LCRDA - Key Persons


Bill Lickson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Contact Our Team
  • Director of North Florida Innovation Labs for LCRDA / Innovation Park
  • Director of North Florida Innovation Labs.
Bill is the Director of North Florida Innovation Labs for LCRDA/Innovation Park. Bill is a seasoned entrepreneur, advisor, mentor, advertising and media expert. He has served as a mentor and advisor to numerous CEOs and businesses throughout his career. For the last decade, Bill has worked with startups based in Florida and other regions of the country including Silicon Valley. Bill previously served as the Executive Director at Domi Station, a non-profit startup incubator, business accelerator and co-working office space. Bill also served as the CEO of the highly successful social entrepreneurship start-up, Autism Navigator. Bill previously served as Director of Interactive Strategy at the Zimmerman Agency, an Omnicom advertising agency and part of the TBWA Worldwide network. He also directed digital strategy for the largest, multi-billion dollar retail agency in the Omnicom network as a senior member of the agency strategy team. He worked directly and extensively with major brands both domestically and internationally. Bill is a past-president of the American Advertising Federation and a proud graduate of Leadership Tallahassee Class X.

Dominic "Dom" DeMartino

Job Titles:
  • Maintenance Supervisor
  • Member of the Contact Our Team
  • NAI Talcor Maintenance Supervisor

Dr. Eric H. Holmes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Assistant Vice President for Research, Florida State University

Dr. Laurel Fulkerson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice President for Research & Professor of Classics, Florida State University

Dr. Raymond E. Bye

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Budget Committee
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Federal Research Consultant

Dr. Shawnta Friday-Stroud

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Budget Committee
  • Dean, School of Business and Industry, Florida a & M University

Honorable Kristin Dozier

Job Titles:
  • Commissioner, Leon County Board of County Commissioners
  • Leon County Commissioner

John E. Dailey

Job Titles:
  • Mayor of Tallahassee

Linda Barineau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Compensation Committee

Melissa VanSickle - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Member of the Contact Our Team
  • General Counsel, Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel

Mr. David Ramsay - Chairman, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman of the Budget Committee
  • Member of the Audit Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Treasurer
  • Retired, Chairman, President & CEO, SunTrust Bank, Northwest Florida

Mr. Keith Bowers

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director, FSBDC at Florida a & M University

Mr. Kevin Graham - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee

Mr. Tom Allen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Budget Committee
  • Vice - Chair

Ms. Anne Longman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Compensation Committee
  • Shareholder at Lewis, Longman & Walker

Ms. Jessica D. Griffin

Job Titles:
  • Director

Ms. Kimberly Moore

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Compensation Committee
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Immediate past Chair
  • Vice President for Workforce Innovation at Tallahassee Community College
Ms. Kimberly Moore Vice President for Workforce Innovation at Tallahassee Community College 444 Appleyard Dr Tallahassee, FL 32304-2895 (850) 201-8760 mooreki@tcc.fl.edu Designee of the President of Tallahassee Community College

Peggy Bielby

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator
  • Member of the Contact Our Team
Bio Peggy Bielby is the Administrative Coordinator for LCRDA, where she handles the program support and administrative duties for the office and the Board of Governors. Peggy ensures all meetings meet the standards required by the State of Florida including public notices, quorums, and Sunshine Law compliance. She also manages the Park's food trucks. Prior to joining LCRDA in 2016, Peggy served as the Director of Partnership Development and Relations and the Assistant to the Executive Vice President at the Economic Development Council of Tallahassee/Leon County, and worked as a Law Clerk for the Florida First District Court of Appeal for 7 years. Peggy received her Juris Doctorate from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law and received her Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration from the University of Alabama. She is an Ambassador and Sustaining Member committee member for Word of South, a 2010-2011 KCCI Community Catalyst, and has served on several nonprofit Boards including Friends of the Library, Leon High School Foundation, St. John's Episcopal Church vestry, and the Junior League of Tallahassee.

Ron Miller

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Contact Our Team
Bio Ron Miller has been the Executive Director for LCRDA since August of 2012. As Executive Director, Ron oversees the 208-acre Innovation Park in Tallahassee. Ron is focused on helping higher education partners, FSU, FAMU and TCC, promote research and development activities, commercialize new technologies, foster entrepreneurship, and spur job creation through high tech company formation and attraction. Hailing from Indiana, Ron came to Tallahassee in 2011 after servings as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Administration to the Florida Department of Corrections. Before that he served as the Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Correction in the State of Indiana and for the Department Waterworks for the City of Indianapolis. For more than 8 years, he served as the Vice President of Crystal Food Services, a food services company in Indianapolis. Ron received his MBA in Venture and Technology Management from Indiana University- Kelley School of Business, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Manchester University. He also serves on the Board of Junior Achievement Big Bend which is focused on workforce readiness, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship education for grades K-12.

Sherry Marson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Compensation Committee

Stephanie Shoulet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Contact Our Team
  • Property Manager
  • NAI Talcor Property Manager
Bio Stephanie Shoulet works for NAI Talcor Commercial Real Estate Services and is our Property Manager for Innovation Park. She makes sure the research park is properly maintained, so our residents can enjoy the amenities in the park safely. Stephanie has many years under her belt as a commercial property manager. Prior to working at NAI Talcor, she worked with Advisors Real Estate Group for 8 years.