Mr. Pierce is the co-founder and board chair of South Florida Autism Charter Schools and co-founder of the National Accelerator of Autism Charter Schools. Recently retired, Glenn led teams at Turner Impact Capital and Pacific Charter School Development in the building of more  than 200 schools serving 87,000 students in 15 states and the District of Columbia during his 28-year career in the charter school movement. This followed management roles with Citibank and PepsiCo. He holds an AB in Economics and Business from Lafayette College and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the Broad Superintendents Academy and the proud parent of a young adult with autism.

Lawrence Popritkin is the principal at the Law Offices of Lawrence D. Popritkin, P.A. a Florida Law Firm comprised of a committed group dedicated to serving its clients with an integrated array of professional services. The law firm prides itself in implementing a legal approach that shuns the bureaucracy often associated with larger firms and emphasizes effective, cost-efficient, representation. Their practice areas include all aspects of Insurance Defense (with an emphasis on Auto, Bad Faith, Bodily Injury, Coverage, First Party Property, General Liability, and Personal Injury Protection Claims), as well as General Liability, Contracts Law, Landlord Tenant, American Disability Act, and Errors & Omissions. Mr. Popritkin graduated from Florida International University in 1993 with a Political Science Major Degree and a Minor in Philosophy. In 1997, Mr. Popritkin graduated Nova Southeastern University School of Law and was admitted to the Florida Bar later that year. In 2004, as a 7th year lawyer, Mr. Popritkin opened his own Law Firm, currently located in Coral Springs, Florida. Mr. Popritkin has been litigating on behalf of his clients since 1997 and regularly lectures to insurance carriers and private clients in numerous insurance related matters, with a specialty in first party insurance defense techniques, fee hearings techniques and avoidance of regular business practices that could lead to bad faith liability. Currently, Mr. Popritkin is admitted to the Florida Bar; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; and the District of Columbia. Mr. Popritkin has been married to Brenda (Fernandez) Popritkin, whom he met at FIU, for 15 years. His entire wedding court was composed of brothers from Sigma Phi Epsilon. The couple has two sons, Dylan Kai (13yrs old) and Oliver Quinn (6yrs old). When not working, Mr. Popritkin is a fierce Autism Advocate. His love for Obstacle Course Racing, the Miami Heat, Pittsburgh Steelers, and his Cabernet Sauvignon’s is almost as fierce.