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Focus Area Leaders:
Chairman: Capt. Tim Kinsella – Director Center for Leadership at the University of West Florida and former Commanding Officer for Naval Air Station Pensacola
Attainable Housing: Sam Young – President and CEO of Pensacola Habitat for Humanity, Shirley Henderson – Deputy Executive Director/Director of Social Services for the Area Housing Commission
Citizen Engagement: Pastor Marcel Davis – Pastor of Adoration for a New Beginning, Rev. Dr. Michael Hoffman – Rector of Christ Church, Frency Moore – Community Outreach Coordinator for Studer Community Institute, Pastor Lonnie Wesley – Pastor of Greater Little Rock Baptist Church
City Construction & Development: Tosh Belsinger – Vice President of Development at Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate, David Peaden – Executive Director of the Home Builders Association of West Florida
Education: Rusty Branch – Vice President of Community Engagement for Innisfree Hotels, Dr. Kim Thomas – Principal of C. A. Weis Elementary School Employee
Engagement & Culture: Rachael Gillette – President of the Studer Community Institute, Dr. Lusharon Wiley – Vice President of Corporate Culture for Innisfree Hotels
Environment: Kelly Hagen – environmental advocate and President of the Council of Neighborhood Association Presidents of Pensacola (CNAPP), Christian Wagley – Coastal Organizer for Healthy Gulf
Finance: Whitney Lucas – General Manager at Gilmore, Amber McClure – Consultant for Governmental Financial Officers
Livability: Carolyn Grawi – Executive Director of the Center for Independent Living, Brian Spencer – Architect/Developer
Measurable Performance: Dr. Justin Davis – Professor of Business Administration at UWF, Dr. Kevin Krieger – Professor of Accounting and Finance at UWF
Military Relations: Capt. Cliff Collins – Chief of Staff for Naval Education and Training Command, Jason Crawford – Managing Partner at One in a Row Ventures, Jason Bortz – Public Affairs Officer for Naval Air Station Pensacola, Shawn Dominguez – President of Dominguez Design-Build Inc.
Public Safety: Tommi Lyter, Chief Deputy for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Aaron Watson – Managing Attorney at the Watson Firm, PLLC
Strategic Planning: Angela Kyle – business development and strategy consultant and daughter of local historian Ora Wills, Julie Sheppard – Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel at the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC)