Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Ceremony & Gala Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Reception at Six o’clock in the Evening • Dinner and Ceremony at Seven o’clock Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club 1601 South MacDill Avenue, Tampa, Florida
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Welcome to the inaugural Induction Ceremony and Gala of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. We are honored to have you with us this evening. The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame was founded in 2014 to honor and celebrate those inventors whose achievements have advanced the quality of life for Floridians, our state and our nation. The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame encourages individuals of all ages and backgrounds to strive toward the betterment of Florida and society through continuous, groundbreaking innovation. By commending the incredible scientific work being accomplished in the State of Florida, our state will attract interest, funding, and further the growth of our innovation sector. The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame is one of only five state inventors’ halls of fame in the United States and was recognized in April 2014 with a resolution passed by the Florida Senate to honor outstanding Florida inventors. The resolution, adopted at the request of Senator Jeff Brandes (22nd District), recognizes the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame “on the occasion of its inaugural year for its commitment to honoring inventors and celebrating innovation, discovery, and excellence in this state.� Nomination to the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame is open to all Florida inventors (living or dead) who have been residents of Florida and completed a substantial amount of their inventive work while living and/or employed in the state. The nominee must be a named inventor on a U.S. patent issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The impact of the inventor and his or her invention should be significant to society as a whole, and the invention should have been commercialized, utilized, or led to important innovations. Inductees are selected annually through a nomination process open to all inventors in the state of Florida. The nominations are reviewed by our Selection Committee which comprises distinguished experts in relevant fields of innovation. Nominees elected to the Hall of Fame are inducted at an annual ceremony, where their achievements are honored and their influence on society acknowledged and celebrated. Tonight we induct our first group of six outstanding inventors. We are fortunate to have the fine leadership of our Advisory Board, made up of outstanding, eclectic leaders and inventors representing public corporations, private businesses, research universities, nonprofit institutes, governmental agencies, and other areas. We thank President Judy Genshaft and the University of South Florida for their support in founding and hosting the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. We particularly thank our valued sponsors, without whose support the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame and this evening would not have been possible. Paul R. Sanberg Chair, Advisory Board Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
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Master of Ceremonies Bill Green
Opening Remarks Dr. Paul R. Sanberg Chair, Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Advisory Board Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation University of South Florida System President Judy Genshaft University of South Florida System Senator Jeffrey P. Brandes 22nd District, The Florida Senate Commissioner Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino Commissioner for Patents United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Department of Commerce
Induction Ceremony Commissioner Focarino Dr. Sanberg
• Inductees • Robert Cade (1927-2007)
University of Florida professor who developed the hydrating sports drink Gatorade Accepting on behalf of Robert Cade: Ms. Phoebe Cade Miles President & Co-Founder, Cade Museum for Creativity + Invention, Gainesville
Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
The most prolific inventor in U.S. history and longtime Fort Myers resident Accepting on behalf of Thomas Edison: Ms. Chris Pendleton, President/CEO, Edison Ford Winter Estates, Inc., Fort Myers
William Glenn (1926-2013)
Florida Atlantic University professor who developed high-definition digital imaging for NASA Accepting on behalf of William Glenn: Mrs. Jeanne Glenn and Dr. John Newcomer, Executive Vice Dean and Professor of Clinical Biomedical Science, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine and Interim Vice President for Research, FAU Division of Research, Boca Raton
John Gorrie (1803-1855)
Apalachicola physician and father of refrigeration and air conditioning Accepting on behalf of John Gorrie: Mr. Joshua W. Hodson, Park Manager II, St. George Island State Park, Orman House/John Gorrie State Museum, Apalachicola
Shyam Mohapatra (1955- )
University of South Florida professor and pioneer of applied biomedical nanotechnology, Tampa
Shin-Tson Wu (1953- )
University of Central Florida professor whose liquid crystal research has impacted display technology, Orlando
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Speakers Bill Green Show Host, HSN
Bill Green was born in Miami and, for the past 20 years, has been a Television Show Host and “face” at St. Petersburg-based HSN (Home Shopping Network), the World’s Pioneer of Electronic Retailing. Green is one of a select few male “multi-category” Show Hosts in television retail who presents most every category of merchandise offered by the network into 96,000,000 homes. He has worked with top celebrities and has a unique, entertaining style and “down-to-earth” personality which connects with viewers and keeps them coming back for more. Widely acknowledged as one of the most dynamic, energetic and successful on-air hosts for his ability to convey the value of a product to a customer, Green has also been a finalist judge for the USF Young Innovator Competition for the past three years.
