Board of Directors
Leslie F. Giscombe, Chair
Founder/CEO, AAEA
Jamie Kraft, Board Member
Director, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center
University of Florida
Kingsley Maitland, Treasurer
Maitland & Associates, Inc.
Business Development Committee:
Gilberto Herrera – Business Development Specialist – AAEA
Julia Kline-Fuentes – Program Director – AAEA
Shirley Smith – VP – SouthState Bank, Florida
Dr. Constance Craig-Mason – CEO – Concierge Financial Group – Maryland
James B. Kynes, Jr. – Broker – Rushman Moore Real Estate Group – Georgia
Joshua Sahib – Director – The Lowder Center for Family Business and Entrepreneurship, Auburn University, Alabama
Community Development Committee:
Dr. LaTaya White – Chair – Concept Creative Group
Tammy Paycer – Member – Truist
Rana Futral – Member – First Community Bank of Central Alabama
Ida Babazadeh – Member – AdventHealth
Linda Flournoy – Member – Book Ease, LLC
Business Advisory Board:
Dr. George C. Fraser – Founder/CEO – FraserNet, Inc.
Dr. Remy A. Rahimi – Director – Embry-Riddle Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship