior to establishing and bringing the Solar Bears to Orlando in 2011, Siegel served four years as Senior Associate Athletic Director at his alma mater, Binghamton University, where he was co-Executive Director of the department’s Athletics Board.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Jason and his wife Sarah Grafton now reside in Maitland, FL with their four children, Stephanie (16), Ryder (9), Bobby (7), and Joseph.

Siegel is currently serving as Chairman of the American Diabetes Association's local Leadership Board and serves on a number of local community Boards including the Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association, Boy Scouts of America, and the Central Florida Commission on Homelessness.

Dale Brill leads the expansion of research and analytic services to drive regional prosperity agenda by connecting economic development

practices with community development priorities. He is also leading the action-oriented expansion of the Foundation for Community

Building as a convener of public, private, and independent sector stakeholders throughout the Orlando mega-region, and

championing regional economic analysis and strategic initiatives to address the inadequacy of holding “job creation” as a

sufficient objective for creating regional prosperity.

Blaire Martin, CEO of Activate Florida

As the CEO of Activate Florida, the VP of Strategic Partnerships at Florida Funders, the CEO/cofounder of the Florida Angel Nexus, and a cofounder of the FAN Fund, Blaire has aided investors to deploy capital into early-stage Florida businesses and prepared entrepreneurs to raise capital since 2012. At Everix, she is focused on capitalizing our upcoming critical milestones, managing our spending plan, and supporting the company to create significant revenue and returns for our investors.

Blaire is an Investor-in-Residence at Babson College. She has been recognized by the Orlando Business Journal receiving the 2017 Women Who Mean Business - Woman to Watch Award, by the UCF Alumni Association as a 30 under 30, and the UCF College of Business as a Notable Knight.

She graduated with honors from UCF with an MBA and a Bachelor’s degree focused on finance, entrepreneurship, and leadership. As a student at UCF, Blaire was honored twice as a Collegiate All-American, earned four Southeast Division First Team Awards, and the UCF Sport Club of the Year Award.

As President of Coastal Construction’s Central and

North Florida Division, Sean DeMartino leads all

business operations including acquisitions and

administration.

A widely respected industry veteran, Sean enjoys more than 30

years as a proven construction leader, heading a variety of mid and

large-scale projects spanning the hospitality, entertainment,

corporate office, large public assembly, mixed use, multi-family,

aviation, upper level education, and governmental sectors including

clients such as Walt Disney, Universal Orlando, LYNX, Harris

Corporation, St. Joe, Peabody, Jefferson Apartment Group and the

Orlando Magic. Sean’s efforts and expertise can be seen in some

of the most significant and iconic structures in the region, including

the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, the Peabody Hotel

(now the Hyatt Regency Orlando), and the Harris Corporate

Headquarters and High Technology Center in Palm Bay, FL. In

addition, Sean has lead the construction of projects in Hawaii and

the Caribbean.

Active in civic circles, Sean is involved in professional and

philanthropic organizations throughout Central Florida and at the

University of Florida including Heart of Florida United Way, Junior

Achievement of Central Florida / the Junior Achievement Academy

in Central Florida, the Industry Advisory Executive Committee and

Board for the School of Construction Management at the University

of Florida and is the 2017 immediate past Co-Chairman of the

Orlando Economic Partnership. He is wholly committed to Central

Florida’s continued development both economically and culturally.

Coastal Construction Group has been building projects throughout

Florida for more than five decades and have earned a reputation as

one of the leading contractors in the state and the Southeast.

Coastal currently has operations in Miami, Palm Beach, Orlando,

Naples, Tampa and the Florida Keys, and has significant

experience in commercial, hospitality, single and multi-family

residential, educational, government-related facilities and disaster

recovery projects. Coastal has built more than 50 hotels and resorts

in Florida, including the Ocean Reef Club, Deering Bay Yacht and

Country Club, Boca Grande, Fisher Island Club, St. Regis Resort &

Residences, Bal Harbour, the Miami Beach Edition, The Ritz

Carlton South Beach, SLS Miami Beach Hotel, Four Seasons,

Faena Hotel, as well as numerous South Florida condominiums,

office buildings and schools, such as the Mansions at Acqualina,

Porsche Design Tower, Residences by Armani Casa, and the

Bacardi World Headquarters.

Coastal expanded to Central and North Florida in mid-2017 with

Sean at the helm of its growth strategy in this market.

Christopher C. Brockman is the practice group leader for Holland & Knight’s Orlando Real Estate

Group. He focuses his practice in the area of real estate law, with special emphasis on commercial

real estate transactions, including commercial leasing matters.

Honors & Awards

Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers guide, Real Estate, 2013-2016

Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend magazine, 2013-2016

The Best Lawyers in America guide, Real Estate Law, 2013-2017

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated

Florida Super Lawyers magazine, 2007, 2012-2016

Publications

Florida Development Permits Eligible for Extensions Due to Storms and Other Conditions, Holland

& Knight Alert, November 11, 2016

Changes to Lien Laws Create Opportunities for Contractors and Pitfalls for Owners, Holland &

Knight Alert, January 30, 2012

Avoiding Hidden Pitfalls in Selling a Portion of Your Shopping Center, Florida Investor, January

2011

Avoiding Hidden Pitfalls in Selling a Portion of Your Shopping Center, RE Business Online,

December 14, 2010

Florida Retail Leases: When – and How Many – Witnesses Do You Need?, Holland & Knight

Alert, June 16, 2009

CVS: A Prescription for Success!, Holland & Knight Newsletter, April 29, 2002

Speaking Engagements

The Life Cycle of a Net Lease Asset – Site Selection to Development to Disposition Session

Details, ICSC N3 Triple Net Lease Conference, March 4, 2014

ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, Double Trouble: Can You Make a Site Work When

You Lease From two Different Owners? What if You Buy 1/2 and Lease 1/2, October 16-19, 2013

Related Practices: Real Estate Retail Development and Leasing Sustainable Development Healthcare Real Estate

ICSC South Florida Idea Exchange, Roundtable Facilitator, When Is Your Money Not Your Money?

