President
Matt Scott
Matthew W. Scott, CFP
Financial Advisor
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Matt joined Morgan Stanley in 2004 as an Intern while a finance and economics undergraduate at the University of Central Florida. Upon graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, he advanced to become a Financial Advisor and later achieved the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER practitioner designation (CFP). Prior to joining Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Matt was Co-Founder of Tri-Star, a Florida based home-service company.
Matt currently serves as President for the Orlando Young Professionals Leadership Group, Chairman of the Board for the Wharton Community Alliance and is an active member of Florida Citrus Sports. Matt is a regular volunteer with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Alzheimer’s Resource Center and STOP! Children’s Cancer. He is a former Director of Subversion Records, once the second largest record company in Florida, and an Information Technology Specialist for Campus USA Credit Union. While at UCF, Matt served as President of the Financial Management Association and held various leadership/board positions for the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, Inter-Fraternity Council and College of Business Administration Collegiate Council.
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Vice President
Jason Kimmel
Jason, originally from Stuart, Florida, graduated from the University of Florida in 2007. Upon graduation, he joined Vestal and Wiler, CPAs in the tax services department. Since moving to Orlando, Jason has been active in the community supporting the Central Florida Gator Club and Junior Achievement.
Jason, originally from Stuart, Florida, graduated from the University of Florida in 2007. Upon graduation, he joined Vestal and Wiler, CPAs in the tax services department. Since moving to Orlando, Jason has been active in the community supporting the Central Florida Gator Club and Junior Achievement.
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Technology
President
Peer Marketing Group
Joel Goldstein
Joel Goldstein, nominated at age 24 for SCORE entrepreneur of the year, is a professional speaker, author and consultant. He has been featured on television, newspapers and magazines as an expert in Internet marketing strategies. Specializing in online lead generation, his clients have been varied from the largest online swimwear e-commerce website to a local fishing charter. Joel works with international companies based out of Orlando Florida.
As an active philanthropist for education, Joel has dedicated his time to organizations such as Junior Achievement, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and DonorsChoose.org – an educational non-profit and winner at Fast Company’s 2008 Social Capitalist Awards. He currently sits on the boards of local not for profit organizations such as Orlando Young Professionals, Citrus Club Young Executive Board and he is an adviser to Everglades University.
Joel has been invited to the masters’ program at Harvard School of Business to pursue a higher education. With a certificate in management from the Wharton School of Business, Joel has been able to apply managerial principles from classroom to boardroom. Not the average ivy league student, Joel has pursued extraordinary adventures such as deep sea diving and hang-gliding. Joel’s drive for adrenaline has taken him to countries such as Thailand to fight with Muay Thai fighters and to Israel to spelunk ancient desert caves.
Joel published his first book “A Professional’s Guide to Social Media” at the age of 25 in 2010. The first in a series of professional’s guides the book became a “best seller” on Amazon within the first month. Joel speaks at conventions and universities around the world on developing effective online marketing strategies for business professionals.
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Treasurer
Matt Anderson
Matthew Anderson grew up in Washington, D.C. He received his B.S. in Accounting from Virginia Tech, and subsequently his CPA license. In 2005, Matt received his MBA with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.
Matt moved to Orlando in August 2005 to accept an Associate position with Fishkind and Associates. Matt performs fiscal impact analysis, proforma analysis, economic damage calculations for litigation support, and real estate market supply and demand studies in his role at Fishkind and Associates.
Matt is a tournament level tennis player and participates in several tennis leagues and tournaments in the area. He enjoys an active lifestyle and being outdoors as much as possible.
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Events
Fred Thibodeaux
Fred Thibodeaux is a native Floridian originating in Pensacola Florida where he spent several years working for his family business in Advertising. He graduated from Pensacola Junior College and continued his education at the University of Central Florida where he studied Business Management and Marketing. After graduating with is Bachelors Degree Fred began his career at a highly regarded Commercial Real Estate Firm as the research assistant to over fifteen brokers and sales associates.
He quickly rose through the ranks assuming the position of Marketing Coordinator and then to Property Management. The company has quickly grown and Fred now has chosen to return to his home in the Marketing aspect of the company developing new cutting edge advertising campaigns as the Head Marketing Coordinator.
Being a part of the community is also one of Fred’s many passions. He has played on many intramural sports teams and attends many of the local festivals, events, and participates in many philanthropy projects. Networking with Orlando Young Professionals has played a key role in Fred’s success leading him to the position of Website Developer and Events Coordinator with OYP.
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Marketing & Communication
Whitney Loring
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Committee Chairs
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Philanthropy - Daniel Terenzi
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Sports and Athletics - Gabe Robertson
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Government Relations
Victoria K. Colangelo
Victoria K. Colangelo, is from Boca Raton, Florida and has a BSBA from The University of Central Florida. She has been working in the field of marketing and sales specializing in the wetland mitigation banking since 2004.
Victoria Colangelo is the Vice President of Mitigation Marketing, LLC where she administers the statewide effort for the marketing and sales of wetland mitigation banks. She represents mitigation banks throughout Florida which comprise of 30,000 acres of environmentally sensitive wetlands.
She focuses her skills towards wetland mitigation projects, governmental regulatory politics, developer/environmental engineer relationships, and environmental interest groups.
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