Gloria Caulfield
Gloria Caulfield is the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Tavistock Development Company, where she oversees health and medical partnerships and business development for the Lake Nona community in Orlando, Florida. She serves as the executive director of the Lake Nona Impact Forum and president of the Lake Nona Institute. She is best known for a May 2026 commencement speech at the University of Central Florida in which she praised artificial intelligence as the next industrial revolution, prompting sustained booing from graduating arts and humanities students.
“Gloria Caulfield — Commencement speaker booed at UCF for pro-AI remarks; triggered national attention. 'Artificial intelligence is the next Industrial Revolution' — met with 'a chorus of boos.'”
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