Florida Citrus Sports

Company Overview

Florida Citrus Sports (FCSports or FCS) is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to increasing community spirit and pride, promoting tourism, stimulating economic development and ultimately benefiting charities, educational institutions and the quality of life in Central Florida through its four signature events: The Capital One Bowl, the Champs Sports Bowl, the Orlando Citrus Parade and the OUC Half Marathon and 5K.

Since its first bowl game in 1947, it is estimated that FCSports has helped thousands of at risk youth in Central Florida through the Florida Citrus Sports Foundation MVPs programs.

Today, FCSports has more than 1,000 members and the organization is still growing.

Florida Citrus Sports does not own or operate the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. The facility is owned by the City of Orlando and operated by Orlando Venues. FCSports DOES NOT manage any of the following events held at the stadium: Under Armour All-American Game, East-West Shrine Game, the Super Bowl of Motorsports, Supercross, International Soccer or the FHSAA high school football championships. For information on these and other events at the stadium visit http://www.orlandovenues.net.

Mission Statement

Florida Citrus Sports Association, Inc. and Florida Citrus Sports Events, Inc. were founded to organize, promote, and manage the best bowl games in America; to use these games to increase community spirit and pride; to promote tourism and stimulate local economic development and ultimately to benefit charities and educational institutions through the Florida Citrus Sports Foundation, Inc. Florida Citrus Sports Foundation, Inc. enhances the quality of life in Central Florida with its charitable contribution of resources to organizations dedicated to improving lives, health, and education in our community.

Values

We at Florida Citrus Sports Value...
INNOVATION
       ...those who embrace creativity, originality, and innovative thinking in the workplace and ask the same of others.
DIVERSITY
       ...those who understand the differences in each of us and whose vision is to build a competitive advantage by embracing the diverse skills, cultures, ideas and experience of others.
RESPECT
       ...those individuals who take personal responsibility and treat others with understanding, trust, and empathy at all times, while cultivating positive relationships with each other, our members and our community.
INTEGRITY
       ...those individuals who exhibit strong ethical and honest characteristics and strive to instill the same attributes in others.
COMMUNITY
       ...those individuals who take pride in, enhance and serve our community through educated and responsible citizenship, charitable contributions, and volunteerism.
DEDICATION
       ....those individuals who work toward excellence in their lives and those who are dedicated to the success of our organization, members, sponsors, staff and community.

 

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Florida Citrus Sports
One Citrus Bowl Place
Orlando, Florida 32805
Ph: 407.423.2476
Fax: 407.425.8451

Leadership

2010-2011 Chairman
Chuck Beverly, RBC Bank

2010-2011 President
Michel Champagne, Bright House Networks

2010-2011 President-Elect
Larry Ruffin, L. J. Ruffin & Associates

Chief Executive Officer
Steve Hogan

2010-2011 Executive Committee

Past Chairman: Cathy Weeden
Past Chairman: Ford Kiene
Secretary: Tony Jenkins
Treasurer: Tony Massey
Vice President: Bobby Kuykendall
Vice President: Ken Potrock
Vice President: George Rodon
Vice President: Picton Warlow
General Counsel: Rich Fildes (ex-officio)

2010-2011 Board Of Directors

Shawn Bartelt Orlando Evora Craig Swygert
Pat Bishop Jim Gray Jim Toscano
Michael Buell Tom Hankins Royce Walden
Ron Bojalad Tim Ivy Michael Weinberg
Ross Breunig John Keating Tom Wert
Michael Cantrell Derek Lewis Richard Crotty1
Sharon Line Clary Harold Mills Buddy Dyer2
Greg Clendenin Jack Oppenheimer Allen Johnson3
Brian Coleman Woody Rodriguez Gary Sain4
Roger Cook Steve Smith Gerald Urquiola5

1 Ex-officio: Orange County mayor
2 Ex-officio: City of Orlando mayor
3 Ex-officio: Orlando Venues representative
4 Ex-officio: O/OCCVB representative
5 Ex-officio: CFHLA representative

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