Talkin with Tico
Sundays 2pm - 3pm

Mr. Perez is the founder of Edge Consulting & Business Strategies, LLC, a government relations consulting firm, and Tico Perez Solutions, LLC, a business development consulting firm. Mr. Perez serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida where he serves as the chairman of the Budget Committee and Vice Chairman of the Facilities Committee. Tico is a member of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America and was recently selected to serve as the National Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America. Tico is very active in his community and has served on more than forty business and community boards over the last several years. He has served as chair of countless fundraising events, including the American Heart Association Heart Walk (twice), the Juvenile Diabetes Association Walk, and the March of Dimes Walk to name a few. His community service has been profiled in the Orlando Sentinel, the Orlando Business Journal, the Weekly, and numerous other local and regional publications.

Tico is the Past President of the Orlando Utilities Commission, Past President of the Greater Orlando Chamber of Commerce, Past President of United Arts of Central Florida, Past Chairman of the Orange County Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission, Past President of the University of Central Florida Alumni Association and is also Past President of the Southern Region for the Boy Scouts of America. He is a political analyst for the local NBC affiliate, WESH Channel 2, is a weekly political commentator on the nationally syndicated Daily Buzz and hosts his own political talk radio show, Talkin’ with Tico, on Cox radio’s newstalk AM 580 WDBO. Additionally, Mr. Perez has a regular weekly television program in Spanish on the local Telemundo affiliate in Central Florida entitled TeleNoticiasExtra.

An Eagle Scout, Mr. Perez has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America with the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. The Order of the Arrow has awarded him the Distinguished Service Award and the Sigma Chi Fraternity has recognized him as a “Significant Sig”. He was recognized by the University of Central Florida as the Distinguished Alumnus in 1998, and he has received numerous leadership and community service awards. Mr. Perez has been named one of the 10 most influential men in Central Florida by the Orlando Business Journal and one of the 174 most influential people in Florida by Florida Trend Magazine.

Tico received his BA in political science from the University of Central Florida in 1983 and his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1986. Before forming Edge Consulting and Tico Perez Solutions in 2008, Tico was a partner of the National law firm Baker and Hostetler where he practiced Business law with a specialization in mergers and acquisitions and was a member of the Government Relations Group. Tico is an “av” rated lawyer by Martindale Hubbell. Tico’s hobbies are collecting Boy Scout memorabilia and politics. Tico is married to Donna Perez and they live in Downtown Orlando.