Wednesday Meeting

Featured Speaker for May 3rd Meeting: Robert Cacioppo Players Circle Theater Robert was born and raised in New York City and began his professional career in 1978 with The Passion of Alice at New York City’s famous Greenwich Mews Theatre. He directed extensively in New York City before coming to Florida 30 years ago and, since that time, has become a leader in Southwest Florida’s theater movement. He became Artistic Director of the Pirate Playhouse in 1990, turning that company, at the time, into the area’s only resident Actors’ Equity Association Company and directing over 60 productions. Robert Cacioppo, Florida Rep’s Founder, was honored by the Florida Professional Theaters Association with the Richard G. Fallon Award for Excellence in Professional Theatre for his tenacity, vision, passion, and leadership in creating professional theater in the state of Florida. Currently, Robert stays busy as the artistic director of Players Circle Theater. Players Circle Theater is [...]

Featured Speaker for May 10th Meeting: Liston Bochette III Ward 4 Council Member Liston “Lin” Bochette is a five-time Olympic Athlete, internationally recognized artist and civic leader. Councilman Bochette served on the Community Redevelopment Agency Board and in 2018 was appointed to the Fort Myers City Council by Mayor Randall P. Henderson to complete the term of a retiring councilperson. He was elected to represent Ward 4 again in November 2020. Bochette received his B.F.A from the University of Florida, then went on to complete his M.A from InterAmerican University, and Ph.D. from Pacific Western University. Councilman Bochette has been a delegate to the White House for Olympic Affairs. Over the years, he worked closely with Olympic bid and host cities around the world as a senior advisor on management, budget, transportation, housing, security, infrastructure, and programing. He has been responsible for multi-million dollar budgets and complex work forces. Bochette was elected to [...]

Featured Speaker for May 17th Meeting: Gary Tasman CEO & Principal Broker Professional Background May 2014 – Acquired 4 mm sf commercial real estate management portfolio – largest 3rd party commercial property management portfolio in Southwest Florida March 2009 – Founded Commercial Property Southwest Florida, LLC (Only Independently Owned & Operated Member of the Cushman & Wakefield Alliance in State of Florida) January 2007 – Joined Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. – Opened Southwest Florida Market Prior – Directed Largest Revenue Generating Team a Grubb & Ellis/VIP for over a decade Experience 32 Years Real Estate Industry Closed over 1,000 Transactions – $700 Million plus Office, Retail Industrial Site Analysis Market & Financial Feasibility Studies Expert Sales & Communication Authority Stonegate Bank (Southwest Capital Bank) – Founding Organizing Director National start up bank; charter from the US Governments’ office of Currency and Controller in July 2006 Certified: Florida State Certified Real Estate Broker and Appraiser [...]

Featured Speaker for May 31st Meeting: Francesco Rugiano Beckmann Product Manager Francesco Rugiano Beckmann studied at Bocconi University - School of Economics, in Milan, and has a Master of Science in industrial engineering and technology management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU. Francesco has been with AquaFence since 2016, working out of the HQ in Norway as the product manager for the flood mitigation products FloodBarricade and FlashWall, focused on entering new markets, R&D management, supply chain optimization and IPR. WEEKLY SUNRISE MEETING Join us on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Fort Myers at Bell Tower Shops 13051 Bell Tower Drive, FL, 33907 Can't Make it? Join our Zoom Meeting - 2 Ways to Join ONE Click on the link to our ZOOM ROOM below. With this method you can join via [...]