The Super Region’s Economic Development Directory
To learn more about opportunities for your business in Florida’s Super Region, contact the economic development office of your choice below.
FLORIDA STATEWIDE
Enterprise Florida Inc.
Florida’s statewide economic development organization
www.eflorida.com
(407) 956-5600
Gray Swoope, Florida Secretary of Commerce & President & CEO of Enterprise Florida Inc.
(850) 298-6642
gswoope@eflorida.com
ALACHUA COUNTY
Gainesville Council for Economic Outreach
www.gainesvillechamber.com
Susan Davenport, Vice President of Economic Development
(352) 378-7300 x. 324
susan@gainesvillechamber.com
BREVARD COUNTY
Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast
www.spacecoastedc.org
Lynda Weatherman, President & CEO
(321) 638-2000
President@SpaceCoastEDC.org
City of Cocoa Economic Development Department
www.cocoafl.org
Joan Junkala, Economic Development Specialist
(321) 433-8525
jjunkala@cocoafl.org
CITRUS COUNTY
Citrus County Economic Development Council
www.citrusedc.com
Don Taylor, Director
(352) 795-2000
don@citrusedc.com
DESOTO COUNTY
DeSoto County Economic Development Office
www.TeamDeSoto.com
Mike Taber, Economic and Tourism Development Specialist
(863) 993-4800
m.taber@desotobocc.com
FLAGLER COUNTY
Flagler County Department of Economic Development
www.flaglercountyedc.com
Helga van Eckert, Executive Director
(386) 313-4071
hvaneckert@flaglercountyedc.com
HARDEE COUNTY
Florida’s Heartland REDI
(also represents DeSoto and Highlands counties)
www.flaheartland.com
Gina Reynolds, CEO
(863) 385-4900
greynolds@flaheartland.com
HERNANDO COUNTY
Hernando County Business Development
www.hernandobusiness.com
(352) 540-6400
obd@hernandocounty.us
HIGHLANDS COUNTY
Highlands County Economic Development Commission & Industrial Development Authority
www.highlandsedc.com
Paul McGehee, Board Chairman
(863) 453-2818
edcinfo@highlandsedc.com
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation
www.tampaedc.com
Rick Homans, President and CEO
(813) 218-3303
rhomans@tampaedc.com
Tampa Bay Partnership
(also represents Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota, and Polk counties)
www.tampabay.org
Stuart Rogel, President & CEO
(813) 872-2804
srogel@tampabay.org
Hillsborough County Economic Development
www.hillsboroughcounty.org
Ronald Barton, Director
(813) 272-7232
bartonr@hillsboroughcounty.org
LAKE COUNTY
Lake County Economic Growth
www.businessinlakefl.com
Robert Chandler, Director
(352) 742-3905
rchandler@lakecountyfl.gov
LEVY COUNTY
Nature Coast Business Development Council of Levy County
www.naturecoast.org
Marilyn Ladner, Chairwoman
(352) 493-6797
director@naturecoast.org
MANATEE COUNTY
Bradenton Area Economic Development
www.thinkbradentonarea.com
Sharon Hillstrom, President and CEO
(941) 748-4842 x. 128
sharonh@thinkbradentonarea.com
MARION COUNTY
Ocala/Marion County Chamber & Economic Partnership
www.ocalacep.com
Jaye Baillie, Director of Business Services
(352) 629-8051 x. 101
jaye@OcalaCEP.com
ORANGE COUNTY
Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission
(represents Orange, Seminole and Osceola Counties and the City of Orlando)
www.orlandoedc.com
Rick Weddle, President & CEO
(407) 422-7159
rick.weddle@orlandoedc.com
Central Florida Partnership
(also represents Brevard, Lake, Osceola, Polk, Seminole and Volusia counties.)
www.centralfloridapartnership.org
Jacob V. Stuart, President
(407) 835-2517
jacob.stuart@ideastoresults.org
City of Winter Garden Economic Development
www.cwgdn.com/business/economic-development
Tanja Gerhartz, Economic Development Director
(407) 656-4111 x. 2308
tgerhartz@wintergarden-fl.gov
OSCEOLA COUNTY
Osceola County Economic Development Department
www.chooseosceola.com
(407) 742-4200
EconomicDevelopment@osceola.org
PASCO COUNTY
Pasco Economic Development Council
www.pascoedc.com
John Hagen, President
(813) 926-0827
jhagen@pascoedc.com
PINELLAS COUNTY
Pinellas County Economic Development
www.pced.org
Mike Meidel, Director
(727) 464-7332
mmeidel@pinellascounty.org
St. Petersburg Economic Development
www.stpete.org/economic_development_dept
David Goodwin, Director
(727) 893-7100
dave.goodwin@stpete.org
POLK COUNTY
Central Florida Development Council (CFDC) of Polk County
www.cfdc.org
David Petr, President & CEO
(863) 551-4760
david@cfdc.org
Haines City Economic Development Council
www.hainescityedc.com
Paul Senft, President
(863) 242-0459
paul@hainescityedc.com
PUTNAM COUNTY
Putnam County Economic Development Council
www.putnamcountychamber.com
Dana Jones, President
Putnam County Chamber of Commerce
(386) 328-1503
chamber@pcccfl.org
SARASOTA COUNTY
Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County
www.edcsarasotacounty.com
Mark Huey, President & CEO
(941) 309-1200 x. 100
mhuey@edcsarasotacounty.com
SEMINOLE COUNTY
Seminole County Economic Development
www.businessinseminole.com
Tom Tomerlin, Director
(407) 665-7136
ttomerlin@seminolecountyfl.gov
SUMTER COUNTY
Sumter County Economic Development
www.sumterbusiness.com
Bradley Arnold
(352) 689-4400
bradley.arnold@sumtercountyfl.gov
VOLUSIA COUNTY
Volusia County Economic Development
www.floridabusiness.org
Rob Ehrhardt, Economic Development Manager
(386) 248-8048
rehrhardt@volusia.org
Ormond Beach Economic Development
www.ormondbeach.org
Joe Mannarino, Economic Development Director
(386) 676-3266
mannarino@ormondbeach.org