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Charles Felix, CFF, CGMA Related Seminars and Products

Publisher/Owner

South Florida Hospital News & Healthcare Reporter

Charles Felix is the owner and publisher of Cannabis News Florida and South Florida Hospital News & Healthcare Report. Founded in 2004, South Florida Hospital News, a 48-page monthly newspaper quickly established itself as the premiere chronicle of the healthcare industry in South Florida. It now represents the only monthly healthcare newspaper available in South Florida. When medical cannabis became legal in the state of Florida, Cannabis News Florida was incorporated into the original newspaper and now focuses on local, state and national news from leading authorities about medical and business developments in the medical cannabis, CBD and hemp industries.

A certified public accountant as well as certified in financial forensics, Mr. Felix earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in public accounting, from Bernard Baruch College in New York City. Mr. Felix’s early career focused on commercial real estate management, specializing in multi-family construction and management in the Southeast.

Mr. Felix then moved into sports management and franchise development, leading a growing and changing multiple-entity enterprise whose key business interests included three professional ice hockey clubs and three arenafootball2 teams with combined annual revenues of more than $8.2 million. During his tenure, Mr. Felix led the effort to bring the minor-league Atlanta Knights into the International Hockey League and, later, guided the franchise’s move to Quebec City. He also helped create the Xtreme Football League, which later became arenafootball2.

Active within both his profession and community, Mr. Felix has participated in numerous organizations and activities, and is presently Treasurer of the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association, Past President of the South Florida Healthcare Executive Forum, a division of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and is the Past President of the Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale.

Todd A. Webster, CPA Related Seminars and Products

Audit Managing Director

KPMG LLP Tampa, FL

Todd Webster
Audit Partner
KPMG LLP

Todd Webster is an Audit Partner with KPMG LLP and is from KPMG’s Tampa, FL office.  He has been with KPMG for more than 19 years, during which time he has primarily served clients in the state and local government, health care and not-for-profit industries. Todd completed a four-year rotation with KPMG’s Department of Professional Practice in New York City where his role was to function as a technical resource for engagement teams in the field who were providing audit services to state and local governments, health care entities, and not-for-profit organizations. As part of his rotation in NY, Todd served as a Practice Fellow for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board for two years.

Todd is a Certified Public Accountant in the states of Florida, New York, and North Carolina. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Lynda M. Dennis, CPA, PhD Related Seminars and Products

Lecturer

University of Central Florida Dixon School of Accounting

Lynda M. Dennis, CPA, PhD received her PhD in Public Affairs and her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Central Florida and her under graduate degree in accounting and finance from the University of West Florida.  She is a Florida CPA and Certified Government Finance Officer.  Lynda is a full-time Lecturer in the Kenneth Dixon School of Accounting at the University of Central Florida.  Additionally, Lynda is a contract CPE discussion leader and course developer in the areas of accounting and reporting for governmental and not-for-profit organizations. 

Her experience includes serving in a financial capacity, including chief financial officer, in governmental and not-for-profit organizations primarily in Florida.  Her experience also includes working as an auditor for local and Big 4 firms with an emphasis in the insurance, government and not-for-profit sectors. 

Lynda actively participates in committee and other volunteer work for the AICPA and FICPA and is a frequent speaker at governmental and not-for-profit accounting conferences.  She has also previously published a number of CPE courses as well as a book on strategy implementation (both for governmental and not-for-profit organizations).