Locals named to Florida’s Influence 100 list

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The Saint Peters Blog published today its first-ever Influence 100, a list for the most powerful, non-politicians in the state of Florida. Pensacola has three on the list: Lewis Bear, Collier Merrill and Bentina Terry.

Alberto Martinez, Sen. Marco Rubio’s chief of staff and husband of Gulf Breeze native Sarah Zieman, also made the list.

Two regulars on “Pensacola Speaks” are on it–– Rick Wilson, Steve Schale.

Pat Bainter, whose firm ran Mayor Ashton Hayward’s successful re-election campaign, made the Influence 100 also.

The list starts on page 92 of the online version of the publication – link.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”