Dr. Martha Saunders tops the 2024 Power List. As the president of the University of West Florida, she has had tremendous influence, raising the institution’s academic reputation and community presence. Dr. Saunders has significantly contributed to our area’s growth and prosperity. Read her profile.
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Dr. Martha Saunders, President, University of West Florida
D.C. Reeves, Mayor, City of Pensacola
J.T. Young, Vice President/General Manager, Florida Power & Light
Dr. C. Edward Meadows, President, Pensacola State College
Ken Ford, Founder/CEO, Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
Peter Mougey, Shareholder, Levin Papantonio Rafferty
Julian MacQueen, Chairman/Founder, Innisfree Hotels
Dr. Sunil Gupta, Founder, Retina Specialty Institute, Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems and USRetina
David Deliman, Market Vice President Gulf Coast, Cox Communications
Robert Rinke, Owner, Levin Rinke Realty
Gabe Bullaro, CEO, HCA Florida West
Marcus Michles, Founder/Managing Partner, Michles & Booth
DeeDee Davis, Owner/CEO, NAI Pensacola
Chip Simmons, Sheriff, Escambia County
Bill Yarbrough, CEO, Emergency Care Partners
Chandra Smiley, Executive Director/CEO, Community Health Northwest Florida
Bruce Vredenburg, Regional President, Hancock Whitney Bank
Aaron Watson, Founder, Watson Law Firm
Bryan F. Aylstock Founding Partner, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz
Mark Faulkner, President/CEO, Baptist Health Care
Stephen R. Moorhead, Founder, Moorhead Real Estate Law Group
Allison Hill, President/CEO, LifeView Group
Cyndi Warren, Office Managing Member, Warren Averett
Brian Spencer, Founding Principal, SMP Architecture
Kristin Longley, Director of Public Affairs, Cox Communications
Will Condon, President/CEO, Ascension Sacred Heart
Bobby Switzer, Managing Partner, One Palafox Place
Ted Ent, President/CEO, Innisfree Hotels
Lee Morgan, President/CEO, Pen Air Federal Credit Union
Joe Zarzaur, Founder, Zarzaur Law, P.A.
Dr. Lonnie Wesley, Pastor, Greater Little Rock Baptist Church
Sandy Sansing, President, Sandy Sansing Automotive
Justin G. Witkin, Founding Partner, Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz
J. Nixon Daniel, Attorney, Beggs & Lane
Belle Bear, Co-founder, IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area
Lee Bell, President, Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund
Hale Morrissette, Senior Organizer, Dream Defenders; Owner, Life is Hale
Robert Emmanuel, Attorney, Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon
Daniel Souers, President/CEO, Gulf Winds Credit Union
Julie Sheppard, Executive Vice President, Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
Hong Potomski, Market Leader, Florida Blue
Cindi Bonner, Pensacola Director, Rally Foundation
Hunter Morris, Mill Manager, International Paper
Chad Henderson, CEO, Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate
Holly Benson, CEO, Screen Corps
Britt Landrum III, President/CEO, LandrumHR
Ryan Wiggins, Chief of Staff, Lincoln Project
Michael Carro, Senior Advisor/Principal, SVN Southland Commercial Real Estate
Lusharon Wiley, Executive Director, Equity Project Alliance
Scott Remington, Attorney, Clark Partington