Smart Communities Alignment Team
The Polk Vision Smart Communities Team’s goal is to facilitate opportunity, innovation, growth, and efficiency by promoting Smart Community Services that enhance the quality of life for our citizens.
2023-2024 Smart Communities Team Members
David Palmer, Co-Chair, Polk County BoCC
Marybeth Soderstrom, Co-Chair, Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Mustapha Achoubane, Florida Polytechnic University
Chris Bailey, Charter Communications/Spectrum
Samuel Berrien, Community Volunteer
Frank Canovaca, City of Bartow
Mike Chiavuzzi, Polk County Public Schools
Neil Cleveland, City of Lakeland
Nancy Daley, Lake Alfred
Howard Drake, Polk State Corporate College
Steven Elias, Pennoni
Allison Ellis, Frontier Communications
Grant Ewert, Polk County BoCC
Bill Ferry, Comcast – Florida Region
Gary Gadson, Summit Broadband
Dan Hakker, Summit Broadband
Mattea Hampton, Office of Broadband
Richard Hesse, City of Lakeland
HB Holmes, RHEMAFi, LLC
Rebekah Hurd, AdventHealth
Aizan “Bobby” Khan, City of Winter Haven
Jee Hoon Kim, City of Auburndale
Eric Labbe, City of Winter Haven
Justin Laferriere, Polk County BoCC
Charles Lake, City of Lake Alfred
Bill Lean, Summit Broadband
Doug Lewis, Polk County BoCC
David Little, Crosswired Electric
“Lex” Ryan Luther, Windtalker Innovations
Bruce Lyon, Winter Haven Economic Development Council
Stephanie Madden, Commissioner – City of Lakeland
Sean Malott, Central Florida Development Council
Tracy Mercer, Commissioner – City of Winter Haven
Rick Montney, ProPak Software
Matt Mucci, AT&T Florida
Carlos Nathan, National Telecommunications and Information Admin
Hiep Nguyen, City of Winter Haven
Nick Nicholas, DSM
Amanda Jo “AJ” Nicholson, City of Winter Haven
Anne Pasco, Polk County Public Schools
Jack Phillips, Frontier Communications
Mark Rankin, Summit Broadband
Gladys Roberts, Polk County Library Cooperative
David Robinson, DSM
Brian Ross, City of Haines City
Richard Ruck, Lakeland Regional Health
Terri Saltzman, Polk County BoCC
Gaye Sharpe, Polk County BoCC
David Skidmore, Summit Broadband
Ed Smith, ASAP Prints
David Soffer, WANRack
Stephen Sowards, Alternative Choice Wireless
Bob Stack, Polk State College
Kim Stenger, Office of Stacy M. Butterfield, CPA, Polk County Clerk of the Circuit Court & Comptroller
Jennifer Stuart, Summit Broadband
Kevin Sunderland, City of Lake Wales
Chad Tagtow, Citizens Bank & Trust
Brenda Torres, Central Florida Regional Planning Council
Oscar Torres, City of Lakeland
Sravani Vadlamani, Florida Polytechnic University
Kurt Van Wagenen, Summit Broadband
Kate Wallace, Charter Communications/Spectrum
David Ware, Summit Broadband
Amy Wiggins, Lakeland Chamber of Commerce
Paul Womble, Polk County BoCC