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Heavener was Co-Founder and CEO of ERA Real Estate Southeast, ERA Mortgage, Inc. and ERA Insurance, Inc., real estate franchise and financial services companies from 1975 to 1986. In 1992, Heavener founded ERA Europe, currently operating in 14 European Union countries, through 1100 ERA Europe franchisees and 9,000 ERA sales agents. In 1995, he founded eraeurope.com, Europe’s leading pan European real estate portal. He serves as European director for Cendant Global Services, B.V. and European director of ERA Franchise Systems, Inc. Since 1992, Heavener has served as Co-Chairman/CEO of Full Sail Real World Education, the premier entertainment media college in America, with 4,600 students, located in Winter Park, Florida. He is a Director and Co-Owner of the Los Angeles Film School and the Los Angeles Recording Workshop, both located in Hollywood, California.
Heavener’s other positions include: Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of General Partners for Silver City Real Estate Operations; Managing Partner, Platinum Creative Production and Marketing; Managing Director, ERA Europe. Past Director of Provident Bank Corp. of Florida; Governor’s appointee to the Florida Housing Finance Authority; Governor Bush Transition team member for the Department of Transportation; and Director of FNMA Southeast. Heavener earned a BS BA from the University of Florida and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School OPM. | 