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Crest of the Wave
Crest of the Wave is a podcast for the Daytona Beach region's business community. A production of the Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce, the podcast will keep the regional business community connected to a strong economic and business environment in the greater Daytona Beach area. The Crest of the Wave will be filled with great conversation in support of a thriving community featuring the business leaders, community leaders, and elected officials who are making things happen across the region.
The Daytona Regional Chamber is accredited with five stars by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Episodes
20 episodes
Charlene Greer, CEO, Jeep Beach
During the month of April each year, Jeep enthusiasts from around the world descend upon the Daytona Beach region. They participate in activities throughout the area, from a beach parade to an obstacle course built at Daytona International Spee...
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Kristin Weiss, CCE, IOM, Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce
In October 2025, Kristin Weiss joined the Daytona Regional Chamber as incoming President & CEO. She worked alongside her predecessor, Nancy Keefer, for a couple of months getting to know the organization and community. On January 1, she off...
Lori Campbell Baker and Sharon Harlow, Daytona Beach Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
As temperatures warm across the Daytona Beach region, visitors descend on the area for a number of significant events. Speedweeks and the Daytona 500, Bike Week, Jeep Beach, Welcome to Rockville, and more entice locals and visitors alike.
Dr. Albert Mosley, President, Bethune-Cookman University
In July of this year, Dr. Albert Mosley was inaugurated as the 8th President of Bethune-Cookman University. We sat down with Dr. Mosley recently to learn more about his journey to the helm of the institution founded by Daytona Beach’s own Dr. M...
Mark Wilson, President & CEO, Florida Chamber of Commerce
The state of Florida recently became the 15th largest economy in the world, if it were a nation of its own, with a gross domestic product exceeding $1.7 trillion. That’s not just happening by chance. The Florida Chamber Foundation has set a lon...
Jim Jaworski, Team President & GM, Daytona Tortugas
Downtown Daytona Beach is home to Jackie Robinson Memorial Ballpark. A setting rich in baseball and civil rights history as the exact location at which Jackie Robinson broke professional baseball’s color barrier in March of 1946. Home to the Da...
Allison Miller, ELCFV and Kristy Castellanos, Volusia County Schools
In the last episode of Crest of the Wave, we learned about Readers to Leaders, a partnership of the Daytona Regional Chamber, Leadership Daytona Alumni Council, Early Learning Coalition of Flagler Volusia, and Volusia County Schools. It’s an in...
Devin Miller, Brown & Brown and Dr. Michelle Goldys, Daytona State College - Readers to Leaders
In spring of 2023, then-chair of the Daytona Regional Chamber, Nellie Lupoli of ICI Homes, was contemplating what challenge she would issue to the Leadership Daytona class later that summer. Reviewing data from the Florida Chamber’s “Florida Sc...
Tore Gintoli, VP of Community Engagement, SMA Healthcare
May is National Mental Health Month. Mental health is becoming an increasingly important topic in the workplace as the wellbeing of company staff members becomes a critical component in employee retention. It is an important issue across an ent...
Ernie Audino, Executive Vice President, CEO Business Alliance
Ernie Audino is a retired Brigadier General following a lengthy career with the United States Army. Since retiring from the Army, he also spent time serving as District Director for Congressman Michael Waltz in Florida’s 6th Congressional Distr...
Jessica Gow, Partner, Cobb Cole and Cornerstone Committee Chair and David Robinson, Director of Advocacy
Advocacy is among the most important work of the Daytona Regional Chamber. Each year, the members of our Cornerstone Committee engage with our membership to determine the business-oriented priorities we share with the elected officials at the l...
Lou Paris, Director, Volusia County Economic Development
There is a burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem thriving in the Daytona Beach region…with gatherings such as 1 Million Cups as well as incubators such as Volusia County’s UCF Business Incubator at Daytona Beach International Airport and Embry-R...
Derrick Henry, Mayor, City of Daytona Beach - a look back at 2024
As we close out 2024, we’ll take a look back at the year that was in the City of Daytona Beach by chatting with Mayor Derrick Henry. We’ll talk about some of the highlights in economic development, tourism and hospitality, housing, and infrastr...
Dr. Carmen Balgobin, Superintendent, Volusia County Schools
Our local school system is a primary provider of future community and business leaders. A 2022 study conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and researchers at Harvard University found that at age 26, nearly 70% of the population lives within the c...
Colleen Nicoulin, Executive Director, Volusia Flagler TPO
Infrastructure planning is a complicated task balancing the immediate needs of the region while forecasting future use with the best data possible. On this episode of Crest of the Wave, we’ll speak with Colleen Nicoulin, Executive Director of t...
Lisa Lewis, Volusia Co. Elections Supervisor, and David Robinson, Daytona Regional Chamber Director of Advocacy
It is the height of election season and in this episode of Crest of the Wave, we’re talking with a couple of experts that can help ensure you are ready to vote and aware of all that is on the ballot. Volusia County Elections Supervisor Lisa Lew...
Marci Murphy, Executive Director, CareerSource Brevard Flagler Volusia
In 2023, the Florida Legislature passed the REACH Act 2.0, a wide-reaching bill significantly impacting workforce & education throughout the state. In this episode, we’ll speak with Marci Murphy, Executive Director of the new CareerSource B...
Frank Kelleher, President, Daytona International Speedway
In August, the racing world will once again turn its eyes to Daytona Beach as the World Center of Racing hosts the Coke Zero Sugar 400. That’s one of many activities held at Daytona International Speedway each year. Many are racing oriented, wh...
Clint Mecham, Volusia Co. Emergency Mgmt. Dir
June marks the beginning of hurricane season each year. It’s when Floridians look for predictions from weather experts and hope the state is spared from direct impacts. In this episode of the Crest of the Wave, we’ll talk with Volusia County Em...
Nancy Keefer & Mike Sibley - a new era of the Daytona Regional Chamber
In 2017, the volunteer leadership of the Daytona Regional Chamber started discussing what innovative Chamber facilities should look like. In this inaugural episode of the Crest of the Wave, we’ll talk with President & CEO Nancy Keefer and C...