About Us - The Sarasota Institute

Co-Founders

David Houle

Managing Director, Sarasota InstituteFuturist

David Houle is a futurist, thinker and speaker. Houle spent more than 20 years in media and entertainment. He has worked at NBC, CBS and was part of the senior executive team that created and launched MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1 and CNN Headline News.

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Philip Kotler

S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Philip Kotler is widely acknowledged as the father of modern marketing and the world’s foremost expert on strategic marketing. He was voted the first Leader in Marketing Thought by the American Marketing Association and named The Founder of Modern Marketing Management in the Handbook of Management Thinking.

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Jason Voss

Financial Thought Leader

Jason Voss, CFA, is a retired investment manager, and currently Director of Content at CFA Institute, where he is responsible for creating content for the organization’s 150,000+ global members. He is the author of multiple books, among them, The Intuitive Investor, Valuation Techniques, Lie Detection for Investment Professionals, and the cutting-edge Meditation Guide for Investment Professionals.

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