Meeting Packet — Careers & Workforce Subcommittee, House of Representatives (February 20, 2025)

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Meeting packet for the House of Representatives Careers & Workforce Subcommittee, with a meeting notice for Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 09:00 am to 11:00 am at Morris Hall (17 HOB). The notice describes the meeting as Meeting Florida's workforce needs: a panel discussion on apprenticeships, including strategies to expand participation in apprenticeships and preapprenticeships across the state. The panelists' bios cover Dr. Paul Broadie II, President of Santa Fe College; Erica Mattis, Executive Director of the Florida Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors Association; Peter M. Dyga, President & CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors Florida East Coast Chapter; and Commissioner Chris Johnson.

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Careers & Workforce
Subcommittee
February 20th, 2025
9:00 AM
Morris Hall (17 HOB)

Meeting Packet

Daniel Perez Berny Jacques
Speaker Chair
Committee Meeting Notice
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Careers & Workforce Subcommittee

Start Date and Time: Thursday, February 20, 2025 09:00 am

End Date and Time: Thursday, February 20, 2025 11:00 am

Location: Morris Hall (17 HOB)
Duration: 2.00 hrs

Meeting Florida’s workforce needs: panel discussion on apprenticeships, including strategies to expand
participation in apprenticeships and preapprenticeships across the state

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Panelists’ Bios
Santa Fe College President Dr. Paul Broadie II has spent his career committed to
expanding academic programs, student services, community partnerships, and
campus facilities. He is focused on supporting student success by expanding
workforce development and liberal arts offerings at the college, while maintaining
the elite status of the institution.
The president continues to guide the college through the ever-changing landscape
of higher education, further advancing the college’s mission by expanding access
into rural communities, offering programs for non-traditional students, and
partnering with business and industry to ensure students have the skillset needed
to succeed beyond the classroom.
One such initiative, ACB Excel, offers parents rapid credentialing for higher wage in
demand jobs while their children engage in academic-enriching activities that
support their wellbeing. Another innovation, the establishment of the Center for
Teaching and Learning Excellence, provides faculty a dynamic resource center to
share best practices, hold workshops and collaborate across disciplines.
In Fall 2023, the college opened the Academy of Science and Technology, a STEM-
focused high school enabling students to earn their high school diploma, A.S.
degree, and two industry credentials at no cost to them or their families.
This fall, the college will open the Cellon Institute for Skilled Trades and Advanced
Manufacturing. This new facility will double the instructional space for the
college’s Welding and HVAC programs, while introducing a new program in
Advanced Manufacturing to support the needs of business and industry in the
community.
Dr. Broadie holds a Ph.D. from Colorado State University, an M.B.A. from Long
Island University and a B.S. in Business Administration from Mercy College.
Erica Mattis is the Executive Director of the Florida Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Contractors Association (FRACCA) and Air Conditioning Contractors Association of
Central Florida (ACCA/CF). Both associations represent the HVAC industry throughout
the state and the Central Florida area.

Since taking over the reins of FRACCA and ACCA/CF, Erica has met with numerous
local and state representatives to help both grow and find ways to fund the
apprenticeship programs in the state. Erica also worked on adding Palm Beach Air
Conditioning Contractors Association (PBACCA) to FRACCA, helping to grow the
membership with 60 new members.

Erica has been in the hospitality industry for over 30 years, and serving people and
giving back has been a huge priority. Actively involved with the Orlando Sports
Foundation, which raises money each year for Breast Cancer research through
numerous fundraisers including a 5K which Erica started and has over 700 runners.

Erica is dedicated to actively promoting apprenticeship programs throughout the state
and helping the next generation of skilled professionals in the HVAC trade industry.
Peter M. Dyga, CAE, is the President & CEO of Florida’s largest
contractor organization, Associated Builders and Contractors Florida
East Coast Chapter, as well as the ABC Institute, the ABC Cares
Foundation and ABC Service Corp.
Peter has served in this capacity since November of 2011 and
previously was the ABC Chapter Vice President of Government Affairs
for twelve (12) years. Prior to his career at Associated Builders and
Contractors, Peter worked for the Florida Legislature, from 1992-1999.
Peter is a native Floridian, graduate of the University of Florida, as well
as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute of Organizational
Management and has earned his Certified Association Executive
credential from the American Society of Association Executives. Peter is
active as well in the Florida Society of Association Executives.
The ABC Florida East Coast Chapter has two active student chapters
(Florida International University and the Florida Institute of Technology)
and holds numerous industry collaboration events every year.
In addition to supporting construction management education, the ABC
Institute Apprenticeship College is Florida’s single largest provider of
apprenticeship education, investing over $2 Million locally each year in
safety, management and apprenticeship education for nearly 1,000
craft and industry professionals.
Born in Rochester, Michigan, Commissioner Chris Johnson relocated
with his family to Florida in 1982, where they eventually settled in
Largo. Proudly cheering for the Packers, Chris attended Largo High
School and then enrolled at St. Petersburg College, where he graduated
in 1991.

Chris followed his parents’ entrepreneurial footsteps in 1993, working
in the trade for the family business – Piper Fire Protection, Inc. Founded
by his father in 1986 in Largo, the company steadily grew into a full-
service fire protection business.

After Chris took the lead as President and CEO in 2000, electrical
services were added, renaming the company to Piper Fire Protection
and Electrical Services. The company now employs 220 people in
Pinellas and Sarasota counties and serves communities throughout
Florida's West Coast.
In furthering his service to the local community, Chris was elected as a
Largo City Commissioner in 2022.

Commissioner Johnson has a wife, Kim, and six children (a son, Jeremy,
and five daughters, Megan, Amanda, Madelyn, Jami, and Ashley).

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