Rebecca Wilson partner, Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor &Reed PA

Rebecca Wilson joined Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed PA in 2002. One of the youngest real estate partners in the firm, she primarily focuses on land use and development. Wilson recently was lead land-use counsel on several high-profile projects that

have brought jobs to the area, including The Alfond Inn at Rollins College, the Westminster Adult Living Facility in Baldwin Park and the Artisan 420 in downtown Orlando. She has lobbied locally on behalf of the mobile app-based transportation network Uber, and as chair of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce, she has worked to bring SunRail service on the weekends to benefit local merchants.

Age:39 Key business accomplishment: Being made partner in 2009 and then being promoted to a team captain, where I manage a team of attorneys that focuses on land use, development, environmental and licensing law.

My favorite cause: iDignity. It helps the disadvantaged obtain personal identification needed to apply for jobs and other support.

My smartest business move: Choosing to focus on becoming an expert in a small market and establishing a reputation there first

Must-have travel accessory: Phone charger

My most life-changing experiences: The day my daughter was born, building a church in Los Chiles, Costa Rica, and boilding homes for the disadvantaged in Appalachia

How I got my big career break: A male associate who had been groomed to take over one of our most successful partner's business and clients left the firm to work for a development company. It didn't occur to me that I could take his place until a woman partner told me that I should fill this need. The next day, I packed up my stuff and moved it into the vacant office.

Worst summer job I ever had and what I learned from it: I was a lifeguard staring at a pool all day. I learned that I don't like monotony. I want a new challenge each day.

Morning routine: Get up at 5:30 a.m., run, shower, breakfast with my daughter, then have coffee.

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TRENDS

STEPS MY COMPANY IS TAKING TO CLOSE THE GENDER C-SUITE GAP:

RENESE JOHNSON SARAH GRAFTON REBECCA WILSON PAMELA NABORS MICHELLE DEBRA LUPTON AMY GUILFOYLE

vice president, The senior financial partner at Lowndes, CEO, CareerSource BILLHARTZ chairman, TLC district manager, Innovation Group adviser, Bank of Drosdick, Doster, Central Florida director of Americas Engineering for PPM Consultants

My company America, Merrill Kantor & Reed PA CareerSource sourcing and global Architecture I frequently doesn't punish you Lynch Mentoring and Central Florida procurement, Recruiting college volunteer for having a family. Bank of America job growth are just adopted an Symantec Corp. women for for science, We're all given provides important to our online coaching, The Symantec internships gives us technology, phones and laptops mentoring, firm. Lowndes performance Women's Action the opportunity to engineering with the freedom education and has an attorney management Network focuses convince them to and math youth and understanding assistance to women's group and development on giving women pursue our field . We activities, and that we manage our women leaders that emphasizes system. educational, seek candidates support the hiring work as needed, and connects them professional networking via women of female scientists. as long as it meets to resources they development. and mentoring professional cl ient deadlines. need. opportunities. associations also.

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WOMEN WHO MEAN BUSINESS RANKED ALPHBETICALLY

Executive Title Company

Angela Alban CEO Simetri

simetri.us

Merrell Bailey Managing partner Your Caring Law Firm yourcaringlawfirm.com

Michelle Billhartz Director, global procurement and Symantec Corp. Americas sourcing symantec.com

Tracey Clement Director Leland Management Inc. lelandmanagement.com

Denise Dell-Powell Partner Burr & Forman LLP burr.com

Shalyn Dever Owner Chatter Buzz Media

chatterbuzzmedia.com

Karen Frenier President Orlando Health

... orlandohealth.com

Tamara Giaimo Owner Software Resources softwareresources.com

Carmenza Gonzalez CEO UAinc. czainc.net

Sarah Grafton Grafton Wealth Managament/Merrill Lynch/Bank of

Partner America ml.com

Amy Guilfoyle Manager PPM Consultants Inc. ppmco.com

Laura Heisel man President Apopka Area Chamber of Commerce apopkachamber.org

Leslie Hielema Vice president Florida Institute of Technology fit.edu

Vice president, leisure development/ The Innovation Group Renese Johnson finance, lead associate for Caribbean and Latin American development theinnovationgroup.com

Mae Kline Associate vice presidents Seminole State College of Florida seminolestate.edu

Erin Koski Partner McDirmit Davis & Co. LLC mcdirmitdavis.com

Debra Lupton Chairman TLC Engineering for Architecture

tlc-engineers.com

TrevaJ. Marshall President TJM Communications Inc. tjmcommunications.com

Mercedes McCall Vice president Florida Bank of Commerce fbcbank.com

Cyndia Morales Director University of Central Florida

ucf.edu

Pamela Nabors President CareerSource Central Florida CareerSourceCentralFlorida.com

Jovannl!it Nelson Owner Good2Go Event Management Inc. good2goevents.com

Jennifer Quigley Vice president WBQ Design & Engineering Inc. wbq.com

Karla Radka Vice president Community Based Care of Cent ral Florida cbccfl.org

Kathy Ramsberger Chief executive officer/president Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts

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Ann Sonntag Former publisher Orlando Business Journal

Rebecca Wilson Partner Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed PA lowndes-law. com

1 Nonprofit organization

Current employees

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20,600

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547

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2014 company revenue

$1.1 million

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$6.7 million

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$127.23 million

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$2.1 billion

$10.7 million

$500,000

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$19.78 million

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$10 million

$104 million

$3.2 million

$40.13 million

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$11.66 million

$887 million

$30 million1

$625,000

$6.1 million

$68.09 million1

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Year founded

2009

2009

1982

1997

2009

2012

1918

1992

2011

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1992

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1955

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-1918 Year oldest business was ·established in Central Florida, Orlando Health

20,600 Most employees companywide, Symantec Corp.

Women Who Mean Business employers, ranked by 2014 ~ompanywide revenue

Orlando Health $2.1

billion

University of Central $887 Florida million

Burr & Forman LLP

Seminole State College of Florida

Community Based Care of Central Florida

$127.2 million

$104 . million

$68.1 million

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