Few people can claim to have lived in as many of Florida’s major cities as Spencer Crowley has: Jacksonville-born and Palm Beach County-raised, the land use and environmental lawyer spent much of his youth immersed in Florida’s natural splendor and consequently developed an affinity for fishing and hunting alongside Lake Okeechobee at a very young age. Crowley eventually moved further south to attend the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences before moving once more to Gainesville to earn his M.B.A and J.D. from the University of Florida.

After a stint spent working with the Hopping Green & Sams environmental law firm in Tallahassee, Crowley moved to Miami in 2002, a city where he has remained — as well as left a sizable impact — ever since.