Jake Gordon is the Chief Executive Officer of Downtown Vision Inc. (DVI), the business improvement district non‐profit in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Funded from an assessment of commercial property owners, DVI has a mission to make Downtown Jacksonville a better place to live, work, visit and invest. Mr. Gordon came to Jacksonville from Camden, New Jersey where he was Vice President at

Neisen Kasdin serves as managing partner of Akerman's Miami office. A former mayor of Miami Beach and leader in the revitalization of South Beach, he brings extensive civic experience to his work on urban revitalization and the development of complex, large-scale, multi-use projects. Respected as a leader in urban development, he serves as vice chair of the board of directors for the Miami D