Paul R. Sanberg
Chair, Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Advisory Board Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation, University of South Florida
Dr. Paul R. Sanberg, chair of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Advisory Board, is Senior Vice President for Research & Innovation, Distinguished University Professor, and Executive Director of the Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair at the University of South Florida, and founder and president of the National Academy of Inventors. He is an inventor on 39 U.S. and over 70 foreign patents. His work has been instrumental in translating new pharmaceutical and cellular therapeutics to clinical trials and commercialization for Tourette syndrome, stroke, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s, and Parkinson’s disease, and he has significant biotech and pharmaceutical industry experience in these areas. He is the author of more than 600 scientific publications and is considered a highly cited scientist, with more than 22,000 citations to his published work. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassador, and serves on the evaluation committee of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.
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President Judy Genshaft
University of South Florida System
Dr. Judy Genshaft serves as University of South Florida System President and President of the University of South Florida, a high-impact, global research university dedicated to student success and one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive metropolitan research universities. USF is a Top 50 research university among both public and private institutions nationwide in total research expenditures, according to the National Science Foundation. Serving nearly 48,000 students, the USF System has an annual budget of $1.5 billion and an annual economic impact of $4.4 billion. USF is a member of the American Athletic Conference and a Charter Member Institution of the National Academy of Inventors.
Jeffrey P. Brandes, Senator Florida Senate, 22nd District
Florida State Senator Jeffrey Brandes represents Florida Senate District 22, which includes parts of Hillsborough and Pinellas County. He was originally elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010 and was subsequently elected to the Florida Senate in 2012. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Transportation. He also serves on a number of other committees including the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Education and Health Policy. Previously, he served on the Meet the Need™ Board of Directors from 2010 to 2012. Prior to that, he served in the U.S. Army Reserves as a Transportation officer from 1996 to 2007. During his time in the Army Reserves, he served a tour of duty in Iraq from 2003 to 2004. Currently, he is a member of the Bay Cities Bank Board of Directors and Leadership St. Petersburg.
Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino
Commissioner for Patents U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino began her career at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 1977. In 2012, she became the first woman to serve as Commissioner for Patents in the agency’s over-200 year history. She was named a finalist for the 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for her leadership implementing the first significant changes to the patent examiner work credit system in 30 years, which helped usher in one of the USPTO’s most productive periods. Additionally, she was named one of Managing Intellectual Property’s Most Influential People in the World of Intellectual Property in 2012 and received both the American University’s School of Public Affairs Roger W. Jones Award for Executive Leadership and the Department of Commerce Silver Medal for Leadership in 2010.
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Robert Cade, M.D.
Professor Emeritus, University of Florida
1927 - 2007 5 Patents Dr. Cade, a scientist, physician, musician and inventor, is best known for leading the team that invented Gatorade for the University of Florida (UF) football team in 1965, protecting countless amateur and professional athletes from heat-related injuries. Additionally, Gatorade has helped millions worldwide with dehydration diseases. Now owned by PepsiCo, Gatorade is listed by Forbes magazine as one of the world’s 40 most powerful sports brands and has annual sales of nearly $5 billion. For UF and the citizens of Florida, the success of Gatorade has translated into more resources to support research. Since 1973, Gatorade has brought more than $240 million to the university, enabling UF to invest in countless research projects. In addition to Gatorade, Cade invented the first shock-dissipating football helmet; a high-protein milkshake used by surgical patients, athletes and cancer patients; and a method for treating autism and schizophrenia through diet modification. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Cade returned at the end of World War II after serving in the Navy and attended the University of Texas. After completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University Hospital in New York City, Cade established the UF Department of Nephrology and made Gainesville, Florida, his permanent home. Cade received the 1991 Wittenberg Award, was a University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame Honorary Letter Winner in 2007, and posthumously honored in 2013 as a Great Floridian by Florida Governor Rick Scott. Late in life, he established the Cade Museum for Creativity + Invention to inspire a new generation of creative thinkers, inventors and entrepreneurs.
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Thomas Edison
Inventor and Businessman
1847 - 1931 1,093 Patents Thomas Edison is the most prolific inventor in U.S. history with 1,093 patents. If you have ever gone to a movie theater, listened to music or read by the light of an electric bulb, you can thank Thomas Edison. No other inventor improved the standard of living of Americans in the 20th century as much as Edison. His patents spanned many diverse fields including electric lighting and power systems, batteries, recorded sound and film. Edison also contributed to the fields of botany and chemistry with a project that was based in Fort Myers to find a natural source of rubber to be grown in the U.S. during a national emergency. Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. A curious child and voracious reader, Edison only attended school briefly, and then was educated by his mother, who was a former school teacher. At the age of 22, Edison received his first patent, the electric vote recorder, and by age 30, he was internationally known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park.” Credited for creating the first modern industrial research laboratory, Edison followed an empirical approach to scientific research and helped set the standard for how to invent. His collaborative style of innovation was the forerunner to technological think tanks like Microsoft, Google, and Apple. Edison, who has been designated man of the millennium by LIFE magazine, also re-invented the notion of what we today call innovation, encompassing invention, research and development, and commercialization. As Steve Jobs said, “Thomas Edison taught us how to invent.”
