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  • October 10, 2014
Aashish Patel, 33

Owner, Wooten’s Airboat Tours, Captain Jack’s Airboat Tours, Everglades City Motel

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  • October 10, 2014
Amy Martz, 32

Photographer and Art Director, Self-employed

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Erica Tillery, 36

Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Hodges University

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Kanika Jelks-Tomalin, 39

Deputy Mayor, City of St. Petersburg

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Sarah Tildsey, 38

Principal and Creative Director, ChappellRoberts

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Tony Stopperan, 34

Owner/Manager at House of John Productions; Project Manager, Office of the President, Ringling College of Art and Design

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Emily Stroud, 35

Owner/Designer, Hayden Reis

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John Wohlwend, 28

Chief Financial Officer, Crush-It Inc.

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Jerry Hemmer, 37

CEO, Owner, Alliance Financial Group

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Neil Simon, 39

President, Envirostruct

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Ruth Soukup, 36

CEO and Founder, Living Well Spending Less Inc.

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Katie Gower, 35

Director of Business Development, Ed Taylor Construction

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Jennifer Grondahl, 39

President, YMCA Foundation of Sarasota

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Nick Friedman, 32 & Omar Soliman, 32

Co-founders of College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving

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Elizabeth McDaniel-Garcia, 32

Founder, Head of School, Discovery Day Academy

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