People Group Archives: Coastal Advisory Board

Laurilee is a fifth generation Floridian and lifelong Brevard County resident with an unshakable commitment to the natural resources of central Florida, including the Indian River Lagoon.  She is the co-owner of Dixie Crossroads, a southern seafood restaurant in Titusville, FL with international name recognition and a menu that features locally caught seafood.  Laurilee is […]

Nan Summers specializes in collaborative innovation and strategic partnerships that link all community sectors to achieve their highest potential. Summers High Performance Design evolved from her work compiling Manatee County’s submission to the US Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Field Hearing, “Ensuring a High-Quality Environment: Healthy Air, Land, Water, Economy, and Community”. For the past […]

Scott Saunders is a 4th generation Key West native who continues to believe this island community is a natural paradise.  He earned an accounting degree from UCF and founded Saunders & Company CPA in 1992.  In 2008, he partnered with Kris Kolpin to create Saunders & Kolpin, PL.  In 2004, Scott purchased one of his […]

George MacKay is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist who earned engineering degrees from Georgia Tech and UF. He owns two ranches, one in Florida and the other in North Carolina.  MacKay has advocated for UCF to establish a field research site in the Econfina River State Park and has pledged his own personal philanthropy to […]

Paul is the third generation to be involved in the family real estate development business. The business was started as a construction company in 1907 by his Grandfather and originally based in Northeastern New Jersey. Paul opened a Florida office in 1983 and changed the focus of the business from office development to retail development. […]

Dykes Everett, a native Floridian, comes from an agricultural tradition of many generations.  After earning his law degree at the University of Florida in 1985, Everett began his law practice in Central Florida with the firm of Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman, where he practiced until 2006. During his law career, Mr. Everett practiced primarily […]

Roger is a graduate of Florida State University. Prior to joining Mears, he was Director of Public Affairs for Darden Restaurants Inc., from 1993 to 1998 and also served in the communications office of the late Governor Lawton Chiles in 1992.  Roger currently serves or has served on the City of Orlando’s Municipal Planning Board, […]