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Bernardo Barnhart (Treasurer), Barnhart Car Wash

Theresa Cook, Collier County Airport Authority

Liane Crawford, Seminole Casino

Eva Deyo, Immokalee Water & Sewer

Mike Ellis (Vice-Chair), Collier Health Services

Ernest Freeman, Freeman & Freeman Construction

Robert Halman, University of Florida Extension
Robert Halman is presently assigned as County Extension Director and agricultural agent with the Collier County University of Florida/ IFAS Extension Office. Robert's focus is his expertise in small farm management, marketing, farmer's markets and agricultural emergency management.

Before coming to Florida in 2005, Robert spent a 20 year tenured career with The University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Maryland Cooperative Extension as both an Agricultural Agent and County Extension Director. Robert is a former Assistant Secretary of Marketing, Animal Industries and Consumer Services at the Maryland Department of Agriculture.

Nicholas Healy, Ave Maria University

Dr. Joseph Heinzman (President), Hodges University

Everett Loukonen, Barron Collier Partnership

Edward 'Ski' Olesky, Lake Trafford Marina

Thomas 'Taps' Patterson, TAPS Automotive

Richard Rice (Secretary/Executive Director), Eastern Collier Chamber of Commerce

Jay Roth, Lutgert Insurance

Pete Salazar, Salazar Machines

Essie Serrata, Collier County Housing Authority

Cpl. Mike Taylor, Collier County Sheriff's Office

Fred Thomas, Fred Thomas Photography

Carrie Williams, Williams Farms, Inc.