Bruno Portigliatti
Bruno Portigliatti is a businessman and educator with a strong devotion to his faith and commitment to his local community. He is currently the President of Florida Christian University, a global-reach institution with over 36 years of existence, and Chief Executive Officer of Excellence Senior Living, dedicated to providing luxury senior living facilities in various communities throughout Florida. He is also a real estate developer who has directed the development of several multi-million-dollar projects by overseeing the acquisition, entitlement, construction, licensing, and operation.
Bruno has been civically engaged in his community for many years. Besides presiding over his own non-profit organization, New Beginnings Global Outreach, he is also active in various other local boards and community projects. In 2020, he ran for the Florida House of Representatives in District 44, winning the Republican Primary with 74% of votes (10,124) and garnering 47.6% of the votes (55,960) in the General Election. He served on the Board of the Dr. P Phillips YMCA from 2014-2020, on the City of Orlando’s Women and Minority Business Enterprise Certification Board as Chair for almost two years, and has been a member of the Dr. Phillips Rotary Club since 2013. In the higher-education sector, he serves as a Board Member of FAPSC – Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges and is the Chairman of the CPCA Certification Commission, a certification agency for private degree granting institutions that provide quality faith-based education, in all 50 states and territories of the USA.
Bruno is fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese and lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife Stephanie. He attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, where he double majored in Political Science and Spanish. He went on to law school at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, where he graduated with Pro Bono Honors, and then completed a Master of Business Administration at Florida Christian University in Orlando. While at USF, he held numerous leadership roles, including Student Government Vice President, Member of the National Alumni Board of Directors, Senator for the College of Arts & Sciences, and Chairman of the Rules, Judicial and Legislative Affairs Committee. In law school, he was an Ambassador for the school, a member of the prestigious Mock Trial Team, a Student Bar Association Legislator for two years and Chief of Staff to the SBA President.