Leadership
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame comprises outstanding, eclectic leaders and inventors from public corporations, private businesses, research universities, nonprofit institutes, governmental agencies, and other areas.
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Phoebe Cade Miles, President | Cade Museum |
| Marco Carvalho, Executive Vice President and Provost | Florida Institute of Technology |
| Kathy Castor, U.S. Representative | Florida’s 14th Congressional District |
| Michael J. DeLuca, Intellectual Property Counsel | Florida Power & Light, NextEra Energy |
| Elizabeth Dougherty, Eastern Regional Outreach Director | United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) |
| Kenneth Ford, Founder & CEO | Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition |
| Richard A. Houghten, Founder, CEO & President | Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies |
| James Howard, Executive Director | Black Inventors Hall of Fame |
| Richard Jove, Institute Director | Cell Therapies Institute |
| Rhea F. Law, President | University of South Florida |
| Arthur Molella, Director Emeritus | Lemelson Center at the Smithsonian Institution |
| Janet E. Petro, Deputy Director | NASA – John F. Kennedy Space Center |
| Paul R. Sanberg, President | National Academy of Inventors |
| Mark Sharpe, Executive Director | Tampa Innovation Alliance |
| Paul Sohl, CEO | Florida High Tech Corridor Council |
| Sylvia Wilson Thomas, Vice President | University of South Florida |