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CONTENTS
COME OUT
WITH PRIDE 2018
PROGRAM PUBLISHED
BY WATERMARK
PUBLISHING
GROUP, INC. AND
COME OUT WITH PRIDE
7 WELCOME TO
COME OUT WITH
PRIDE 2018
11 PROCLAMATION
15 LETTER FROM
ORLANDO MAYOR
BUDDY DYER
17 LETTER FROM
ORLANDO CITY
COMMISSIONER
PATTY SHEEHAN
19 LETTER FROM
ORANGE COUNTY
MAYOR TERESA
JACOBS
22 “THE GIVING
PRIDE”—PRIDE
GIVES BACK
26 GRAND MARSHALS
34 FRENCHIE DAVIS
42 “MAR” DIRECTOR
WILLIAM VITORIA
46 COME OUT WITH
PRIDE MAP
49 PRIDE WEEK
EVENTS
53 MARKETPLACE
56 SPONSORS
60 BUSINESS
DIRECTORY
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FOUNDER AND GUIDING LIGHT
Tom Dyer
OWNER AND PUBLISHER
Rick Claggett
BUSINESS MANAGER
Kathleen Harper
CENTRAL FL BUREAU CHIEF
Jeremy Williams
TAMPA BAY BUREAU CHIEF
Ryan Williams-Jent
MULTIMEDIA ASSISTANT
Meghan Sweeney
ART DIRECTOR
Jake Stevens
PHOTOGRAPHER/
CREATIVE ASSITANT
Dylan Todd
ADVERTISING SALES DIR.
Danny Garcia
ADVERTISING SALES
Sam Callahan
Russ Martin
Brianna Rockmore
BOARD PRESIDENT
Jeff Prystajko
ENTERTAINMENT DIRECTOR
Blue Star
EVENTS DIRECTOR
Holly Strout
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
Jose Dieppa
FESTIVAL CO-DIRECTOR
Joyce Almeida
FESTIVAL CO-DIRECTOR
Matthew Riha
MARKETING DIRECTOR
Nate West
FINANCE DIRECTOR
Patrick Burke
PRODUCTION TEAM
OPERATIONS COORDINATOR
Lizzie Tracy
AJ Eagle
Albert Harris
Ashley Figueroa
Blake Summerlin
Bob Azzarito
Bradley Sinanan
Brian Riha
Brianna Rockmore
Brooke Lineberry
Clayton Altman
Corey Bryant
Debo Ofsowitz
Don Almeida
Elizabeth Watkins
Erica Janssen
Ethan Potts
Ivan Gutierrez
Jessica Yong
Karen Brown
Kat Edmondson
Kathy Ruiz
Kesia Antunes
Landon St. Gordon
Luna Collins
Marc Espeso
Mary Brophy
Michelle Turner
Nick Yanis
Rebecca Kaercher
Robert Carnes
Stacy Leona
Zack Powell
11. N Summerlin Ave., Ste. 210
Orlando, FL 32801
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