Jamal Sowell

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Jamal Allen Sowell is Florida’s Secretary of Commerce and the President and CEO of Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI).,[1][2] Before this post, he was chief of staff for Port Tampa Bay.[3]

Sowell earned a Masters in Higher Education Administration and Policy from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a Juris Doctor degree and graduate certificate in constitutional design from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he was a Pat Tillman Scholar and a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from the University of Florida (UF).[1]

Biography[]

Sowell was born in Orlando, Florida but his family moved frequently due to his father’s career in the Army. He entered the University of Florida in 2000 and served as Student Body President during the 2003-2004 school year. Jamal was tapped into Florida Blue Key in Spring 2002. Between his time at UMass Amherst and his returning to Gainesville in 2011 (where he worked at UF as adviser to the president, liaison to government officials and the university's board of trustees, director of special projects and outreach officer to the African-American community), Sowell served in the United States Marine Corps. He was deployed to Afghanistan where he served during Operation Enduring Freedom in combat operations and left the Marines having achieved the rank of captain. He entered law school in 2014.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Jamal A. Sowell" (PDF). Enterprise Florida. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Pine Hills native Jamal Sowell confirmed to lead Enterprise Florida". The Orlando Sentinel. January 7, 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Jamal Sowell". Tampa Bay Business Journal. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Jamal Sowell". IU is Home. Indiana University. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
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