“How the SBA is Viewing a Changing World” Lamar Taylor, Chief Investment Officer for the Florida State Board of Administration, discusses the SBA's $275 billion asset management, focusing on asset allocation, assumptions, and potential changes in the economic landscape, before a June 26, 2025 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://ecf.memberclicks.net/2025-june-lamar-taylor) With his slides, Mr. Taylor showed the Club how the Florida pe...
Jul 11, 2025•58 min•Ep. 63
“2025 Economic Outlook” Rob Kaplan, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs, provides a 2025 forecast for the U.S. economy and the financial markets, including the impact of tariffs, before a January 21, 2025 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://www.economic-club.com/2025-january-rob-kaplan ) Mr. Kaplan discussed the economy of the past few years, what he thinks the future might bring, and how Florida is one of the states leading the way. The ...
Feb 06, 2025•58 min•Ep. 62
“Margaritaville: How a Song Became a Brand” John Cohlan, Co-Founder and CEO of Margaritaville Holdings explains the creation and enduring value of singer Jimmy Buffet’s successful multi-billion-dollar brand, before a November 21, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts_and_summaries ) Dr. Jeff Sharkey of The Capitol Alliance Group introduced Mr. Cohlan but first had the club members put their hands on top ...
Dec 11, 2024•58 min•Ep. 61
“The U.S. Navy’s Economic and Strategic Impact from Florida around the Globe” Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations, and Environment discusses the Navy's priorities in energy, climate resilience, and infrastructure, including hurricane impacts, before an October 10, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Assistant Navy Secretary Berger spoke to the Clu...
Nov 08, 2024•39 min•Ep. 60
“Conservation is Good for Business” Jessica Harvey, CEO of the Guy Harvey Foundation shares its mission and success in combining art and science for greater environmental conservation through ocean research and education before a September 24, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Ms. Harvey told the club that her father began his self-taught art career early. His teachers told him he’d ...
Oct 17, 2024•58 min•Ep. 59
“How Autonomous Trucking Will Deliver the Future” - Nationally-recognized expert Lee White reveals how trials of autonomous vehicle trucking on public highways are progressing and the impact driverless trucks are expected to have on the cost of goods, the labor market, and roadway safety before an August 27, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Mr. White told the Club that autonomous ve...
Sep 07, 2024•58 min•Ep. 58
“Development Trajectory of the Internet and AI – Will History Repeat Itself, or Just Rhyme?” WebMD founding COO Michael Heekin draws comparisons to the early days of the Internet to discuss the rapid dynamics of Artificial Intelligence and how it may impact business operations in the next ten years before a July 23, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Michael Heekin first took the Club...
Aug 14, 2024•58 min•Ep. 57
“Florida’s ‘Booming’ Economy” Clark Mica, President of the Institute of Makers of Explosives highlights the critical role that commercial explosives play in building the Florida and U.S. economies before a June 25, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) “There are a couple things you need to have in a modern society, or successful society, and that's energy, water, and food,” Mr. Mica tol...
Jul 13, 2024•52 min•Ep. 56
“The Opportunity Capital in Florida's Rocket Ship Economy” Miami entrepreneur Saif Ishoof of the Miami business development firm Lab22c shares a glimpse of what Florida could become in the future before a May 16, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida . Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Mr. Ishoof told the Club that technological innovation and economic growth depend on human capital and developing that human capital. He q...
Jun 13, 2024•58 min•Ep. 55
“Towards Precision Medicine Therapies and Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative Diseases” Dr. Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, Professor and Enterprise Chair of Mayo Clinic’s Department of Neuroscience, explains the very latest research and treatments for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases before an April 2, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Dr. Ertekin-Taner gave the club some shocki...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 54
“The Radical Consequences of a Digital Economy” Bob Rice, Managing Partner of New Jersey-based Tangent Capital Partners, shares the revolutionary implications of Artificial Intelligence on global production, wages, competition, investments, and education before a March 21, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Bob Rice told the Club that the current digital revolution is making radical c...
Mar 28, 2024•58 min•Ep. 53
“The Challenges of Leadership in Our Times” Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta discusses the growing challenges and turmoil facing the United States before a February 6, 2024 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Leon Panetta briefly told the Club about his background including reminiscences of Floridians he had worked with in Congress in the late 1970’s and 80’s, Senator ...
Feb 16, 2024•44 min•Ep. 52
“Driving Florida’s Sports Economy” Angela Adams Suggs, President and CEO of the Florida Sports Foundation shares the growing $70 billion economic impact of Florida’s sports industry before a November 7, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Angela Adams Suggs told the Club that Florida is where the world comes to play. “Florida's economic impact is $70 billion dollars plus annually throu...
Nov 29, 2023•46 min•Ep. 51
“Energy of the Future” Armando Pimentel, President and CEO of Florida Power and Light Company, discusses the challenges of providing customers reliable, affordable power with less emissions before an October 5, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Florida’s economy is growing significantly, and Florida Power and Light President and CEO Armando Pimentel told the Club that whatever happen...
Nov 03, 2023•59 min•Ep. 50
“The Economics of Culture” Bill Yeargin, President and CEO of Correct Craft, shares the lessons he’s learned running a successful Florida business and how corporate culture impacts the bottom line and the lives of employees, before a September 12, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Since 1925 Correct Craft has operated as the world’s leader in tournament inboard, freshwater fish and u...
