Construction Industry Conference (CIC)

Daniel Levine, CPA, CGC, President, High Road Construction, Inc.

Dan is a Miami-native who practiced public accounting, private accounting and management consulting from 1989 to 2002. Since 2002, Dan has led several enterprises focused on land development, home building, residential construction contracting and property management. Dan is a Certified General Contractor and a Certified Public Accountant. Dan earned his Bachelor degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida and his Master degree in Accounting from Florida International University. Dan is an avid musician and a common sight in the South Florida music scene. 

Emilio Miyares, CPA, CCIFP, MS, Partner/Construction Practice Leader, Miyares Group, LLC

Emilio J. Miyares, CPA, CCIFP, is a construction-focused certified public accountant with more than 25 years of leadership experience in public accounting. As Managing Partner and Construction Practice Leader of Miyares Group, L.L.C., he advises contractors, subcontractors, developers, and construction-related businesses on accounting, tax planning, financial reporting, and strategic growth. His expertise includes job costing, Work-in-Progress reporting, percentage-of-completion accounting, contractor tax compliance, cash flow management, bonding support, internal controls, and profitability analysis. He holds a Master of Taxation from Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor of Accounting from Florida International University. Emilio is a CPA licensed in Florida and a Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional. He is active in industry organizations, including CFMA, the Latin Builders Association, and AGC.

Erikhans Kok, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Erikhans Kok is a Senior Partner in McKinsey’s Houston Office. He is the global co-leader of McKinsey’s Capital Excellence practice. He has deep expertise in optimizing capital project portfolios as well as developing and delivering mega capital projects. He advises clients on capital productivity, operations, and strategy and leads large company-wide transformations to significantly improve his clients’ performance.

George Rosen, CM&AP, CFO, Contango Investments, Inc.

George W. Rosen, CM&AP, CEPA, VBA, CBI, co-founded Contango Investments in 2005 to help owners build stronger, more transferable companies, prepare for exit, and select buyers whose capital, terms, timing, and intentions align with their goals. His work improves business value while protecting owner legacy, employees, customer relationships, and the owner’s next chapter. He is committed to preserving businesses that support economic mobility and the American dream of small-business ownership. George began his career in business brokerage in 1993, representing Main Street business owners, and moved upmarket in 1997 to help develop an M&A division. There, he learned to evaluate transactions through the lenses of sellers, strategic and financial buyers, capital providers, and lenders. Aligning those perspectives creates stronger transitions and better outcomes.

Gordon Dixon, Executive Vice President, VA Transportation Constr Alliance

Gordon Dixon has over 25 years working with regulatory, public policy and community engagement issues affecting various businesses.  He has held numerous leadership positions in corporate and Non-profit organizations.  Currently, he is the Executive Vice President of the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance - representing more than 300 companies and tens of thousands of employees and is the leading advocate and only state association exclusively dedicated to serving the contractors, aggregate producers, engineers and suppliers and service providers who design, build and maintain Virginia’s transportation network.  
Previously, Gordon was the CEO at the Associated General Contractors of Virginia representing over 600 vertical contractors and subcontractors on various advocacy efforts at the state and local levels.  He also led the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation overseeing 19 regulatory boards and over 300,000 professional licensees in Virginia.  He has also held a management position in Corporate Affairs at Altria Client Services Inc. where he successfully developed and enhanced community engagement and corporate social responsibility.  

James Sutton Jr, CPA. Esq, Shareholder, Moffa, Sutton & Donnini, PA

James H. Sutton, Jr is both an attorney and CPA and a Shareholder of Moffa, Sutton, & Donnini, PA. James concentrates in the area of Florida tax matters, with an almost exclusive focus on Florida Sales and Use Tax. He joined the firm in 2011 and has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1994 and a licensed member of the Florida Bar since 1998.

Michele Daugherty, President & CEO, ABC Central Florida, Associated Builders and Contractors,

Michele Daugherty is the President/CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors, Central Florida Chapter. Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national construction association representing more than 22,000 members nationwide. Michele helps members develop their people, win work and deliver that work safely, ethically, and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which they work and live.

Michele has spent the past two decades focused on creating career & advancement pathways for others. Prior to leading ABC Central Florida, she spent 17 years as the President/CEO of the ABC Northern California and Nevada Chapters. Under her leadership ABC has continued to grow as a workforce development leader expanding state and federally approved Apprenticeship and Craft Training programs across the country.  Michele is committed to educating the current and future workforce and values the importance of educating today’s youth on the benefits of careers in construction.

Michele is a certified Master Trainer for the National Center for Construction Education and Research. She was formerly the Director of the University of Nevada, Reno College of Business Advising Center and was appointed for multiple terms to the State of Nevada Apprenticeship Council. Fun fact - Michele got her start working in a Gold Mine. Michele resides in Orlando with her husband of 18 years and is the proud mother of two boys Seventeen and Eleven. One of Michele’s favorite sayings is, “I put on my boots and broke concrete to break the glass ceiling!”

Rachel Glickman, Founder, Owner, CulturaHR

Recognizing the need for timely and effective HR solutions for small and medium-sized businesses, Rachel founded Cultura HR in 2020. She leads her team in providing expert HR consulting to clients across the US on a broad range of topics such as HR Audits, Recruitment, Talent Management, Employee Relations, HR Operations, Training, Communication, Compensation, Benefit Planning, and Project Management. Rachel’s 25+ years of providing HR services across multiple industries such as Private Equity, eCommerce, Technology, Pharmaceutical, Medical, Dental, Life Sciences, Hospitality, Retail, Apparel, Manufacturing, and for profit and not-for-profit, contribute to Cultura HR being industry agnostic and the perfect HR F.I.T. for any business. (Fractional, immediate and timely). Originally from the UK, Rachel is now settled in South Florida.

Richard Hedley Jr, Tax Partner, Brown Edwards & Company LLP

Richard is a tax services partner in our Richmond office and has over 25 years of experience providing tax planning, compliance and advisory services. Prior to joining Brown Edwards, Richard was a partner in one of the top 20 firms in the nation where his areas of expertise included high-net-worth individuals, owner-managed business, pass-thru entities, and tax controversy.

Richard has served a wide variety of clients in residential and commercial construction, manufacturing, hospitality, closely-held entities, S corporations, partnerships, LLCs and individuals. In addition, he has experience with representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service.

Richard provides leadership to the firm’s state and local tax group that assists businesses of all sizes with planning and compliance in connection with both state sales and use tax and income tax requirements.