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Executive Committee | Directors | Advisory Board
Partner Members | Ex-Officio Members | Past Chairs


Executive Committee & Directors

Chair Chuck Black Black & Black Consulting Services, LLC
Chair-Elect Gregory Celestan Celestar Corporation
Secretary/Treasurer Robin DeLaVergne Tampa General Hospital
Finance Sandra W. Callahan
Joseph G. Meterchick
TECO Energy, Inc.
PNC Bank
Chamber U Vincent J. Cassidy Majesty Title Services, LLC
Community Development Guy King
Debbie Lundberg
M.E. Wilson Co., Inc.
Debbie Lundberg Life & Business Coaching
Innovation Leadership Bill Carlson Tucker/Hall, Inc.
Marketing Carlos del Castillo Bright House Networks, LLC
Membership Development Doug Pace
Holly Tomlin
Bayshore Solutions
Tomlin Tested Staffing
Public Affairs Ronald Christaldi, Esq.
Maryann Ferenc
Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Mise en Place
Programs Wendy Bowman
Doug Dieck
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Ryan Companies US, Inc.
Legal Counsel Sheila McDevitt, Esq. Akerman Senterfitt


Directors

Peter Anderson Bayshore Technologies, Inc.
Patrick Baskette Mercury Public Affairs, LLC
Jon Bayless Sypris Electronics, LLC
Steven Bernstein Fisher & Phillips, LLP
Neil Bosland The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Evan Brownstein Schifino Lee
Chris Butler Jones Lang LaSalle Brokerage, Inc.
John Byczek Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
Robert Clark Tampa Steel Erecting Co.
Juan Davis Fast Lane Clothing Company
Jim Dean Busch Gardens/Adventure Island
Kimberlee DeBosier Bayside Engineering, Inc.
Casey Ellison Ellison Development Group, Inc.
Bruce Faulman Tampa Bay Times
Mark Fernandez Tampa Bay Rays
Ryan Freking Studley, Inc.
Bob Geiger The Tampa Tribune
Bill Goede Bank of America
Mike Griffin Vertical Integration, Inc.
William F. Hamilton, Esq.

Quarles and Brady, LLC

Marilyn Mullen Healy Adams and Reese, LLP
Greg Hoerbelt Regions Bank
Mark House The Beck Group
Robert Hoyland USAA
Mariela Hurst SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Bob Johnston The Melting Pot Restaurants, Inc.
Arthur Kirk, Ph.D. Saint Leo University
Brian Lamb Fifth Third Bank
Tod Leiweke Tampa Bay Lightning
Edgel Lester, Esq. Carlton Fields, P.A.
Joseph W. Lopano Tampa International Airport
Orlando Lopez-Isa Gresham, Smith & Partners
Dana Ludwig Brown & Brown Insurance
Lorraine Lutton St. Joseph's Hospital
Mark MacMillan ProShred
Andrew McIntosh Fowler White Boggs P.A.
Page McKee Hardin Construction Company, LLC
Phara McLachlan Animus Solutions
T. Corey Neil The Bank of Tampa
Lee Nelson Shutts & Bowen
Jennifer Potter Wachovia Bank, N.A.
Scott Riley Financial Information Technology, Inc. (Fintech)
Janine Salmon JP Morgan Chase
Renee Scott State Farm Insurance Company
Alyson Seeger AVI-SPL
Deborah Sheridan Florida Bank
Bemetra Simmons BB&T
Paige Simpson Simpson Air
Julie Smith Verizon Communications
Thayer Smith Fifteen Thirteen Group, LLC
Susan Stackhouse Stellar Partners, Inc.
Roger Stephan SKANSKA USA Building, Inc.
Chase Stockon Panther International, LLC
David Townsend Mosaic
Yvette Tremonti H. Lee Moffitt Cancer & Research Institute, Inc.
Mike Vail Sweetbay Supermarket
Ana Rabelo Wallrapp Wallrapp Architecture & Interior Design, P.A.
Ron Weaver Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson P.A.
Rebecca White The University of Tampa
Enrique Woodruffe Woodruffe Corporation Architects


Advisory Board Members/Past Chairs 2008-2011

Judy Genshaft, Ph.D. University of South Florida
Henry Gonzalez, III Firm Solutions
Chuck Sykes Sykes Enterprises Incorporated


