Prominent past Guest Speakers

REIC is proud to attract some of the finest speakers in the world of business development, education and commerical real estate.

These are some of the speakers that addressed REIC meetings in the past.

 

Dr. Henry Fishkind
President, Fishkind & Associates

9/17/03, 9/18/02 9/19/01, 9/20/00, 9/15/99, 9/16/98, 9/17/97, 9/25/96, 9/21/94, 9/22/93, 10/28/92

Al Hoffman, Jr.
CEO, WCI Communities, Inc.

2/19/03

Judy L. Genshaft
President, University of South Florida

10/16/02

Rich McKay
Former General Manager, Tampa Bay Buccaneers;General Manager, Atlanta Falcons

5/22/02, 12/4/97

Mayor Dick Greco
Mayor, City of Tampa; Dibartolo Senior Executive

3/20/02 , 5/26/99, 1/26/95

Congressman Jim Davis
Representative, United States Congress

2/25/02

Steven M. Seibert
Secretary, Florida Department of Community Affairs

11/15/01

William S. Taubman
Executive Vice President, The Taubman Company

10/24/01

Willard G. Rouse III
Chairman, CEO and President, Liberty Property Trust

4/18/01

 

Jeffrey H. Schwartz
President, Vizional Technologies, Inc.

3/28/01

Senator John McKay
President, the Florida Senate

1/17/01

Ron Rotella
Executive Director, Westshore Alliance & Special Consultant to the Mayor of the City of Tampa

11/15/00

 

Jack Wilson
Chairman, The Wilson Company & Superbowl XXXV Task Force

6/14/00

David Ruberg
Chairman, President & CEO, Intermedia Communications, Inc.

5/9/00

 

Bob Bashman
Chairman, Outback Steakhouse

1/19/00

 

John Sykes
Chairman, Florida 2012, Inc.

3/22/99

Tom James
Chairman & CEO, Raymond James Financial, Inc.

1/20/99

Frank Newman
Chairman & CEO, Eckerd Corporation

3/25/98

 

Keith White
President, Reinhold P. Wolff Economic Research, Inc.

1/15/97

Anthony Downs
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

3/22/95

Rick Nafe
Executive Director, Tampa Sports Authority

2/22/95

Alex Sink
President, NationsBank of Florida

5/25/94

Finn Caspersen
Chairman, Beneficial Corp.

4/27/94

Melvin Sembler
U.S. Ambassador to Italy (and formerly to Australia and Nauru) and former Chairman of the Board of The Sembler Company

1/19/94

Governor Jeb Bush
Governor of Florida

10/20/93

John Ehrlichman
Director, Law Companies Group, Inc.; and Former Counsel to President Nixon

9/23/92

 

Paul M. Homan
President, First Florida Banks, Inc.

5/27/92

Bo Godbold
President, Raymond James Financial, Inc.

1/30/92

 

Peter H. Monroe
President, Oversight Board of Resolution Trust Corporation

9/25/91

 

Al Austin
Chairman, Austin Companies and US. Base Closing Commissioner

5/23/91

A. Bronson Thayer
Chairman, First Florida Banks, Inc.

9/26/90

 

Charles Rutenberg
Chairman, Rutenberg Corporation

3/28/90

Bob Martinez
Former Florida Governor, Formal Federal Drug Czar and Former Mayor of Tampa

 

 

Dick Beard
Former Florida Managing Partner,
Paragon Group

 

 

 

Ken Good
Tampa Palms’ Developer

 

 

Robert Strudler
Chairman, U.S. Home Corporation

 

 

Congressman Sam Gibbons
Former Representative, United States Congress

 

 

Sandra Freedman
Former Mayor of Tampa

 

 

Herb Cohen
Author of negotiating books and renowned negotiator

 

 

Jack B. Critchfield
Former Chairman, Florida Progress Corporation, and Former President,
Rollins College

 

 

Frank Borkowski
Chancellor, Appalachian State University, and Former President of University of South Florida