Florida dominates in MavPAC’s 40 under 40 awards

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Maverick PAC (MavPAC) announced its 40 under 40 awards on Tuesday in Miami, celebrating a list of young conservative professionals in politics, business, law and entrepreneurship.

Florida is very well represented among those selected with 19 of the 40 honorees hailing from the Sunshine State. 

Among Florida’s political highlights are Josh Cooper with NG Strategies; Glen Gilzean with Step Up for Students; Alberto Martinez, in the office of Senator Marco Rubio; and Michael Sevi, who works for Governor Scott.

Armando Guiterrez, with Conglomerate Investment Co; Jose Oliva with Oliva Cigars; and Andrew White with Franklin Street Financial are Florida’s three selected entrepreneurs.

Four elected officials also made the cut: Florida Speaker Will Weatherford; Senator Anitere Flores; Congressman Ron DeSantis; and School Board Member Carlos Curbelo.

Proportionally, Florida dominated the business honorees: Carlos Arboleda, COI Access; Lucas Boyce, Orlando Magic; E. Tyler Cathey, Englander Fischer LLP; John Couriel, Kobre & Kim; Edward Crawford, Goldman Sachs; Rob Gidel Jr, Holland & Knight; and Justin Wilson, The Villages, will all be honored at the MavPAC’s Annual Conference, July 12-14, in Miami.

They will be joined by former Gov. Jeb Bush, Senator Marco Rubio, Speaker Weatherford, and other prominent Republican leaders. You can join them, too, by registering for the conference here.

Peter Schorsch is the President of Extensive Enterprises and is the publisher of some of Florida’s most influential new media websites, including SaintPetersBlog.com, FloridaPolitics.com, ContextFlorida.com, and Sunburn, the morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. SaintPetersBlog has for three years running been ranked by the Washington Post as the best state-based blog in Florida. In addition to his publishing efforts, Peter is a political consultant to several of the state’s largest governmental affairs and public relations firms. Peter lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, Michelle, and their daughter, Ella.