Principal
Alan Henderson
Candidate for Mayor of Tampa (2027); Tampa entrepreneur and consultant. Founder of Dilemma Esports and The Today Team; Harvard Kennedy School advanced certificate programs, McKinsey Forward Program.
The Today Team
Advisor, Contributor, & Researchers
Meet the advisors and researchers contributing to the Tampa of Today Blueprint.
Today Team Policy Advisors
Members of the Today Team policy advisor roster.
Today Team
Cameron Caputi
MSPPM focused on innovation, analytics, and economics, including government bid-intelligence work.
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Kyle Steel
Tampa engineer and entrepreneur — president of Reagent Systems and founder of GovCoders; background in IT systems engineering.
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Dr. Dionne Wright Poulton
Workplace culture and conflict-resolution expert (ICF) and HR executive with 25+ years across healthcare, education, and corporate; Harvard Business School Executive Education.
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Yanchao Li
Harvard MPA/ID; Senior Analyst in loan workout and restructuring at Goldman Sachs, ex–World Bank; former research assistant at the Harvard Belfer Center.
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Dr. Shirley Davis
Global workforce expert, LinkedIn Learning author, and president/CEO of SDS Global Enterprises; Toastmasters Golden Gavel Award winner, worked in 40+ countries.
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Madona Malhotra
Vice President and senior project manager in the mission-critical sector (LEED AP, LFA); focused on the built environment as a decision about who belongs and what gets resourced.
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James Oyetunji, PhD (ABD)
Professor of Economics and Business at Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus (MPA); focuses on business strategy through conflict-resolution studies.
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Thabang Molapo
MPA, Harvard Kennedy School; public-sector leader with a decade at South Africa's Auditor-General, championing inclusive public finance and accountable governance.
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Claire Liu
Harvard student studying health data science at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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Dan Turk
Community Employment and Training Specialist with Goodwill Industries of Central Florida; 20+ years across education, mental health, and workforce development.
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J. Chandler Farthing
Artificial Intelligence consultant based in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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Sam Hilsman
Works on ERP systems (CloudFruit, oneXerp, ERPDrift); University of Virginia; interested in systems and architecture.
Researchers
PRAs & FFI Student Ambassadors
Policy Research Associates and active Future of Florida student ambassadors.
Policy Researcher
Luke Christopher
Tampa native; background in research, policy development, and community engagement; student at Hillsborough Community College.
Policy Researcher
Tory Sanders
Licensed Florida trial attorney practicing civil litigation, focused on personal injury protection. Cooley Law School (Tampa) graduate — former Student Bar Association president, Leadership Achievement Award recipient, and the class's peer-chosen farewell speaker.
Policy Researcher
Hunter Compton
Political science major and transportation enthusiast; vice president of the Sigma-Theta chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Future of Florida student
Susmith Chiluka
Future of Florida student
Nikith John
Future of Florida student