PEOPLE TO KNOW

Inspired by his father's entrepreneurial spirit, attorney Edward Beshara has spent his career helping businesses grow from the talent and investment of foreign nationals.

From the sideline a Steelers' game to backstage at a rock concert, master custom home builder Rial Jones is always up for an adventure.

Hite's expertise on sustainability and overall love for water has influenced major projects such as SunRail, Central Florida’s commuter rail project and the recently announced Lake Nona linear park.

BTI Partners COO Kevin Mays helped reposition Central Florida's largest foreclosed property into The Grove Resort & Water Park, which is now looking to expand.

Julie Kendig-Schrader keeps her Apple TV tuned to German stations. Find out how the land use attorney learned the language and why it's spoken in her home.

One of Orlando's top architects spends his summers in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Find out what drew Gary Brock to North Carolina and why he kept coming back.

She learned Orlando's history at the heels of her great-grandmother. Now Valerie Tatum helps identify real estate trends and investment opportunities for Cushman & Wakefield.

When he's not in front of the Development Review Commission or helping shape the future development of Osceola County, Rj Whidden's John Adams can be found soaking in the rays in the Gulf of Mexico on his boat, the Jodie Lee. Learn the inspiration for the boat and why he has a fondness for a certain purple octopus.

Orlando's new Planning Division Director has mad baking skills she learned from her grandmother. Get to know Elisabeth Dang.

SRS Real Estate Partners VP Cindy Schooler took a break from ICSC RECon to speak with us. Get to know the president of CREW Orlando, and learn what drew her to Orlando.

Todd Dantzler, Saunders, Ralston, Dantzler Commercial Realty

Premier Sotheby's newest broker has been a star salesman since the grade school. Find out more about Mick Night.

Jeffrey Fagan is president of Orlando Regional Realtor Association.

Yog Melwani

He's been involved in some of the biggest land deals in Central Florida, but he didn't start his career in real estate. Far from it. Get to know Sun Terra's Richard Jerman.

He's an engineer, a cattleman and a grandfather. Get to know CPC's Reggie Tisdale.

One might glean from Bob Owens with a sense of optimism – and that’s not just because he chose to found a real estate company in 1990, when the bubble was in

Brock Nicholas played “just about every sport” growing up, but his two best were basketball and golf.

For most ninth graders, a move from the Mid-Atlantic to the Southeast would prove challenging, but sports, says Bob Lipscomb, made his transition from Roanoke

What’s George Chen’s title? GrowthSpotter caught him off guard with that question.