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As a Musician he has written 150 original songs and 2800 musical arrangements.

As an Author he has written twelve books.

As an Educator served as Artist in Residence at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.

As a Director he leads and arranges for the choir at Lifebridge Church in Windermere, Florida.

As a Creator he spent 33 years at WALT DISNEY WORLD where he arranged and produced THE VOICES OF LIBERTY and the CHRISTMAS CANDLELIGHT PROCESSIONAL.

As an Achiever he is currently listed in THE INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN MUSIC.

Mr. Thomas B. Tart a/k/a Henry "Thomas" Flagler", was born in Jacksonville, FL on April 26, 1943.  He attended University of Florida/BSBA, Stetson University College of Law/Juris Doctor and was a lawyer for Utility Company.  He moved to Orlando upon graduation.  After 41 years of law practice in Orlando, he retired the summer of 2009.  He worked for a civil practice law firm for 14 years and then 27 years as the house counsel for the Orlando Utilities Commission, becoming Vice President and General Counsel.  It was the best of times!  He still lives in Orlando.

He has been involved in doing programs with many WWII Veterans and placing official historic WWII Markers at airfields around Florida.

His hobbies and interests include World War II, Civil War and golf. Recent books he’s read are Battle Cry of Freedom and Flyboys.  If he had not chosen his current career, he most definitely would be a History Professor!  He lives by The Golden Rule.

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Michael Waddell was named the President of the (AAF) Alliance of American Football’s Orlando Apollos on August 13, 2018.  A 30-year veteran of professional and college sports, Waddell comes to The AAF after serving the past two years as Vice President at Richmond Raceway (ISC), where he had oversight over Consumer Marketing, Ticket Sales, Guest Services, Strategic Communications, Media Buying/Placement and Digital/Creative Services, and served as the track’s liaison with the NASCAR Diversity Program.

The highlight of Waddell’s time in motorsports came in Spring 2018 when Richmond Raceway’s Spring Weekend achieved year over year increases in both attendance and ticket sales, something that had not happened in over a decade. These results were born out of a reformation of Richmond’s Ticketing Strategy, moving all sales operations to the track - tripling the sales staff, increased grass-roots marketing efforts, along with aggressive content-based digital advertising.  The Newton, NC native also conceptualized and launched the successful grass-roots marketing effort, RACING VIRGINIA, a key strategic element which reconnected the NASCAR track with the Commonwealth’s 27 motorsports venues.  Included in this concept was the formation of TEAM RACING VIRGINIA, a youth-based marketing platform featuring drivers under the age of 18, who compete in various forms of racing.  Another innovative creation was RICHMOND RACEWAY eSPORTS, a multi-tiered platform engaging the iRacing, and PS4 & XBOX One Platforms, and the formation of NASCAR’s first-ever track owned eSports team in February 2018, dubbed "CHAOS CREW" (@ChaosCrewRVA), which competes on the highest competitive level of sim-racing, the NASCAR Peak Antifreeze iRacing Series.

Prior to joining the Richmond Raceway team Waddell worked for 28 years in college athletics, including three years as the Director of Athletics at Towson University in Baltimore, MD. Waddell's hired six new head coaches during his tenure, three of which earned CAA Coach of the Year honors. The Tigers also captured 12 CAA Championships under his leadership, including a program-high 7 league crowns during the 2012-13 academic year. The Towson men's basketball program also achieved the greatest one-year turnaround in NCAA history, earning a 17-game improvement from 2011-12 to 2012-13. Tiger Football achieved a similar reformation going from 1 win in 2010, to a CAA Championship and 9-wins in 2011, another CAA title in 2012, culminating in with a national runner-up finish in the 2013 NCAA FCS Championship game, capping the best 3-year stretch in Towson Football history. Waddell also oversaw the construction of the new, $62m multi-purpose SECU Arena and negotiated the 10-year, $4.75m naming right's deal, the largest corporate gift in the history of Towson University. Athletics Fundraising at Towson achieved all-time records under his guidance.

Waddell has also held Executive Athletics Leadership positions directing the External Operations at the University of Illinois, University of Arkansas, University of Cincinnati and the University of Akron.  He began his career in collegiate athletics in 1991 as a radio/television broadcaster with the Tar Heel Sports Network at the University of North Carolina and advanced up play-by-play ranks at the University of Virginia (1994-97), Appalachian State University (1997-2000), and the U.S. Military Academy (2000-2001). During his time at the University of Akron he also served as the Zips’ television Executive Producer / play-by-play announcer on football and basketball broadcasts with Time Warner Cable, ESPN Regional, and FOX Sports Ohio (2001-2006).

A 1991 graduate of Guilford College in Greensboro, NC where he was a Fighting Quakers’ football letterman, a Senator in Student Government, and served for 3-years as the student-athlete representative on the Faculty Athletic Committee.  Waddell later earned his master's degree in sport administration at Ohio University in 2010, which is recognized as the #1 graduate program in the World for Sports Business.

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Carole Engle Avriett began her professional writing career over 35 years ago with Southern Living Magazine. As Homes Editor, she produced over 1200 articles on architecture and interior design, traveling a seventeen-state area for nearly 15 years. During her tenure with the magazine, she also helped produce several books on interior design. Afterwards, she became Editor-in-Chief of an award-winning monthly lifestyle magazine in Central Florida. Other notable freelance work includes  producing the first magazine for Disney's award-winning town, Celebration.

In addition to these accomplishments, Carole currently invests her skills full-time writing military biographies and inspirational books and to date, 8 have been published by nationally recognized publishers. Her most recent book, Coffin Corner Boys, One Bomber, Ten Men, and their Harrowing Escape from Nazi-Occupied France, has continued on several Amazon Military History best-selling lists since it was published in May, 2018.

