"Business Voice represents a diverse group of business leaders who have come together to amplify the issues they feel are critical to our region's economic health,"
Chairman, Larry McIntyre. Since its formation in 2008, Business Voice has been an advocate in the Melbourne area for the advancement of influential, collaborative leaders and ensuring the passage of key policies that support local business. Building on their past success, in 2015, members voted to expand Business Voice to make an impact in the broader Space Coast region. With expanded membership and a refined campaign plan, Business Voice is poised to make an impact in the 2016 elections and beyond. Business Voice currently has over thirty local businesses invested. It is led by Larry Intyre, Dawn Mays of Sheldon's Cove as Vice-Chair, and Tammie Watts of Space Coast Association of Realtors as Treasurer. Business Voice recently hired Eric Hoppenbrouwer as the Executive Director. Hoppenbrouwer has a Masters of Business Administration and a Masters of Arts in Business and Organizational Security Management from Webster University. He spent three years in the US Army's 101st Airbourne Division as an intelligence analyst - having one combat deployment to Paktika Province, Afghanistan. His private sector experience includes working - in the defense industry - for a veteran-owned small headquartered in Melbourne, Florida. Hoppenbrouwer has worked for and on several political campaigns since establishing his consulting firm, INSURGINT Strategies LLC, in 2018. Paid political advertisement paid for by Business Voice Political Committtee, Inc. PO Box 360822, Melbourne, FL 32936 independently of any candidate or committee.