Photo Courtesy of Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Inc., Fort Myers, FL, www.edisonfordwinterestates.org
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William Glenn, B.E.E., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Florida Atlantic University
1926 – 2013 More than 130 Patents Dr. Glenn had a lifetime of innovations, achievements and contributions in the fields of high-resolution imaging technology, electronic and optical physics, and electrical engineering. During his career, he served as Vice President and Director of Research at CBS Laboratories, Director of the NASA Imaging Technology Space Center and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. He developed high-definition digital imaging technology that had utility in many military, aerospace, surveillance and consumer applications. For example, Panavision licensed a group of his patents to optimize film projectors used in movie theaters across the country. Glenn developed the High Definition Maximum Value (HDMAX) complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) camera, which exceeded the resolution and performance capabilities of all existing high-definition television cameras at that time. Versions of the cameras were used by NASA at the international space station and were developed for U.S. military use in coastline surveillance. Glenn holds an honored position among 50 prolific commercially-viable U.S. inventors, whose number of patents are exceeded only by those issued to Thomas Edison. He had more than 130 patents and more than 105 research articles. His expertise and contributions have been recognized by many organizations during his lifetime. He was a Fellow of the Society for Information Displays (SID) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE). He won a 1978 EmmyŽ Award for achievement in television technology and was a member of the Advanced Television Standards Committee, which helps plot the course of television development in the U.S. and abroad. He also sat on the Advisory Board of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Science and Technology Center for Advanced Liquid Crystalline Optical Materials.
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John Gorrie, M.D.
Inventor, Humanitarian, Physician
1803 - 1855 1 Patent Dr. Gorrie was a physician, postmaster, president of the Bank of Pensacola's Apalachicola Branch, and one of the founding vestrymen of Trinity Episcopal Church. Of his many accomplishments and humanitarian efforts, Gorrie is most well-known as the pioneer for air conditioning and refrigeration. In the mid-nineteenth century, blocks of ice were transported by boat and rail from northern lakes and used for food refrigeration and chilling rooms. Convinced that cold was a healer, Gorrie hung ice from ceilings in his patients’ rooms to cool them during the Yellow Fever outbreak in Apalachicola in 1841. Gorrie then experimented with the rapid expansion of gases to create refrigeration. He was granted the first patent issued for mechanical refrigeration, Patent No. 8080, on May 6, 1851. The invention was able to do one thing – make ice. The original model of this machine and the scientific articles he wrote are at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. His discovery opened a new avenue for future technological developments in air conditioning and refrigeration. The state of Florida honored Gorrie as a notable person in Florida’s history by donating the statue of John Gorrie to the National Statuary Hall collection located in the United States Capitol Building, and also by the opening of the John Gorrie Memorial Bridge in 1935 (rebuilt in 1988) over the Apalachicola Bay connecting Apalachicola with Eastpoint, Florida. Other honors include the naming of the John Gorrie Junior High School in Jacksonville and the John B. Gorrie Elementary School in Tampa, the oldest operating elementary school in Florida, which was built in 1889. In Apalachicola, Gorrie Square is named in his honor. It includes the John Gorrie Museum State Park, the John Gorrie Museum, his grave site, and a memorial monument dedicated in 1900 by the Southern Ice Exchange.
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Shyam Mohapatra, M.S., Ph.D., MBA, FAAAAI, FNAI
Distinguished USF Health Professor, University of South Florida, and Research Career Scientist, James A Haley VA Hospital, Tampa
1955 22 Patents Dr. Mohapatra is a Distinguished Health Professor, Associate Dean at the College of Pharmacy, Vice Chair of Research for Internal Medicine, Director of the Translational Medicine-USF Nanomedicine Research Center at the University of South Florida, and a Research Career Scientist at the James A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, Florida. Mohapatra is recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise in the field of nanoscale biomedical diagnostics and therapeutics in cancers, asthma, viral infections, and traumatic brain injury. His inventions led to several customized cell-targeted nanoparticles with diverse drug payloads and a nano-HIV detection kit. Mohapatra cofounded TransGenex Nanobiotech Inc. (TGN), which specializes in manufacturing these nanoscale products. TGN is also commercializing products for 3D cancer cell culture technology and services for anti-cancer drug discovery and personalized cancer treatment (PCTx) and is establishing a Reference Lab for PCTx to provide guidance for personalized therapy. Mohapatra has received more than $20 million in extramural funds including funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), DOA, ONR, VA Merit Review Award and Florida Department of Health. He received the Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship (Germany) and Pharmacia Allergy Research Foundation Award (Sweden) and is the recipient of numerous awards in biotechnology, the Sigma XI award, TBTF Technology Leadership Award and Global Corporate Award in Nanotechnology in 2014. He has published more than 160 papers, some in journals such as Nature Medicine, and has 22 U.S. patents, 3 foreign patents, and numerous pending patent applications. He is a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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Shin-Tson Wu, Ph.D.
