
HONORING FLORIDA'S MOST IMPACTFUL AND INFLUENTIAL MEN.
MAN OF THE YEAR
FATHER NELSON PINDER, SR.
RETIRED PASTOR/ACTIVIST
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Reverend Canon Nelson Wardell Pinder, Sr. was born in 1932 in Miami, Florida. He grew up in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami and was baptised and confirmed in the Historic St. Agnes Episcopal Church
VISIONARY AWARD
LESTER
SEAYS
CO-FOUNDER
ONYX MAGAZINE
“When is the last time you did something for the first time?”Not only is this the motto Lester Seays lives by, but it could also sum up his life, which is full of ‘first time’ events.
PUBLISHER'S AWARD
MAYOR ERNEST
PAGE
Orlando's First Black Mayor
“First African-American Mayor for the City Beautiful - Orlando, Florida. Graduate of Morehouse College..
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HONOREES

RUFUS J. ALEXANDER, III
Commissioner
City of Fort Pierce

TOREY ALSTON
Chief of Staff
Florida Department of Transportation, Inc.

BYRON W. BROOKS
County Administrator
Orange County Administrative Services Department

KARL BROWN
Chief Executive Officer
Oley's Hospitality Group

BOB BURNS
President
RL Burns, Inc.

BRIAN M. BUTLER
President/CEO
JCB
Construction, Inc.

THOMAS C. CHATMON
Executive Director
Orlando Downtown Development Board

HORACE G. DAWSON, III
EVP, External Affairs and General Counsel
Red Lobster Seafood Co.

JONATHAN GRAHAM
President
Horus
Construction Services

GARY HARTFIELD
President
Serenity Village Insurance and Consulting

TONY JENKINS
Market President
Central Florida Foundation
Florida Blue

CLIFF LONG
CEO
Orlando Regional
Realtor Association

IRVING MATTHEWS
President/CEO
Matthews
Automotive Group

DR. LARRY MILLS
Commissioner
Orlando
Utilities Commission

GEORGE MORNING
Director, SBD Department
Greater Orlando
Aviation Authority

RON ROGERS
President
Ronald O.
Rogers & Associates

MARK SHAMLEY
VP Global Social Impact
Tupperware Brands
Corporation

LEONARD K. SPENCER
Senior Manager of Supplier Diversity
Walt Disney Company

ALLEN WIGGINS
ARCHBISHOP
Archbishop
The Hope Church

JUSTIN WILLIAMS
General Manager
Grand
Bohemian Orlando


Jéan E. Wilson
Co-Managing Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig PA

