The Central Florida Partnership is proud to present its 2010 Volunteer Leadership Team.

The Central Florida Partnership — America’s Newest Regional Partnership — is an essential place for leaders to convene, set priorities, address our region’s toughest challenges and identify our greatest opportunities. It provides a platform where positive ideas are advanced on behalf of our region — ideas that matter most to the millions of people who live, work, learn and play in Central Florida. The Central Florida Partnership is moving “Ideas to Results.”

Such progress wouldn’t happen without the Partnership’s Volunteer Leadership team.

The Volunteer Leadership team will guide the Partnership and its Lines of Business in the months ahead. The commitment of these leaders to the organizations they represent and to the community is a testament to their vision for Central Florida.

Alex Martins

Chief Operating Officer                
Orlando Magic

2010 Chair, Central Florida Partnership

Alex Martins, who has spent 20 years in professional sports management, was named chief operating officer of the Orlando Magic in May 2006. Martins oversees the day-to-day business operations of the club and was instrumental in helping to secure a state-of-the-art Events Center in Orlando, scheduled to open in this fall. The Amway Center is part of a public community venues program that also includes a new Performing Arts Center and a renovation of the Citrus Bowl Stadium. In addition, the Magic contributed $12.5 million toward construction of five community recreation centers throughout Orange County, as part of its commitment to build the Events Center.

In the community, Martins is also on the executive committee and board of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, the board of governors of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the board of directors for Florida Children’s Hospital. He also serves on the Dean’s Executive Council for the College of Business Administration at the University of Central Florida.

Laura M. Boisvert

Vice President, South Central Region

Progress Energy

2010-11 Chair, myregion.org

Progress Energy’s South Central Region serves nearly 370,000 customers in six Central Florida counties — Highlands, Hardee, Lake, Orange, Osceola and Polk, an area that includes more than 8,000 miles of power lines, about 3,200 miles of which are underground. Laura Boisvert’s responsibilities include overseeing all of the engineering, construction and maintenance of the region’s electrical distribution system, as well as corporate contributions and community and governmental relations.

Boisvert has been with Progress Energy since 1989, and her diverse career with the company has included working directly with some of the largest commercial and industrial customers in the Orlando area. She also managed the company’s outdoor lighting and energy efficiency programs and served as the company’s storm director for hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne during the hectic 2004 storm season.

In the community, she is also a board member of the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission and United Arts of Central Florida.

Martin Rubin

CEO

Smart City Telecom

2010-11 Chair, Orlando Inc. (Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce)

Since 1994, Martin Rubin has been responsible for all aspects of Smart City, including operations, finance, strategic planning and all Federal Communications Commission and Public Utilities Commission regulatory matters. He negotiated acquisition of the business from WilTel and the Houston Sports Association and developed a successful purchase package for the buyout of Vista-United, Walt Disney World's in-house telecommunications company.

Previously, he served as president of DCT Communications Inc., an FCC license holder of wireless spectrum for voice and data communications; president of Raptor Systems Inc., a leading software developer of Internet firewall technology; president of AutoInfo Inc.; and vice president of Corporate Information Systems of JP Morgan Chase.

Rubin has received numerous honors, including election to the U.S. Telecom Association board of directors, the title of Distinguished Entrepreneur for 2004 by the Entrepreneurship Institute at Rollins College and selection as the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Florida in the Technology category.

Derek Bruce

Principal

Edge Public Affairs LLC

2010-11 Chair, BusinessForce

Edge Public Affairs LLC (“Edge”) is a Florida-based public policy consulting firm providing government relations expertise at the state level as well as with local governments throughout Florida. An “AV” rated attorney with MartindaleHubbell, Bruce brings expertise he developed while working for two of Central Florida’s most prominent companies, the GrayRobinson law firm and the Walt Disney World Resort, on issues involving procurement, public contracting, permitting, land use and land valuation. At Disney, he served as director of Government Relations, overseeing the company’s statewide and local government outreach efforts.

He currently serves as chair of the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s East Central Florida Regional Leadership Council. He is also a member of the board of directors of Leadership Florida, Kissimmee/Osceola Chamber of Commerce and Seminole State College of Florida Foundation, and is past-president of the Tiger Bay Club of Central Florida.