Pegasus Professor in CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida
1953 81 Patents Dr. Wu's contributions to liquid crystal research and the resulting patent portfolio for next-generation liquid crystal displays, adaptive optics, laser beam steering, biophotonics, and new photonic materials, have had a major impact on display technology worldwide. His most significant development to date is the mixed-mode twisted nematic LC cell, which is an integral part of high-resolution, high-contrast reflective and transflective liquid crystal displays (LCDs), including direct-view, projection and wearable displays. Wu’s technologies have enabled new types of optical beam control devices and have impacted the many who have ever used an LCD product, such as a smart phone, computer screen and television. Prior to joining University of Central Florida in 2001, he was with Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California, for 18 years. He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and B.S. in physics from the National Taiwan University in Taipei. He is a recipient of the OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, SID Slottow-Owaki Prize, OSA Joseph Fraunhofer Award, SPIE G.G. Stokes Award, and SID Jan Rajchman Prize. He holds 81 U.S. patents and 20 foreign patents that have been licensed to several companies. He has published seven books and over 450 journal papers, and serves as chair of OSA Publications Council, OSA board of directors, and SID Honors and Awards committee. He was founding editor-inchief of the Journal of Display Technology, and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), The Optical Society (OSA), Society for Information Display (SID), and SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics), and a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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2014 Selection Committee Wendy Abberger, President Leadership Florida
Wendy Abberger is president of Leadership Florida, a position she has held for 25 of the organization’s 32 years. Leadership Florida educates, engages, and inspires Florida’s diverse leadership through multiple programs for senior executives and young professionals, from corporate, non-profit and governmental sectors, as well as for college students, mayors and city commissioners. Leadership Florida is also well known for producing live, televised debates between candidates running for Governor, the U.S. Senate, and, in 2008, for President of the United States. Abberger has served as president of the Economic Club of Florida and is currently on the boards of the Florida College System Foundation, Florida State University’s 7 Days of Opening Nights, and the Village Square. Sharon A. Heise, Associate Director
Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
Dr. Sharon Heise is Associate Director at the Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, Florida. As a member of IHMC’s Senior Leadership Team, Heise oversees all aspects of IHMC research initiatives. Heise previously served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, where she was most recently Director of Mathematics and Information Sciences at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Heise holds a Ph.D. in Control Engineering from Cambridge University, England. She is a graduate of the Program for Senior Executives in National and International Security at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. David R. Makufka, Manager
Technology Transfer Office, John F. Kennedy Space Center
David Makufka has more than 30 years of experience in aerospace engineering, design and development, technology transfer, and the creation of public-private partnerships at NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), including the management of KSC’s Technology Transfer Office since 2006. In this role, he manages the implementation of the Center’s technology transfer activities, including oversight of intellectual property management and technology licensing; establishing cost-shared technology development partnerships with non-NASA participants; and providing strategic guidance for patent protection and technology investments. He has directly led or assisted in the execution of dozens of patent and copyright license agreements and has created numerous joint development partnerships with industry, academia and other government organizations for the development of technologies to meet NASA’s mission needs and provide benefit to the nation. Makufka is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
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David P. Norton, Vice President for Research University of Florida
Dr. David P. Norton is the Vice President for Research at the University of Florida. Previously, Norton served as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering and Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He has 23 years of experience in science and technology research, having served 11 years as a Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory prior to joining UF as a faculty member in 2000. Throughout his career at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Florida, David has published over 350 refereed journal articles with more than 11,000 citations. He is an inventor on 10 patents and has presented more than 70 invited presentations at national and international conferences. Norton is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Vacuum Society, and American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. He holds Bachelor of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Louisiana State University. Gary K. Ostrander, Vice President for Research Florida State University
Dr. Gary K. Ostrander is the Vice President for Research, President of the Research Foundation and Professor of Medicine at Florida State University. He previously served as a faculty member and administrator at Oklahoma State University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Hawaii. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Washington and postdoctoral training at the UW Medical School. His research initially focused on exploiting novel aspects of the biology of fishes to address fundamental questions of cancer biology. Recently, his efforts have been aimed at understanding the worldwide deterioration of coral reef ecosystems. He has authored/co-authored more than 80 peer-reviewed publications. Paul R. Sanberg (see page 6) M.J. Soileau, Vice President for Research & Commercialization University of Central Florida
Dr. M.J. Soileau oversees UCF’s sponsored research activities ($145.6 million in FY14), management of interdisciplinary centers and institutes including the Institute for Simulation and Training, and the university’s extensive commercialization programs. In 2013, UCF’s Business Incubation Program was named best incubator network of the year by the National Business Incubation Association and UCF patents are currently ranked among the top 20 among public universities in the U.S. Soileau holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering/Quantum Electronics from the University of Southern California. He was the founding director of UCF’s CREOL, the College of Optics and Photonics. He is a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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Jack Sullivan, Jr., CEO
Florida Research Consortium
Since 2003, Jack Sullivan has been the President/CEO of the Florida Research Consortium (FRC), a strategic partnership between Florida’s research assets and the business community, focused on enhancing progressive research programs in Florida to promote quality economic growth. Sullivan joined the FRC after a successful private sector career and he continues to manage a portfolio of commercial and agricultural real estate. Today Sullivan’s volunteer service includes the not-for-profit boards of BioFlorida, the Florida Chamber Foundation and Florida Lambda Rail. He earned a B.A. from Davidson College and MBA from Vanderbilt University.
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Advisory Board Randy E. Berridge, President
Florida High Tech Corridor Council
Randy Berridge has held the position of president of the Florida High Tech Corridor Council since its formation in 1996. He also currently serves as president of the Berridge Consulting Group, Inc., and Advisory Board Member of SunTrust Bank, N.A. Previously, Berridge held several management positions with AT&T Corporation including chair of the Central Florida AT&T Management Council; District Manager of Public Relations for the Florida Division; Manager of Legal and Divestiture Planning; and Coordinating Supervisor of Budgets, Forecasts, Planning, Human Resources, and Manufacturing. He currently serves on the board of the Tampa Bay Partnership, the Foundation for Florida’s College System and the Board of Directors of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, and as an Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors of the Astronauts Memorial Foundation. In addition, Berridge is an alumnus of Leadership Orlando and Leadership Florida. Jeffrey P. Brandes (see page 7) Curtis R. Carlson, President and CEO SRI International
Dr. Curtis R. Carlson, SRI President and CEO since 1998, is a world authority on creating value for customers through innovation. In 1973, he joined RCA Laboratories, which became part of SRI in 1987 as Sarnoff Corporation. There, Carlson started and helped lead development of HDTV technology that became the U.S. standard, for which he and his team won an Emmy® Award. His book with William Wilmot, Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want, describes how SRI’s unique process for innovation can be applied to all types of government and commercial enterprises. He is a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Kathy Castor
U.S. Representative Florida’s 14th Congressional District
Kathy Castor is the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 14th congressional district, serving in Congress since 2007. Castor is the first woman to represent Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in the U.S. Congress. She serves on the House Energy & Commerce Committee and the Budget Committee. Before her election, Castor served as a Hillsborough County Commissioner and chair of the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission. She is a graduate of Emory University and Florida State University College of Law, former President of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers and a partner in a statewide law firm.
