S1 EP9: Meet Steve Hilfiker, filmmaker, pioneer and heart hero. He's joining FMFF's TGIM Sept. 4 as a judge. We sit down with him today!

Steve Hilfiker is a film producer, former CEO with 32 years’ experience in business. Steve is a successful environmental and cardiac advocate with extensive relationships in the Florida legislature.  Producer Credits include: "Stoneheart: an Undying Gift" and "Warriors: The Bernie Mac Disease", which recently screened at the Fort Myers Film Festival winning best short of the fest, before heading to Cannes. His Current film projects include a true-story feature film and a docuseries about organ donation, sarcoidosis, and cardiomyopathy. Steve is a successful environmental and cardiac advocate with extensive relationships in the Florida legislature. During his environmental career, Steve was the founder and President of Environmental Risk Management, Inc and currently serves on the Board of the Florida Ground Water Association (FGWA). He has served in similar environmental association roles since 1991. An extended battle with misdiagnosed cardiac sarcoidosis resulted in a successful heart transplant on August 3, 2020. As a man of faith with a youthful heart and clean bill of health, Steve is using his skills to raise awareness for organ donation and sarcoidosis, including proposed research appropriations and funding grants for early detection of cardiomyopathy.