Area Council River Council 2018 - 2019

Hilda Cockram is the owner/operator of an award-winning educational child care center. Along with her husband Ted, they opened Kiddie Academy of Longwood-Lake Mary in 2012 and Kiddie Academy of Sanford-Heathrow in 2019.
Prior to becoming a small business owner, she held various leadership positions for financial services companies in the New York-metro area. She has an extensive track record of implementing complex initiatives in cross-functional business settings. Her background includes 20+ years of professional experience with Fortune 50 companies in business operations, financial planning/oversight, project management and staff development. 
Hilda was born and raised New Jersey, earned her B.A. from Penn State University and her M.B.A from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.  She moved to Central Florida in 2009.

As a Certified Bookkeeper with the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers and an Intuit ProAdvisor, I can certainly help you understand the basics of accounting and also teach you how to use either QuickBooks Desktop or QuickBooks Online. I will come to you and prepare your records onsite or do it remotely and give you open access to your records. I have been in business since 2006, and have multiple years of accounting experience.

I help individuals and families protect their health, their wealth, and their future, by means of Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Medicare, and Long-Term Care Insurance. I love to learn and to teach, so my job as an Insurance Agent is perfectly suited to me.  The Insurance industry is ever-changing, so I am constantly learning.  Every year, there are new products, regulations, strategies, and a never-ending need for continuing education. I'm also learning about my clients’ goals and challenges, their priorities and their responsibilities. I love all the learning, but my favorite part of the job is the teaching.  I love sitting with clients and teaching them about the products and solutions that can truly help them reach their goals. 

A member of the first ever graduating class of Lake Mary High School in 1984, I have been in the Seminole County Business Community for nearly 30 years. Managing Servpro of North Seminole and West Volusia County is an honor as my brother and I continue to build a business our Father started 38 years ago. I'm a resident of Sanford, heavily involved in the Community and love a fishing rod or golf club in my hands at any time. 

Helping clients throughout Central Florida develop dynamic advertising, marketing, and branding campaigns in any and all of Lake Mary Life Publishing's four high-end magazines – Lake Mary Life, Oviedo-Winter Springs Life, Altamonte-Wekiva Springs Life, and J Life – and through its online and social-media platforms.

Drew is currently the president of the Rotary Club of Seminole County Sunset and an active Ambassador with the Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce. Born and raised in New Jersey, he is also a trained improv comedy performer. Drew and his wife, Jessie, live in Lake Mary with their new daughter, Rosalie. 

As an adopted parent of a remarkable young man on the autism spectrum and a Retired Licensed Clinical Social Worker; I founded Special Needs Ability Program, Inc. in 2010 to help families who have loved ones with developmental disabilities.  

I always tell people that I came to Florida after a series of unfortunate events and it was the best thing to ever happen to me. I moved here from San Diego in 2011 after getting into a car accident and wanting to be closer to my family. I still love where I grew up, but I wouldn't change one thing about the weaving road that I took to get here, in Florida and with Edward Jones. I am passionate about my family and about my business, and I truly believe that everything happens for a reason.