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Anthony James Catanese, President Florida Institute of Technology
Dr. Anthony James Catanese is the President of the Florida Institute of Technology, a major research institution with more than 16,000 students. Florida Tech emphasizes academic and research programs in engineering, the sciences, liberal arts, business, psychology and aeronautics. It has a major distance learning program using advanced technology. Such groups as the Carnegie Foundation and U.S. News and World Report rate it amongst America’s top universities. A prolific writer, Catanese has published 13 books, 18 chapters in books and more than 100 articles and monographs. He is a member of the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Certified Planners, was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve on the National Urban Policy Task Force, and served as chair of the Milwaukee City Planning Board and the Gainesville City Planning Commission. Jonathan M. Ellen, President and Physician-in-Chief All Children’s Hospital
Dr. Jonathan M. Ellen is the President and Physician-in-Chief of All Children’s Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine and Vice Dean for All Children’s Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics in Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is leading the development of mission-centric research and education initiatives at All Children’s, including a new pediatric residency program and translational research programs that will strengthen the integration of research and education with outstanding clinical care at the 259-bed St. Petersburg hospital. He has received numerous grant awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has authored more than 160 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 30 reviews, editorials and book chapters. Margaret A. (Peggy) Focarino (see page 7) Kenneth Ford, Founder and Director
Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition
Dr. Kenneth Ford is Founder and Director of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC), an independent not-for-profit research institute. He is the author or co-author of hundreds of scientific papers and six books. Ford’s research interests include: artificial intelligence, cognitive science, human-centered computing, and entrepreneurship in government and academia. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tulane University. He is Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of AAAI/MIT Press and has been involved in the editing of several journals. Ford is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and has received many awards and honors including the Doctor Honoris Causas from the University of Bordeaux in 2005 and the 2008 Robert S. Englemore Memorial Award for his work in artificial intelligence (AI). Judy Genshaft (see page 7)
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William Scott Green, Senior Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education University of Miami
As senior vice provost and dean of undergraduate education, Dr. Green is responsible for developing and strengthening university-wide components of undergraduate learning. He has worked to enhance, devise, and appropriately support programs in such areas as study abroad, academic advocacy for underrepresented students, career services, learning assistance, civic engagement, undergraduate research, and the honors program. Green currently holds an appointment as professor of religious studies and senior fellow in the University of Miami’s Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies. He is former editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, the leading scholarly periodical in religion. Among other professional activities, he served on the board of the Association of American Colleges and Universities and the Reinvention Center, a consortium of major research universities committed to improving undergraduate education. John Hitt, President
University of Central Florida
Dr. John C. Hitt became the fourth president of the University of Central Florida on March 1, 1992. A physiological psychologist, he had prepared for this presidency throughout his career as a scholar, dean, provost, vice president for academic affairs, and interim university president. Under President Hitt’s leadership, enrollment at UCF has nearly tripled, the number of doctoral degrees awarded each year has increased eightfold, research funding has increased from $28 million to $133 million a year, and UCF has founded its own College of Medicine. In recent years, Hitt has received a number of prestigious awards and honors, such as the Junior Achievement Spirit of Achievement Award, placement among the Orlando Sentinel’s 25 Most Powerful People in Central Florida and Orlando Magazine’s 50 Most Powerful People, the Orlando Business Journal’s first-ever Legacy Award, and the Orlando Sentinel’s 2005 Central Floridian of the Year Award. Richard A. Houghten, Founder, President and CEO Torrey Pines Institute of Molecular Studies
Dr. Richard A. Houghten is the Founder, CEO and President of Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, a not-for-profit, bi-coastal medical research organization. Now in its 24th year, it has become internationally recognized for its scientific contributions. He has held positions at the University of California, San Francisco, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and The Scripps Research Institute. His many awards include the 2004 Ralph Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry by the American Chemical Society, the 2005 Bruce Merrifield Award by the American Peptide Society and UCSD Connect’s Athena Pinnacle Award for Empowering Women in the Workplace. He has over 500 publications, 75 U.S. and 47 foreign patents. Houghten is an American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences Fellow and a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
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Richard Jove, Director
Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida
Dr. Richard Jove received his doctoral training at Columbia University and postdoctoral training at Rockefeller University. He began his career at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Subsequently, Jove helped establish the Moffitt Cancer Center as Professor and Director of the Molecular Oncology Program. He then was Deputy Director of the National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center and Director of the Beckman Research Institute at City of Hope National Medical Center in Los Angeles. Since July 2013, Jove has been serving as Director of the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute of Florida.
Alan List, President and CEO Moffitt Cancer Center
Dr. Alan List is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. He is internationally recognized for his many contributions in the development of novel, more effective treatment strategies for myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). List lectures nationally and internationally and is the author of more than 280 peer-reviewed articles. He is active in numerous professional organizations and serves on the Board of the American Society of Hematology. List is a Charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and holds six patents.
Michael A. Marletta, President and CEO
Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Professor of Chemistry The Scripps Research Institute
Dr. Michael A. Marletta received an A.B. degree from SUNY College at Fredonia and a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. He held faculty positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), The University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley. He was chair of the Berkeley Department of Chemistry from 2005-2010. He assumed the Scripps presidency in January 2012. He was a MacArthur Fellow, and elected to the Institute of Medicine, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Marletta’s research interests lie at the interface of chemistry and biology where he has made discoveries relevant to human disease.
