Guest Speakers – Florida and Alabama RVCA 2022

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May 9, 10, 11, 2023 • The Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach, FL

The 2023 Speakers

Gregory Offner

International Keynote Speaker, Performance and Workplace Culture Expert, Creator of Tip Jar Culture ™

Gregory Offner was a world-renowned entertainer who performed at piano bars, and dueling piano shows, delighting audiences with high-energy, highly engaging, all-request experiences.

No two performances were ever the same.

…Then, tragedy struck.

Doctors handed Gregory two options: lose the ability to speak forever, or undergo a vocal surgery that would require a complicated and lengthy recovery.

But Gregory soon learned that this first procedure was only the beginning. Five years and 15 surgeries later, Gregory transformed both his voice and his life.

Today, as an award-winning keynote performer, Gregory helps organizations and the people within them elevate the experience of work, and use piano bar secrets to inspire their people, amplify teamwork & collaboration, and build organizations full of highly fulfilled, high-performing people.

He discovered his perspectives on navigating change, and his passion for creating experiences that ‘rock’ could serve, inspire, and delight audiences around the world.

The use of music in his programs (as a metaphor for engagement and resilience) connects with audiences in a deep and unforgettable performance; leaving them refreshed and equipped with skills to reframe obstacles as opportunities.

His programs have broad appeal and can be customized to suit events with a diverse mix of roles and responsibilities in the audience, as well as for audiences composed mainly of leaders.

Scott Bahr

Cairn Consulting Group

Scott has been president of the Cairn Consulting Group since the summer of 2014. With over 25 years of market research experience, Scott has worked with major brands like KOA campgrounds, Cesar’s Casinos, and Orvis. As the founder of CCG, he oversees all projects for the best in customer service and delivery.

At Cairn Consulting Group (CCG), we strive to bring our clients the best answers to marketing-related questions with a professional approach and responsive support style. We pride ourselves on being a small business and consulting with a transparent approach. While we do primarily focus on outdoor hospitality we conduct research across all verticals and industries. As a business, we are open to collaborations, consultations, and opportunities to help organizations grow through data-driven `decision-making. Reach out to us for more about Cairn Consulting Group, and see what it means to work with us.

Environmental Manager Florida Department of Health Division of Disease Control and Health Protection Bureau of Environmental Health-Facility Programs

Andrea oversees the MH and RV Park and Campground Program for the state. She started with the Department of Health in St Johns County over 15 years ago as an inspector. She has been in Tallahassee for over 9 years and has served the Florida RV Park and Campground Industry well as the program manager for mobile home/RV parks and now as Environmental Manager.

Andrea is an army brat and traveled all over as a kid. She graduated from FSU and is a diehard FSU, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Dale Jr fan

Irene Jones

Program Development Manager, Marshall & Sterling Insurance

Irene works with the Campground & Hospitality Insurance Program and the Children’s Camp, Nature Center, Head Start and Social Service Organization Practice Groups. She focuses on clients with unique coverage needs and delivers business insurance protection that is exclusive and specialized. Irene also develops Program Risk Management tools and classes.

Irene joined Marshall & Sterling in 2012 after serving as a Sales Executive and Program Developer at Markel, a leading national specialty insurance carrier. She held several other roles within the insurance industry including sales trainer, marketing and personal lines sales executive. Irene attended Rutgers University and has 25 years’ experience in the insurance industry. She holds a Property, Casualty, Life and Health licenses and an ARM, Associates in Risk Management. Mitigating Your Risks and Lowering your Insurance Costs, Irene will help navigate you through the many changes taking place in the insurance industry – Specifically in FL and AL – and show you how you can lower your risks and reduce your insurance costs and claims

Marc Dunbar

Legislative Consultant / Lobbyist for the Florida Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, and is a shareholder in the Government Relations Practice Group of Dean Mead.

For more than two decades, Mr. Dunbar has served as counsel to a wide range of clients with a particular emphasis in regulated industries. His practice began in regulated utilities and currently includes legal and lobbying representation for a host of diverse regulated industries including motor vehicle dealerships and manufacturers, gambling, tobacco, alcohol, medical professions and medical cannabis.

