February 3, 2023

Movers & Influencers

Personal promotions, transfers, board appointments, civic accomplishments and philanthropic activities for the week of January 25, 2023.

David Denor at the 2022 FSC Commencement

Florida Trend's publisher was the keynote speaker during Florida Southern's Winter graduation.

Nancy Hogshead-Makar is a champion for women's sports

For Nancy Hogshead-Makar, sports has been an avenue for achievement and a source of healing. Florida schools' noncompliance with Title IX robs other women of those opportunities, she says.

Florida Icon: Yann Weymouth

Architect Yann Weymouth shares his secrets to successful architecture.

Remembering 'Florida Icon' Burt Reynolds

Reynolds died last week. Read his "Icon" interview here.

People & Profiles

Lessons Shared
2/1/2023
This past December, I had the distinct honor of delivering the commencement address at Florida Southern College in Lakeland.
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A Side of Success
2/1/2023
Sixty years ago, a 15-year-old boy named George Guito was headed down the path to trouble when he asked for a job at the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City. César Gonzmart, then the third generation of his family to lead the iconic restaurant, hired George as a busboy and later sent him to school to become a butcher — along the way making him part of the family and a de facto brother to sons Richard and Casey.
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Mallory Lykes Dimmitt
1/11/2023
Both of my parents are native Floridians, which is unusual. When I was a kid, we spent a lot of time outdoors, visiting state parks and paddling along rivers. My family is part of a ranching family, and we'd go to the ranch on certain weekends. We tried to be outside as much as possible. That definitely helped to shape my career interests and shaped what I do today.
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Delivering for Florida
1/1/2023
As you know from my past columns, education is an important topic to me. My parents instilled in me at a very young age the value of a good education. They emphasized that education is the key that unlocks so many doors. Both of my parents were the first in their families to get college degrees. My siblings and I heeded their advice, though we took different paths. My sister earned her master's degree, my older brother and I graduated from a four-year university, one of my younger brothers received an associate's degree and another pursued a technical degree. It didn't matter which route we took, we all understood the importance of a post-secondary education.
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Publisher & Editor

Florida's Future is Strong
6/30/2022
As publisher of Florida Trend, I travel the state from its most northern regions to its southern tip and all the places in between. As many Floridians know, many of the state's most precious treasures can be found in the lands tucked between the coasts...
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Florida Ever After
6/1/2022
When you move to a state with a fairy tale castle at its center, a certain amount of magical thinking comes with the territory. Fresh out of journalism school in Arizona, I came to Florida because I wanted to be a storyteller, and no place had — and still has — better stories to be told...
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