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Arthur Molella, Director
Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation
Dr. Arthur Molella is the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention & Innovation at the National Museum of American History. He is the Center’s founding director. He is also Senior Lecturer of History of Science and Technology at the Johns Hopkins University. He was head curator of the Smithsonian’s Science in American Life exhibition and co-curator of the international exhibition, Nobel Voices, a celebration of the centenary of the Nobel Prize. He has published and lectured widely on the relations between science, technology and culture. His publications include Inventing for the Environment (ed. with Joyce Bedi, MIT, 2003) and Invented Edens: TechnoCities of the 20th Century (with Robert Kargon, MIT, 2008). Molella served on the selection committee for the National Inventors Hall of Fame, including special Blue Ribbon panels for historical inductees. In addition to the National Academy of Inventors, he currently sits on the boards of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and the MIT Museum.
Ed H. Moore, President
Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida
Dr. Ed H. Moore is President of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida (ICUF), a Tallahassee-based association of 31 private, not-for-profit colleges and universities. He serves as the Executive Director of the Higher Education Facilities Finance Authority in Florida. He is the 2013 National Chairman of the National Association of Colleges and Universities State Executives. Moore co-wrote and edited a manual for the U.S. Department of State, The Power of Ideas. He is a Florida advisor for the U.S. Global Leadership Conference and was awarded a Fulbright Specialist Grant to seek expanded higher education exchanges between the Republic of China and Florida.
JoAnn Newman, President and CEO Orlando Science Center
JoAnn Newman came to the Orlando Science Center in February 2003 as Director of Exhibits and became V.P. for Exhibits and Operations in 2006. She was named President and CEO in 2009, and has successfully directed the development of many new exhibitions and programs. During her tenure, she has led the teams responsible for implementing the original exhibits, Touch the Sky and Discover the Daytona 500, and the extremely popular Otronicon events. Newman was also responsible for overseeing daily operations, human resources and the overall guest experience. She holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University and Pennsylvania State University, respectively. She has more than 20 years of engineering, operations and management experience with high technology companies, including AT&T Microelectronics, Cirent Semiconductor and Agere Systems.
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Wit Ostrenko, former President and CEO Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI)
Wit Ostrenko served as President of the Museum of Science & Industry in Tampa from 1987 to 2014. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology from Florida Atlantic University, a Master’s degree in Aquatic Ecology from the University of Miami, and Ph.D. work in Oceanography. Ostrenko is an international past president of the worldwide Association of Science Technology Centers (ASTC), an officer of the Florida Association of Museums (FAM), and is actively involved with several community chamber and leadership organizations. He lectures on the museum profession, science topics, and creative problem solving. Ostrenko led the MOSI effort to make it the largest museum in Florida and the 5th largest science center in the U.S., which features the nation’s first Head Start, an elementary school, the nation’s largest children’s science center, and the Technology/Invention Laboratory called Idea Zone.
Janet E. Petro, Deputy Director John F. Kennedy Space Center
Janet E. Petro is the deputy director of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Appointed to the deputy director position in April 2007, she shares responsibility with the center director in managing the Kennedy team of approximately 8,600 civil service and contractor employees, determining and implementing center policy and managing and executing Kennedy missions and agency program responsibilities. She recently served a 12-month appointment at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C., as the deputy associate administrator and acting director for the Office of Evaluation. Petro began her professional career as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army after graduating in 1981 from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science in engineering. She served in the U.S. Army’s aviation branch with various assignments overseas in Germany. She also holds an MBA from Boston University’s Metropolitan College.
Jeffrey Pridmore, Vice President of Technical Operations for Missiles and Fire Control Lockheed Martin Corporation
Jeff Pridmore is Vice President and Deputy of Technical Operations and Applied Research for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (M&FC). The company produces electro-optics, smart munition systems, high performance air and missile defense systems, and fire support/deep attack rocket and missile systems. Pridmore leads M&FC’s Applied Research efforts to develop advanced concepts and technologies for next generation products. Pridmore holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Bucknell University and a Master of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the IEEE Computer Society.
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Grover C. Robinson IV, Commissioner, BCC District 4 President, Florida Association of Counties
Grover C. Robinson, IV, is a seventh generation Pensacolian who grew up in Escambia County’s District 4. First elected to his home district in 2006, Robinson became a Florida Certified Commissioner in June 2008 and served as the Escambia County Board of County Commissioners’ Chairman in 2009. Robinson received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (summa cum laude) from Birmingham-Southern College.
Mark B. Rosenberg, President Florida International University
Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg is the fifth president of Florida International University. He brings over 35 years of experience in higher education leadership to this post. The author of seven books and numerous scholarly articles on Latin America, Rosenberg was one of the principal architects of FIU’s growth and expansion during the past decade and played a lead role in development of FIU’s new Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. Most recently, he served as Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, and was instrumental in developing a new financial strategy to support the continuing development and expansion of the State University System. Rosenberg holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh and a B.A. from Miami University of Ohio, where he was Phi Beta Kappa. He is a Fulbright Research Scholar and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
Dennis A. Ross, U.S. Representative Florida’s 15th Congressional District
Representative Dennis Ross is a staunch advocate on behalf of his constituents in central Florida. He is currently serving his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He studied Organizational Management at Auburn University’s School of Business and earned his Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Alabama. Ross has worked in a private law firm, served as in-house counsel for Walt Disney World, and later started his own practice. He was elected to the state legislature in 2000, where he represented central Florida for four terms.