Dealing With a Preference Claim In Bankruptcy, October 24, 2012

ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, Non-Traditional Tenants: How Far Will You Go?

How Far Can You Go?, October 26-28, 2011

Shopping Center Outparcel Sales, Florida Real Estate Journal web podcast, December 17, 2010

ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, When the Landlord is No Longer the Developer:

Purchasing an Outparcel and Dealing with Enforcement of Center-Wide Restrictions, Exclusives

and Other Obligations When You Don't Own Center, November 3, 2010

Central Florida: Where it is, Where it is Headed, International Council of Shopping Centers Panel

Discussion, July 28, 2009

Savvy Leasing & Litigating in the Current Economy, Presentation for CBRE - CB Richard Ellis, Inc.,

March 25, 2009

Hush (for) Money: The Use of Confidentiality Agreements When Negotiating Monetary

Concessions with Tenants, International Council of Shopping Centers Law Conference, 2009

Retail Bankruptcies Have Arrived—More Are Coming, What You Need to Know Now: Practical

Answers for Dealing With Troubled Retail Tenants, December 2, 2008

The Outlook for Leasing, Investment and Development in the Industrial Market, RealShare Central

Florida Conference, Panel Discussion, 2008

ICSC U.S. Shopping Center Law Conference, When the Landlord Is No Longer the Developer:

Purchasing an Outparcel and Dealing with the Enforcement of Center-wide Restrictions,

Exclusives and Other Obligations When You Don't Own the Center, 2008

Legal Aspects of Condominium Development in Florida, Panelist, July 11, 2006

Unique Issues of Resort Communities: Structuring the Resort Condominium Development,

University of Miami Institute on Condominium and Cluster Developments, 2005

Representations and Warranties in Purchase Agreements, International Conference of Shopping

Centers Law Conference, 2005

Memberships:

Orlando, Inc., Board of Directors

Coalition for the Homeless of Central Florida, Secretary, Board of Directors

The Kimball Foundation, former Chairman

Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, Florida State University College of Law, former

Editor-in-Chief

American Bar Association

Education:

Florida State University College of Law, J.D.

Florida State University, B.A.

Bar Admissions:

Florida.

Chuck Whittall, the son of a fireman, came from very modest beginnings. As a lifelong resident of Central Florida he developed the heart and mind of an entrepreneur at a very young age. When he was the tender age of 12, Mr. Whittall, started his own lawn mowing business and at 18 opened a successful teenage nightclub. With a strong interest in construction he pursued and received his Class-A General Contractors License and formed a construction company that he owned and operated for several years before venturing into the world of real estate development.

In 1998, Mr. Whittall founded Unicorp National Developments, Inc. which has designed and constructed numerous retail developments, over 100 drug stores, Town Centers and Luxury Apartment complexes, and the extremely iconic Orlando Eye. His projects to date have an aggregate value of over 2.5 Billion dollars.

With great poise and vision, Mr. Whittall has built a great company with a tremendous team and is often recognized by the Orlando Business Journal and The Orlando Sentinel as the premier development company of Central Florida.

Chuck Whittall has received numerous recognitions such as Game Changers of the Year, noted as top CEO in Central Florida, top 50 Most Powerful Business Men in Central Florida 2015 and 2016 & one of the top privately held companies in Central Florida.

Mr. Whittall has been involved in many charities and has a philanthropic heart and believes strongly in giving back to the community. He is the appointed Chairman of the American Heart Association for 2017 and expects the Association to have a banner year.

Mr. Stahley is currently the Regional Partner and Executive Vice President of Lincoln Property Company of Florida, Inc., responsible for all commercial real estate operations throughout the state of Florida, which includes property acquisitions, development, partnership structuring and negotiations, sales, property management and leasing activities.

He is the former Director of Corporate Real Estate for the Walt Disney Company, responsible for all corporate real estate services in the Eastern U.S., Latin America and Canada. During Mr. Stahley’s career at the Walt Disney Company, he was involved in such diverse development projects as the Contemporary Resort Convention Center and Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort and Convention Center, to developing theme parks (Disney’s America), rollout for Disney’s Vacation Club projects to include purchasing an island for the Disney Cruise Line.

Mr. Stahley is also a former Senior Vice President of ZOM Development, Inc., responsible for the design and development of all projects, which included multi-family, office, retail and mixed-use development. Mr. Stahley expanded ZOM Development, Inc. from a one-project-per-year operation to six (6) projects per year with a focus on in-fill projects in such areas as downtown Orlando, Tampa, and South Beach in Miami. His development expertise moved the company from a low-rise suburban apartment developer to an urban high-rise luxury mixed-use developer. Mr. Stahley was also a commercial developer with Cabot, Cabot & Forbes spearheading their Southeast U.S. operations, developing office buildings in Maitland and the first two (2) office buildings in the Heathrow / Lake Mary market.

Mr. Stahley has experience in all phases of real estate development and has been active in Central Florida real estate for over twenty (20) years where he has developed over two and a half (2.5) million square feet of commercial space, and more than 8500 residential/hotel units.

Mr. Stahley’s education includes undergraduate schooling from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and graduate schooling from Boston University, and Ball State University in Business Administration and Finance respectively.

Education:

United States Military Academy at West Point

Boston University – Business Administration

Ball State University – Finance