Meet the Inaugural Elite Central Florida Winners E

lite Central Florida was created in 2022 to celebrate the most elite organizations in the Central Florida region. We acknowledge businesses, non-profit organizations, and community leaders that focus on supporting, enriching, and going above and beyond in their communities. Are you ready to meet the winners?!

Elite Community Business - Large Business

Joe Nunziata is the Co-CEO and president of FBC Mortgage – you will know of his company if you have been at any community event, concert, game, and of course his company sponsored the UCF Stadium. What you may not know about Joe is he invests in more than community assets but also you will find Joe sponsoring our local police and first responders. He is usually the first person that supports our first responders, and their families need to support whether it be financial or his vast network. He sits on the boards and supports the FBC Mortgage Foundation, Blue Line, Orange County, Seminole County and Osceola County Sheriff Foundation. His service to those who serve our community embodies what a community leader should be.

Elite Community Business - Minority Owned

The Ms. Corporate America Organization, LLC (MCAO) is a business-friendly competition honoring corporate professionals, business leaders and CEOs. Our unique platform gives professional women a national stage to promote themselves, highlight their company and serve their community. They promote self-development by helping contestants enhance self-confidence, strengthen leadership skills, and accomplish personal and professional goals, while also establishing lasting friendships with other professional women.

Elite Community Business - Midsize Business

Avani Desai is the CEO of Schellman & Company, LLC. She serves and volunteers throughout Central Florida with a focus on helping women children. She is not just one of the most powerful women in business in Central Florida, but you will find her and her family creating positive impact by volunteering at soup kitchens on holidays, ensuring local children have gifts under the tree at Christmas and never feel left out during any holiday. She uses her network to ensure kids that need school supplies, or extra meals are taken care of.

Elite Community Business - Small Business

Dance It Studio Orlando has been doing business in Central Florida for the past 11 years changing lives in a positive way one step at a time.

Elite Community Business - Veteran-Owned

Sandberg and Associates Private Investigations is a private investigation company providing good ethics and morals helping families with working on their personal cases.

Elite Community Business - Women-Owned

Michelle Markey is making waves! Between being Ms. Titusville Petite, working with a women’s empowerment organization, and starting her own nonprofit to help families who have kids with special needs, she is remarkable!

Michelle is starting a nonprofit to assist families with kids who have special needs. She is a single mom, raising a special needs kiddo and very passionate that families get the support and community they need. She is also active in mentoring a local teen, volunteering, and speaks to youth about women’s empowerment.

Elite Medical Practice

At K2 Medical Research, people come first. Clinical research has been stigmatized as invasive, impersonal, cold. K2 has made it their mission to drop this outdated stigma and begin a new standard for how clinical trials are delivered: one founded in respect, compassion, and warmth. They aim to give their patients a sense of autonomy, equity, and dignity; to provide tools that will allow them to advocate for their own health using the latest advancements the industry has to offer.

Elite Community Hero - Nonprofit Leader

Danielle Adams is a community leader, influencer and radio host. She has been featured on Tamron Hall and in Ebony Magazine for her input on beauty culture and self-esteem. She has received awards for decreasing racial biases from local nonprofits. She has worked with community leaders to decrease racial biases in Sanford. She is passionate and uses her influence to bring organizations together to make change. Danielle Adams is on the board of the Picnic Project, a non-profit that works to build food security in Sanford, FL through grocery assistance, community meals and advocating for a healthy, vibrant local foodshed.

Elite Travel Destination

Westgate Resorts was founded in 1982 and operates as a subsidiary of Central Florida Investments, Inc. (CFI). Starting with a 16-unit resort at Westgate Vacation Villas, it now encompasses more than 14,000 villas at 22 beautiful resorts in premiere travel destinations throughout the United States. Employing about 10,000 people, Westgate Resorts has expanded into the largest privately held corporation in the Central Florida area.

Elite Community Non-Profit

The Innocent Lives Foundation is a 501c3 nonprofit whose mission is to identify anonymous child predators to help bring them to justice. They work closely with law enforcement to help locate, track and identify those who create child abuse material or traffic children.