Mr. Dunbar is regularly engaged to litigate complex statutory and constitutional matters both at trial and appellate levels with more than two dozen reported appellate cases on behalf of clients in regulated professions. In addition to civil, administrative and appellate litigation, he has been very active in assisting regulated entities and private equity firms in exploring and evaluating opportunities in regulated industries. Mr. Dunbar is regularly asked to provide assistance in drafting changes to complex rules and statutes affecting regulated professions in Florida and elsewhere.

In addition to his work for regulated industries, Mr. Dunbar is very active in campaigns, having served in paid and volunteer capacities for several local, legislative, and statewide campaigns with a legal practice that also includes practicing before the Florida’s Ethics and Elections Commissions.

Mr. Dunbar is a member of the Board of Visitors for Florida State University College of Law where he also serves as an adjunct professor.

Following law school, Mr. Dunbar spent time in the public sector where he was recognized for his exceptional legal work by Florida Tax Watch with a Davis Productivity Award, which honors state employees for exemplary service to Florida’s taxpayers.

David D. Eastman

Attorney at Law

David D. Eastman is an attorney with the law firm of Lutz Bobo & Telfair, PA. David is the General Counsel to the Florida Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds and the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, Inc. Mr. Eastman has been working in the RV Campground and in manufactured housing law for 30+ years and represents a large number of the Florida “Mom and Pop” as well as national level RV Park and Campground owners. David has a law degree from Florida State University and a Master of Science in Urban and Regional Planning, worked with the House Natural Resources Committee in the Florida House of Representatives, lobbied for 10+ years with the Florida Legislature and with numerous administrative agencies. He is admitted in the Florida Bar, the federal Northern and Middle District Courts, the federal 11th Circuit Court and the U.S. Supreme Court. He specializes in local government land use and development issues, as well as local government regulatory administrative litigation and federal and state courts litigation. David has presented information and seminars at RV Park and Campground meetings the FARVC, authored numerous articles and publications on manufactured housing and RV communities and is a member of the Florida Bar, the Manufactured Housing Institute and National Communities Council. His expertise and experience is in commercial and civil litigation, local government law, administrative law and legislation. Mr. Eastman assists and supports the FARVC legislative program with the Executive Director.

On a personal level, David is a former triathlete, former marathon runner, loves Lotus sports cars, sailboat racing and skinny water fishing by kayak and bay boat, recently developed a startup retail import clothing outlet with his wife and enjoys rehabbing properties when there is a good deal out there

Heidi Doyle

Corporate Sales Adviser, Utility Supply Group

The EVs are Coming – Is Your RV Park Ready for the Future? Big changes are happening in the automotive and RV industries. RV manufacturers are building electric RVs and more and more people are driving electric vehicles (EVs). Are you ready? Is your park ready? Do you have questions about adding charging stations or rebuilding your infrastructure? We will take a look at the future of RVing and how you can adapt and embrace this change to keep your RV park relevant and generate more revenue.

Jeff Crider

Crider Public Relations, Inc

Crider Public Relations Inc. is owned and operated by Jeff Crider, a longtime freelance writer for the largest RV and campground industry publications in the country, including RV Business, Woodall’s Campground Management, Highways, Trailer Life and Motor Home magazine. He has contributed stories to Snowbirds and RV Travelers, Canada’s largest consumer RV magazine. He has also written articles for several AAA publications, including Westways, Texas Journey and New Mexico Journey as well as Family RVing, the national magazine of the Family Motor Coach Association.

While well known as a writer for RV and campground industry publications, Jeff is also a seasoned public relations professional with experience supporting regional and national media relations campaigns for a variety of state and national campground industry associations as well as the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA). Jeff is frequently quoted as an expert source on camping by major news organizations because of his extensive travel experience and publicity work on behalf of campground industry associations.

An award-winning journalist prior to founding his PR practice, Jeff knows how to identify and pitch solid news angles to reporters. He has secured story placements for campground industry clients in hundreds of media outlets, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Dallas Morning News, The Associated Press as well as National Public Radio’s “Marketplace” program. Jeff is also fluent in Spanish and has successfully pitched some of the nation’s best-known Spanish language newspapers and broadcast media.