Ana Wood-Rogers is well known as a champion for innovative change. Her diversity of work focuses on balancing human activities, nature and the environment, where her leadership initiatives have improved communities for millions of residents nationally and internationally. Her leadership style is straightforward and to the point. As a hands-on executive, Wood’s professional path is defined by an energetic management approach that empowers staff to think strategically and tactically for effective environmental solutions.
With over 20 years of research and development experience, Wood excels at understanding real performance trends and recognizing internal and external factors impacting progress. Her abilities to de-conflict project bottlenecks and get programs swiftly back on track to fruition have produced positive, verifiable results under a multitude of business conditions and practices.
Wood has also received numerous industry and community service awards from the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce, Waste360 Expo, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, South Florida Business Journal and more.
Ana earned her bachelor’s degree from Lynn University and a master’s in international business from the University of Miami. As a perennial student, she also completed several executive education studies at Harvard, Cornell, University of Florida and Florida State University.
Ana resides in Lakeland, Florida with her husband, Steve Rogers.