Coffee Club NONA

Guest Speakers:

Jessica Jones, Lake Nona Institute and

Mark Nathan, Violent Defense Technology presents:

WHIT Program
(Wellness, Health, Innovation, Technology)

is a project that is a home located in Laureate Park that is a model for healthy, smart homes

Meet our Speakers!

Jessica Jones, Lake Nona Institute
and Mark Nathan, Violent Defense Technology
(See below for Bios)

Jessica Jones
Project Manager, Innovation for Health & Wellness

Lake Nona Institute

Jessica Jones serves as Project Manager, Innovation for Health & Wellness at the Lake Nona Institute. She is passionate about guiding innovative and data-driven changes to promote improved outcomes.

Prior to joining Lake Nona Institute, Jessica was North Carolina?s statewide Project Director for Reclaiming Futures, a national evidence-based model to improve outcomes for juvenile justice-involved youth with mental health and/or substance abuse needs. In this role, she provided strategic planning, implementation, and evaluation support through the first Reclaiming Futures State Office in the nation in order to increase the capacity of local cross-systems teams and integrate best practices into state policy.

Before joining the NC Department of Public Safety, Jessica was the Research & Evaluation Director for the Down East Partnership for Children, an early education non-profit where she directed the strategic planning, evaluation, program development, grants management, and community collaborative initiatives for the organization.

Jessica earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Elon University.

Mark Nathan
Founder, Inventor and CEO
Violent Defense Technology

Mark Nathan is the founder, inventor and CEO of Violet Defense Technology, which has created and patented a revolutionary method to safely and effectively kill harmful germs. After more than 10 years of research and development, this amazing technology is about to launch into the market with the S.A.G.E. (Surface & Air Germ Elimination) systems. With the world?s first self-sterilizing kitchen and bathroom, the Tavistock W.H.I.T. home, featuring Violet Defense?s S.A.G.E. System has been faithfully killing germs for over 8 months and will soon be found in countless homes and businesses throughout the world.

Coffee Club NONA, presented by The Lake Nona Area Council, meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month at our new location The Lakehouse located in Lake Nona?s Medical City.

We strive to provide you with quality events that help you join, connect, and grow your business. This group?s focus is to provide you with open networking activities the 2nd Thursday and fantastic speakers on the 4th Thursday of the month. Check the calendar for more specific information!

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This event is FREE and open to everyone thanks to our sponsor Lake Nona and Coffee sponsor Panera Bread.

The Lake Nona Area Council is a joint group consisting of the East Orlando Chamber of Commerce and the St. Cloud Greater Osceola Chamber of Commerce. It is the goal of this group to bring together business representatives to discuss topics and information that affect both areas at the monthly Coffee Club Nona.

The purpose of The Lake Nona Area Council is to generate strong ties with our neighboring chamber to promote and facilitate local business growth into other potential markets and communities. Please join us for energetic, business-oriented networking that ?meets in the middle.?

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