Oct 04, 2023•53 min•Ep. 49
“It All Starts with Dredging” Lasse Petterson, President and CEO of Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company outlines the economic impact of its Florida port deepening and beach restoration projects and why the company is diversifying to offshore wind projects, before an August 24, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) The Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Company is the largest provider of dredgin...
Sep 12, 2023•43 min•Ep. 48
“What’s in a Name? Perspectives on Name, Image, and Likeness” A panel that includes a student athlete, a lawyer, and a sports agent shares the evolving rules allowing college athletes to be paid by marketing their name, image, and likeness, before a July 27, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Previous to an NCAA rule change in 2021, student athletes were not able to profit or receive ...
Aug 24, 2023•57 min•Ep. 47
“Making Florida the Safest, Healthiest, and Sustainable State in America” Katie Yeutter, President of the Florida Chamber Leadership Cabinet and its Safety Council outlines a new effort to improve mental health and substance abuse issues in the workplace and beyond, before a June 6, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Katie Yeutter leads the team that created the Florida Chamber Leader...
Jul 06, 2023•33 min•Ep. 46
“Kids, Crypto, Banks and Excellence” Tom Grady, Co-Founder of The Freedom Institute of Collier County and CryptoLawyers.org shares his views on investments in changing times, particularly human investment, before a May 23, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Tom Grady, a longtime resident of Naples, Florida has a wealth of government experience, having served as a member of the Florida...
May 30, 2023•51 min•Ep. 45
“Florida’s Insurance Market: The Decade Ahead” Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky discusses the challenges and solutions to Florida’s insurance marketplace, the ninth-largest in the world, before an April 20, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Hurricane Ian’s landfall near Ft. Myers in September of 2022 was the costliest in Florida history, causing an estimated $109.5 bil...
May 18, 2023•45 min•Ep. 44
“Geopolitics and the Global Economy” Retired four-star US Army General and former CIA Director David Petraeus shares his insights on the geopolitical risks to investments, including actions by China and Russia, before a March 27, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Geopolitics is a method of studying foreign policy to understand, explain, and predict international political behavior th...
Apr 20, 2023•53 min•Ep. 43
“Agriculture’s Surprising Role in the Economy” Florida Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson discusses the breadth of Florida’s second largest industry and why, amid threats of greater regulation, it should be viewed through a national security lens before a February 21, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Commissioner Simpson spoke to the Club fresh from his recent duty as state Sen...
Mar 08, 2023•48 min•Ep. 42
“2023 Global Markets and Economic Outlook” LPL Financial Chief Economist Dr. Jeffrey Roach explains the rising risk of recession and the factors that will influence financial markets and the national and Florida economies before a January 19, 2023 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Dr. Roach is Vice President and Chief Economist for the Investor & Investment Solutions Group at LPL Fina...
Jan 31, 2023•50 min•Ep. 41
“The Scientific and Economic Attraction of Florida’s Mag Lab” National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Director Greg Boebinger shares the scientific and economic impacts of the world’s largest and highest powered magnet lab before a December 15, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) The “MagLab” as it’s known, is based at Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Florida with other f...
Jan 13, 2023•57 min•Ep. 40
“Running Restaurants in a Challenging Economy” Restaurant Brands International CEO Jose Cil shares how supply chain challenges, commodity and wage inflation, and labor shortages are impacting its Burger King, Popeyes, Firehouse Subs, and Tim Hortons restaurant chains before a November 29, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Restaurant Brands International (RBI) is the franchisor to 29,...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 39
“Building a Clean and Resilient Energy Future” Southern Company Executive Vice President Stan Connally discusses the rapid transformation taking place in the energy industry and the challenges it poses for producers and consumers before an October 26, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes (for complete Show Notes, please visit https://economic-club.com/podcasts-and-summaries/ ) Stan Connally is Executive Vice President of operations at Southern Company, one of the largest prod...
Nov 17, 2022•52 min•Ep. 38
“A Gadsden County native’s path to success as an American technology entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist” Figgers Communication CEO Freddie Figgers shares how a $23 Goodwill purchase led to his multi-million dollar career as an entrepreneur and the importance of finding your passion in life before an August 25, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Abandoned at two days old in a trash can and adopted by an older couple who raised him as their son, Freddie Figgers’ story ...
Sep 23, 2022•34 min•Ep. 37
“Is Florida Heading for a Recession?” Florida State University Economist Dr. Jerry Parrish shares the probability and how rising interest rates, housing costs, and gas prices affect consumers before a July 19, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Dr. Jerry Parrish is the Chief Economist and Director of State and Local Policy Analysis at the Institute of Government at Florida State University. He said Florida has two different economies: one with almost full employment with mo...
Aug 10, 2022•42 min•Ep. 36
“Web3 and Cryptocurrency” Andreessen Horowitz’s Scott Kupor explains Web3, the next generation of the internet and cryptocurrency before a June 21, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes Scott Kupor is investing partner with the venture capital firm of Andreessen Horowitz (known as “a16z”), based in Silicon Valley, California. One of its funds is “a16z crypto” which has raised $7.6 billion to date to invest in Web3 and cryptocurrency startups. Kupor describes Web3 as the third ...
Jul 15, 2022•52 min•Ep. 35
“Florida Courts by the Numbers” Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles Canady explains the challenges in trying to reduce a 600,000 case backlog from the Florida court system created by the coronavirus pandemic before a May 17, 2022 meeting of The Economic Club of Florida. Show Notes The 2020-2021 pandemic created a big challenge for the Florida court system in how to keep operating without placing court participants in unsafe situations. While the state’s appellate courts and the Supreme C...
Jun 16, 2022•44 min•Ep. 34