Paul R. Sanberg (see page 6)
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Sanjay Sesodia, President
Florida Academy of Sciences
Dr. Sanjay Sesodia is President of the Florida Academy of Sciences and Professor and Associate Academic Dean at Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine. He holds a Ph.D. in Medicine from the University of Newcastleupon-Tyne, England, and was awarded an MDA postdoctoral fellowship at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France. His current research interests include the differential response of skeletal muscle fiber types to denervation and the effects of reinnervation on regenerating mammalian skeletal muscle. He has numerous peer-reviewed publications and is a member of Sigma Xi, the American Physiological Society and the Society for Neuroscience.
Mark Sharpe, Commissioner and Chairman Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners Countywide District 7
A Tampa native, Commissioner Mark Sharpe was elected to the County Commission Countywide District 7 seat in 2004. He was re-elected in 2006 and again in 2010 to serve his final four-year term. Sharpe was the Board’s vice chairman from 2007-2011. Prior to his election, Sharpe served eight years as an active-duty officer in the U.S. Navy. He retired after two decades of service, which included 12 years in the U.S. Naval Reserves. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in Multinational Business from Florida State University, he earned a master’s degree in Strategic Studies from the University of South Florida. Sharpe is an active member of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority, Metropolitan Planning Organization and served three years on Hillsborough County’s Transportation Task Force. Additionally, Sharpe represents the Board of County Commissioners on Tampa Bay Water and the Museum of Science and Industry.
James D. Shields, President and CEO The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Jim Shields is the President and CEO of The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. In addition to his operational role at Draper, he supports a number of senior advisory boards and study panels, including the Defense Science Board. Previous to his election as president in 2006, Shields was the Vice President for Programs for five years. A 28-year career at TASC preceded this, culminating in the position of Vice President for Strategic Development. His technical experience includes integrated multi-sensor navigation analysis, modeling and simulation, weapon system performance analysis, information management systems development and logistics management. He earned the S.B. and S.M. Degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1972. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.
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Michael Sittig, Executive Director Florida League of Cities, Inc.
Michael Sittig is the Executive Director of the Florida League of Cities. In this position, which he has held since 1995, he also serves as Administrator for the Florida Municipal Insurance Trust, the Florida Municipal Construction Insurance Trust, the Florida Municipal Investment Trust, the Florida Municipal Pension Trust Fund, and the Florida Municipal Loan Council. Prior to being appointed Executive Director, Sittig served as Assistant Executive Director from 1981 until 1995. From 1979 until 1981, he was Assistant City Manager for the City of West Palm Beach. Sittig is a 1978 graduate of Florida State University with a B.S. in Government/Business. He currently serves as the Secretary for the Citizens for Home Rule and as a member of the Board of Directors of the NLC Mutual Reinsurance Company.
Gillian Thomas, President and CEO Miami Science Museum
Gillian Thomas has been with the Miami Science Museum since early 2003, first as a consultant and, beginning in August 2003, as President and CEO. During her tenure with the Museum, the Miami-Dade County Building Better Communities General Obligation Bonds were approved by voters, awarding $175 million towards the construction of the new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in downtown’s Museum Park. Under Thomas’ leadership, ground was broken on the new project in 2012 and more than $70 million has been raised in pledges to support it. The new Museum is slated to open in 2015. Thomas was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II in January 2000 for her work at the @Bristol science center, where she served as CEO, and its impact on the revitalization of the downtown area in Bristol, England.
Kristiina Vuori, President
Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute
Dr. Kristiina Vuori has served as President of the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute since 2010. In addition, she serves as Professor and Pauline & Stanley Foster Presidential Chair. She earned her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at University of Oulu, Finland. She received postdoctoral training at SanfordBurnham in 1992-1995. She was appointed to the Sanford-Burnham faculty in 1996. She was appointed Deputy Director of the Institute’s National Cancer Institute (NCI) designated Cancer Center in 2003, and served as Director of the Cancer Center in 2005-2013. She is co-founder of three biotechnology companies. Orally bioavailable drugs to combat chemotherapy-induced anemia that have been developed based on Vuori’s discoveries are currently in phase II trials.
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Morsani College of Medicine
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