Bryan Desloge is President and CEO of Desloge Home Oxygen and Medical Equipment which has been in business since 1992. Desloge Home Oxygen and Medical Equipment is a multi-million dollar business that specializes in providing the best equipment and service available in the North Florida area. According to Desloge, "We are an independent provider and our focus has been, and will continue to be, the best possible care for the patient." Brian is 44 years old, has 4 children, and is an active church member. His community involvement includes: Leadership Tallahassee, Leadership Florida, Jim Moran Institute, Continuum Care, Capital Coalition on Aging, Capital Area Chapter American Red Cross, Tree House and more.

Dr. Lloyd Fernald is a Professor of Management at the College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida (UCF), in Orlando, Florida. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; Master of Science degree in Personnel Administration from the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California; and Doctorate of Business Administration from The George Washington University in Washington, DC. He instructs in the areas of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior, teaches a graduate course in Creative and Innovative in Management and was a Case Supervisor (Associate Director to Ron Rubin) for the Small Business Institute at UCF for five years. He is a Past President of the Small Business Institute Directors Association (SBIDA); Past President of SBDA Region IV (Southeast United States), Past President of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB); and a Fellow in the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), US Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), and Small Business Institute Directors Association (SBIDA). He is on the Strategic Analysis Committees for both the on the ICSB and USASBE and served on the Steering Committee of the International Small Business Congress (ISBC) for three years. He also is a member of the Florida SBDC Network Board of Directors, Past Chair of the City of Orlando Human Relations Board, and Past Project Manager in establishing the National Entrepreneur Center in Orlando, Florida. Commencing in 1997, he has been the US Representative on the International Advisory Group of Experts (INAGE), an ad hoc committee tasked to establish and oversee the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Training and Certification of Small Business Counselors Program. As a result of this experience, the University of Central Florida College of Business Administration (CBA) was awarded the sole rights to implement the Program in the US. He now serves on the Professional Standards Committee, which is tasked to oversee the APEC-wide implementation of the Program. A separate entity, the Institute of Certified Business Consultants (ICBC) has been established within the CBA with Dr. Fernald as the Director. He also is a member of the American Association of Physician Specialists (AAPS) National Orthopedic Surgeons Certification Board. Appointed in 2000, he was recently reappointed for a third two-year term. He has served four years on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Small Business Management, six years on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Management Systems and has been guest editor for several other national and international small business journals, including Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. His research interests are primarily in the area of entrepreneurship and small business, creative and innovative management, and the relationship between creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. His articles have been published in the Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Gaming & Simulation, Journal of Creative Behavior, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Small Business Management, the Journal of Private Enterprises, several periodicals and numerous conference proceedings.

Tom Keon is the Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. He received his PhD from Michigan State University in Management. Prior to this, he attended Bentley College (BSA), Suffolk University (MEd), and Babson College (MBA). His administrative positions began at the University of Missouri where he served as Department Chair and Associate Dean. He has also served as Associate Dean at Florida Atlantic University and as Dean at Southern Illinois University – Carbondale. His research has appeared in Human Relations, Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, Organization Studies, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Journal of Business Ethics.

Todd G. Kocourek serves as President, CEO and General Counsel of Florida First Capital Finance Corporation, reporting to the board of directors. Based in the corporate offices in Tallahassee, he has direct management responsibility for all personnel, operational, corporate, marketing and legal matters for the company. Kocourek joined Florida First Capital as its General Counsel and, in 1998, was named President/CEO. He is a member of the SBA North Florida Advisory Council, Vice-Chair of the board of the Florida Export Finance Corporation, the Past Chair of the International Law Section of the Florida Bar.

Though Mark Llano started Source One Distributors in his garage with 2 employees and $1.7 million in sales; looking at the company’s current 10,000 square foot warehouse, 20 full-time staff, and sales of over $52 million, you would never know it. After 9/11, Mark, a former Marine, was asked to rejoin the Marine Corp. While he had an intense desire to continue to serve his country, he struggled greatly with making the right decision as he was now married, had two small children and a successful career as an investment banker. This dilemma led to the “birth” of Source One. Mark knew the need for better tactical gear and equipment in the field and believed that he could make a difference to his military brothers and sisters while maintaining a healthy family life. He was determined to help give back to the servicemen and women with whom he felt a deep connection. Armed with a cell phone, computer, determination and 100 hour weeks, Mark founded Source One to provide mission critical gear and equipment, product sourcing, acquisition solutions, and contracting expertise to a broad array of clientele in the defense industry, including the Department of Defense, national security, law enforcement, search and rescue, fire and safety and the private security sectors. Since it’s inception five years ago, Source One has shown exponential growth, developing various purchasing vehicles such as the SBA 8(a) certification, multiple GSA schedules, a DoD EMALL IDIQ contract for streamlined acquisitions, Catalogs (300+ pg), Tradeshows (40+ p/y), EDI, and B2B website development proving they are 100% “Committed to the Mission…™” Due to the exceptional growth of the business, Mark and Source One have also won and been nominated for several national and regional awards including: the U.S. SBA's South Florida District Small Business Person of the Year, the U.S. SBA's Veteran Small Business Champion of the Year, the U.S. SBA's Minority Enterprise Development Week Award Winner, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce Minority Supplier/Distributor of the Year, as well being a finalist 3 consecutive years for the Ernst & Young Florida Entrepreneur Of The Year. Though they are proud of their accomplishments, Mark and Source One are constantly striving to provide improved distribution, best of class equipment and quality customer service to today’s war fighter.

Dan Regelski is the Regional Director of the SBDC at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dan worked for two years as a certified business analyst at Edison Community College prior to starting up the program at FGCU. Dan has over twenty years of business experience in operations management and other executive level responsibilities for several major food cooperative chain stores, mostly in the Northeast. Dan has taught core business courses on many different levels: the continuing education level, for three different community colleges, and two universities, currently teaching marketing for FGCU. At FGCU Dan, has worked to pool the efforts and expertise of the local SCORE Chapters combined with many professional volunteers to offer business counseling to those entrepreneurs just starting up or those who plan to grow their business. Dan grew up in an entrepreneurial environment where he was taught the meaning of working in and on a business working with his father and brother in a large Agri-business venture. Dan has an undergraduate degree in Biology and Chemistry from Alliance College and a MBA with concentration in Management from the University of New Hampshire. Dan and his family reside in Cape Coral.

Keevin Williams joined Space Florida as the Director of Business Development in March 2009. In this role, Keevin is responsible for retaining and growing Florida aerospace enterprise, helping new entities to establish or expand within the state. As part of his responsibilities, Williams will utilize formal due diligence processes to qualify new business and expansion projects, with emphasis on determining prospects financial capabilities to support their business models. He will also ensure good partner relations and work with Enterprise Florida to coordinate Florida�s economic incentive programs to encourage job creation in the aerospace sector. Keevin most recently served as the president of the Florida Black Business Investment Board, Inc., a public-private partnership through the State of Florida, meant to promote the growth and development of black business enterprises by providing access to capital, procurement, technical assistance, and legislative and regulatory advocacy. Overall, Williams has more than a decade of expertise in executive level economic development and banking. Prior to serving six years as an executive to the Florida Black Business Investment Board, Keevin was vice president of government relations and insurance for the Florida Bankers Association. Keevin holds a Juris Doctorate from Florida State University College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of South Florida. Additionally, he is on the Board of Directors for the Florida Black Chamber of Commerce, and is an advisory board member of the Florida Network of Small Business Development Centers.