GETTING STARTED > WHO'S WHO

Access to Capital

Florida First Capital Finance Corporation
James Hosman, Vice President
401 East Chase Street, Suite 100
Pensacola, FL 32502
850.433.3365
hosman@ffcfc.com

Northwest Florida Venture Forum/WIRED Entrepreneurship Grant
UWF Small Business Development Center
Larry Strain, Executive Director
401 East Chase Street, Suite 100
Pensacola, FL 32502
850.473.7830
lstrain@uwf.edu

Business Planning

University of West Florida Small Business Development Center
(serving Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, & Walton, FL counties)
UWF Small Business Development Center
Larry Strain, Executive Director
401 East Chase Street, Suite 100
Pensacola, FL 32502
850.473.7830
lstrain@uwf.edu

University of South Alabama Small Business Development Center
(serving Mobile & Baldwin, AL Counties)
MCOB Room 118
307 University Blvd.
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
251.460.6004
sbdc@.usouthal.edu

Economic Alliances

Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
(serving Escambia, FL county)
Bridgette Price, Asst. VP
117 West Garden St.
Pensacola, FL 32502
850.438.4081
bprice@pensacolachamber.com

TEAM Santa Rosa EDC
(serving Santa Rosa, FL county)
Shannon Ogletree
Team Santa Rosa EDC, Inc.
6491 Caroline Street, Suite 4
Milton, FL 32570
850.623.0174
sogletree@teamsantarosa.com

TecMen – Okaloosa EDC
(serving Okaloosa, FL county)
EDC of Okaloosa County
Jeff Fanto, Technology Manager
P.O. Box 4097
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549
850.651.7374
jeff@florida-edc.org

Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance
(serving Baldwin, AL county)
Bob Higgins, Vice-President
22070 Hwy 59, Suite 301
Robertsdale, AL 36567
251.947.2445
bhiggins@baldwineda.com

Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce
(serving Mobile, AL county)
Claudia Zimmermann
P.O. Box 2187
Mobile, AL 36652-2187
251.431.8616
czimmermann@mobilechamber.com

Education & Entrepreneur Forums

Entrepreneurship Graduate Certificate Program
University of West Florida
Dr. Richard Hawkins
11000 University Parkway
Pensacola, FL 32514
850.474.2656
rhawkins@uwf.edu

Innovation / Technology Transfer

USA Technology & Research Park (Mobile, AL)
Ker Ferguson, Director
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
251.460.6384
wkferguson@usouthal.edu

Northwest Florida Military-Community Innovation Partnership
Craig Dalton, VP, Armed Services
117 West Garden St.
Pensacola, FL 32502
850.438.4081
cdalton@pensacolachamber.com

International Trade & Export Assistance

U.S. Commercial Service
United States Department of Commerce
(serving from Mobile, AL to Tallahassee, FL)
Mike Higgins, Director
850.942.9635

Enterprise Florida, Inc International Field Office
(serving Northwest Florida region)
Andrea Moore, International Marketing Specialist
117 West Garden Street
Pensacola, FL 32502
850.595.5416
amoore@eflorida.com