Jean-Marc Allard -- photo

Mr. Allard is the President and CEO of The Hubbard Group. A native of France, raised and educated in Paris, he graduated in 1973 from l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC), the top French business school.

Since he became CEO of Hubbard (which celebrates its 84th anniversary this year), the Group’s revenue has more than quadrupled and should exceed $400 million in 2004. This growth is reflected in its ranking within the construction industry: in 2003, Hubbard was ranked as the 20th heavy contractor in the US and, by far, the first in Florida.

Mr. Allard is currently a director of SunTrust of Central Florida and on the Board of Directors of Enterprise Florida as well as several civic and charitable boards. He is a member of the Florida Council of 100, a member of the Corporate Council of the Economic Development Commission of Mid-Florida, a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of Floridians for Better Transportation and on the Board of Trustees of United Arts of Central Florida. Mr. Allard is also a member of the boards of the Florida Council on Economic Education, the UCF Foundation, the Crummer Graduate School of Business, Valencia Community College, and The National Conference for Community and Justice.