A master teacher, she also leads a weekly  Bible study and continues to do guest-speaking engagements for churches and conference events; she draws from a wide range of life experiences including early personal struggles before becoming a Christian, surviving cancer, caring for aging parents, and riding every roller coaster in central Florida with her seven grandchildren. Carole and her husband serve as summer missionaries in Brazil and are active members of First Baptist Church, Orlando.

Orlando native, Paul Starks is son of the late Dr. George Starks, former pediatric dentist in Winter Park for over 40 years. Both graduated from Uni. of Florida where Paul’s father taught in the Dental School after his retirement from active practice. Paul grew up hearing the remarkable stories of his father’s narrow escape from Nazi-occupied France after his B-17 was shot down during WWII. Two years before his Dad died, they traveled back to France and located the exact spot on the French/Swiss border where his father managed a harrowing escape to freedom.

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A fourth generation Salvationist, Ken was born and raised in Savannah, GA. He received a Bachelor of Music Education Degree at Armstrong/Atlantic University. Ken taught High School Band for ten years where he won over 300 hundred competition awards and was named Teacher of the Year twice during his tenure. He received his Masters of Music Education and a Masters in Conducting from Georgia State University. He is an accomplished musician and you may see him playing the cornet around the Red Kettles in the holiday months. Captain Chapman served as a member of The Salvation Army Southern Territorial Songsters in which he participated in a Scandinavian Tour.  Before Officership, he taught High School Band and Theater, and then, for twenty years, Ken was CEO and Creative Director for Creative Events International. He was the Music Producer for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and theExecutive Producer for the Atlanta and Barcelona Paralympics Ceremonies. Captain Chapman won twentytwo industry awards as a Producer and produced the Easter Egg Roll for the Bush Administration at the White House in 2006. Captain Chapman was the Producer for Santa’s Traveling Workshop, a touring show that brought toys and hope to over 300,000 people affected by hurricane Katrina.

In 2005, the Captain served as the Executive Producer and Operations Director for American Frontiers, a trek across public lands in partnership with the Federal Government and National Geographic Society. Over 70 people trekked across public lands over 60 days and educated about the value of public lands in America. The National Geographic Society produced a documentary of this historic event where every step of the trek was on public lands, utilizing many forms of transportation. Captain Chapman held news conferences with the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture. He interacted with law enforcement and the National Park Service for logistics and safety of the teams.

He was responsible for every aspect of the trek. The Federal Land Management Agencies considered it one of their most historic events in this century.  Captain Chapman has produced the creative and operational logistics for hundreds of corporate shows and opening and closing ceremonies.  Captain Chapman realized God’s call on his life and offered his life for Salvation Army Officership. Captain Chapman is married to Jessie Starks Chapman (who is also a Salvation Army Officer), has three children - Danielle, Alexis, and Micah – and lives in Orlando, FL. Captain Chapman was recently transferred from Tulsa, OK, previously serving in Jackson, Mississippi. Under his leadership, the Jackson Command tripled its budget, increased from 42 to 114 employees, built a $8 million dollar facility, and worked diligently to break the cycles of entitlement and building people to empowerment and productivity. He is currently implementing a revolutionary Social Service program called Pathway of Hope. He has been honored by the Jackson City Council and received the Community Hero award for his work with Yazoo City tornado disaster relief, the “Making Things Brighter Award” from Entergy, and recognized for excellence in service by the Air National Guard. 

Captain Chapman is the proud Grandfather of Maddox Vincent Brumfield and Elijah Royce Brumfield. His middle daughter, Alexis, studied at Asbury University and his son studied as a Music Education Major at the University of Southern Mississippi. Marlee Marie, the first Granddaughter was recently born. Captains Ken and Jessie Chapman count it an honor to serve in the Orlando area where amazing things are beginning to happen.

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If you drive in Central Florida, the I-4 Ultimate project affects you. It’s the largest infrastructure project in Florida history. The project is reconstructing 21-miles of the interstate in Orange and Seminole counties, including 15 major intersections and 140 bridges.

David Parks, I-4 Ultimate public information officer, will provide a project overview, update on progress and tell us how to cope with the changes. 

Mr. Parks has provided information on more than 113 miles of interstate projects as an FDOT consultant over the past 14 years. Previously, he worked in news and sports radio in Southwest Florida.

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Senior Special Agent Reginald D. Young is a 29 year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. Agent Young is a Graduate of the Florida State University College of Criminology. While at FSU, Agent Young was a member of the Student Senate and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. Agent Young started his law enforcement career with ATF in 1989 where he was assigned to the Louisville Field Office. He transferred to the Orlando, Florida area in 1996 where he remains to this day. Agent Young worked mainly violent crime and specialized in undercover activity during his time in the Louisville Field Division. Since his transfer to Central Florida, Agent Young primarily worked firearms trafficking investigations for several years before settling into his current passion which is explosive investigations where he is currently ATF Orlando’s only Certified Explosives Specialist (CES). His work as a Special Agent CES also led to his assignment as a Task Force Agent with the Federal Bureau of lnvestigation (FBI), Joint Terrorism Task Force that he continues to this day. During his career, Agent Young has received several Special Act or Service Awards, a Unit Commendation Bar from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, and an ATF Hostile Act Award.

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Kathy DeVault serves as Director of Strategic Partnerships for Mayor Buddy Dyer and the City of Orlando. Kathy oversees the development and implementation of special projects as directed by Mayor Dyer. Kathy develops strategies to enhance the engagement of the community, businesses and residents with city government. Kathy also assists with policy initiatives, particularly those with a focus on economic development, technology and startup businesses and she manages partnerships with Orlando’s higher education providers to include UCF and Valencia and planning for the new Downtown Campus and Creative Village, the first phase of which is scheduled to open in August 2019.

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