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Executive Committee

Chair Chuck Sykes Sykes Enterprises Incorporated
Chair-Elect
Secretary/Treasurer John Robinson, Esq. Fowler White Boggs, PA
Community Development Chair Robin DeLaVergne Tampa General Hospital
Finance Chair John Baumann Baumann, Raymondo & Co., PA
Marketing & Communications Chair Dana Ludwig Brown & Brown Insurance
Membership Development Co-Chair Karen Arnold Storr Office Environments of Florida
Membership Development Co-Chair Greg Celestan Celestar Corporation
Public Policy Co-Chair Bill Carlson Tucker/Hall
Public Policy Co-Chair Mike Griffin Vertical Integration, Inc.
Small Business Enterprise Chair Peter Anderson Bayshore Technologies
Workforce Development Chair Lilly Ho-Pehling Reynolds, Smith & Hills, Inc.
Legal Counsel Ron Christaldi, Esq. Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP


Directors

Simone Gans Barefield Gans, Gans & Associates
Patrick Baskette Mercury Public Affairs, LLC
Steven M. Bernstein, Esq. Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Chuck Black Black & Black Consulting Services, LLC
Eric Brown ROI Consulting Group, Inc.
John Byczek Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Vincent Cassidy Majesty Title Services, LLC
Robert Clark Tampa Steel Erecting Co.
Candace Cusseaux Cushman & Wakefield
Juan Davis Fast Lane Clothing Company
Kimberlee DeBosier Bayside Engineering, Inc.
Doug Dieck Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Diane Egner Issue Media Group
Casey Ellison Ellison Development Group, Inc.
Maryann Ferenc Mise en Place, Inc.
Bob Fisher Grow Financial Federal Credit Union
Robert Forsythe, Ph.D. USF College of Business
Richard George Junior Achievement of West Central Florida, Inc.
Lilly Gonzalez Univision, WVEA Ch. 62
Steve Gonzalez Catering by the Family
Fred Hames Skanska USA Building Inc
William F. Hamilton, Esq.

Quarles and Brady, LLC.

David Hendrix, Esq. GrayRobinson, P.A.
Mark House The Beck Group
Sue House Powerhouse Consulting, Inc.
Bob Johnston The Melting Pot Restaurants, Inc.
Brian Keenan Fifth Third Bank
Bridgette Mill Tampa Bay Business Journal
Sidney Morgan Humana, Inc.
Scott Morrison WFLA-TV News Channel 8
Doug Pace Bayshore Solutions
Julia Rettig Tampa Bay Development
CJ Roberts Tampa Bay History Center, Inc.
Martin Saavedra MLI Integrated Graphic Solutions
Renee Scott State Farm Insurance Company
Mark Segel Tampa Jewish Community Center and Federation
Deborah Sheridan Synovus Bank
Scott Shimberg Hyde Park Builders, Inc.
Don Skelton Florida Department of Transportation
Thayer Smith Fifteen Thirteen Group, LLC
Susan Stackhouse Stellar Partners, Inc.
Rebecca Gross Tieder Let's Talk Solutions, Inc.
Holly Tomlin Tomlin Staffing
Mike Vail Sweetbay Supermarket
Ana Rabelo Wallrapp Wallrapp Architecture & Interior Design, P.A.
Jon Yob Creative Recycling Systems, Inc.


Advisory Board Members

Judy Genshaft, Ph.D. University of South Florida
Henry Gonzalez, III The Bank of Tampa
Fredrick McClure, Esq. DLA Piper US LLP


Partner Members

Wendy Bowman Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Steve Burton, P.A. Broad and Cassel
Sandra Callahan TECO Energy
Ron Christaldi Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Carlos del Castillo Bright House Networks, LLC
Robin DeLaVergne Tampa General Hospital
Robert Elder Elder Automotive Group
John Fernandes The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Mark Fernandez Tampa Bay Rays
Bill Goede Bank of America
Andrew Hall AT&T
Robert Hoyland USAA
Joseph Kadow Outback Steakhouse, Inc.
Dave LaBell St. Petersburg Times
Edgel Lester, Esq. Carlton Fields, P.A.
Carl Lum Busch Gardens/Adventure Island
Lorraine Lutton St. Joseph's Hospital
Sheila McDevitt, Esq. Akerman Senterfitt
Page W. McKee Hardin Construction Company, LLC
April Monteith Regions Bank
Corey Neil The Bank of Tampa
Denise Palmer The Tampa Tribune
Martin Saavedra, Jr. MLI Integrated Graphic Solutions
Eric Sharpe Wachovia Bank, N.A.
Julie Smith Verizon Communications
Charles Sykes Sykes Enterprises Incorporated
David Townsend Mosaic


Ex-Officio Members

David Armijo Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority
Ken Atwater, Ph.D. Hillsborough Community College
Eric Bailey, CFA CapTrust Financial Advisors
Diana Baker United Way of Tampa Bay
Christine Burdick Tampa Downtown Partnership
Carissa Caricato Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
Paul Catoe Tampa Bay & Company
MaryEllen Elia Hillsborough County Public Schools
Ryan Freking Studley, Inc.
Judy Genshaft, Ph.D. University of South Florida
Ken Hagan Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
Pam Iorio City of Tampa
Arthur Kirk, Ph.D. Saint Leo University
Lawrence Martin MacDill Air Force Base
Mike Merrill Hillsborough County
Stuart Rogel Tampa Bay Partnership
Ron Rotella The Westshore Alliance
Ron Vaughn, Ph.D. The University of Tampa
Richard Wainio Tampa Port Authority
John Wheat Tampa International Airport


Past Chairs

James Apthorp
G. Robert Blanchard
Gay Culverhouse
Richard Dobkin
C. Samuel Ellison Beck International
James Ferman Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc.
George Gage
Frank Harvey
Joe House The Beck Group
A. Clewis Howell
Rhea Law, Esq. Fowler White Boggs PA
A.D. MacKinnon Yale Lift Trucks of Florida and Georgia
Bob Martinez Holland & Knight
Bill McBride, Esq. Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride
John Ramil TECO Energy, Inc.
Deanne Roberts ChappellRoberts
Hugo Schmidt
T. Terrell Sessums
Mandell Shimberg Shimberg-Cross Co.
Wm. Reece Smith, Esq. Carlton Fields, P.A.
William Starkey
Stella Thayer, Esq. MacFarlane Ferguson & McMullen
James Urbanski
Jose Valiente LarsonAllen LLP

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