Partner Members

Neil Bosland AACSB International
Wendy Bowman Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
Steve Burton, P.A. Broad and Cassel
Sandra Callahan TECO Energy
Ronald Christaldi, Esq. Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP
Jim Dean Busch Gardens/Adventure Island
Carlos del Castillo Bright House Networks, LLC
Robin DeLaVergne Tampa General Hospital
Bruce Faulman Tampa Bay Times
Mark Fernandez Tampa Bay Rays
Bob Geiger The Tampa Tribune
Bill Goede Bank of America
Greg Hoerbelt Regions Bank
Robert Hoyland USAA
Mariela Hurst SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Arthur Kirk, Ph.D. Saint Leo University
Tod Leiweke Tampa Bay Lightning
Edgel Lester, Esq. Carlton Fields, P.A.
Joseph W. Lopano Tampa International Airport
Lorraine Lutton St. Joseph's Hospital
Sheila McDevitt, Esq. Akerman Senterfitt
Page W. McKee Hardin Construction Company, LLC
Phara McLachlan Animus Solutions, Inc.
Joseph G. Meterchick PNC Bank
T. Corey Neil The Bank of Tampa
Lee Nelson Shutts & Bowen LLP
Jennifer Potter Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Janine Salmon JP Morgan Chase
Bemetra Simmons BB&T
Julie Smith Verizon Communications
Susan Stackhouse Stellar Partners, Inc.
Chuck Sykes Sykes Enterprises Incorporated
Yvette Tremonti Moffitt Cancer Center
David Townsend Mosaic


Ex-Officio Members

Mayor Bob Buckhorn City of Tampa
Christine Burdick Tampa Downtown Partnership
MaryEllen Elia Hillsborough County Public Schools
Gordon Gillette Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp.
Lilly Ho-Pehling Crisis Center of Tampa Bay
Mike Merrill Hillsborough County
Kelly Miller Tampa Bay & Company
Col. Lenny Richoux MacDill Air Force Base
Stuart Rogel Tampa Bay Partnership
Ron Rotella The Westshore Alliance
Andrew Smith PAETEC
Renee Vaughn Williams Consulting Group
Ron Vaughn, Ph.D. The University of Tampa
Richard Wainio Tampa Port Authority
Rob Wolf Hillsborough Community College


Past Chairs

Chuck Sykes 2010-11 Sykes Enterprises Incorporated
Henry Gonzalez, III 2009 Firm Solutions, LLC
Judy Genshaft, Ph.D. 2008 University of South Florida
Fredrick H.L. McClure 2007 DLA Piper LLP
Jose E. Valiente 2006 LarsonAllen LLP
C. Samuel Ellison 2005 Beck International
John Ramil 2004 TECO Energy, Inc.
Deanne Roberts 2003 ChappellRoberts
A.D. "Sandy" MacKinnon 2002 Yale Lift Trucks of Florida and Georgia
Bob Martinez 2001 Holland & Knight LLP
Bill McBride, Esq. 2000 Barnett, Bolt, Kirkwood, Long & McBride
Rhea Law, Esq. 1999 Fowler White Boggs PA
Richard Dobkin 1998
Israel Tribble, Jr. 1997
Jack Wilson 1996
Joe House 1995 The Beck Group
Timothy L. Guzzle 1994
Gay Culverhouse 1993
James L. Ferman, Jr. 1992 Ferman Motor Car Company, Inc.
James W. Apthorp 1990-91
William Starkey 1989-90
Stella Thayer, Esq. 1988-89 MacFarlane Ferguson & McMullen
James Urbanski 1987-88
Wm. Reece Smith, Esq. 1986-87 Carlton Fields, P.A.
Mandell "Hinks" Shimberg 1985-86 Shimberg-Cross Co.
G. Robert Blanchard 1984-85
T. Terrell Sessums 1983-84
Hugo Schmidt 1982-83
Frank W. Harvey 1981-82
Donald L. Whittemore, Jr. 1980-81
G. Pierce Wood 1979-80
David C.G. Kerr 1978-79
Harry E. Hurst 1977-78
Louis Benito 1976-77
Bruce M. Robbins, Jr. 1975-76
George H. Gage, Jr. 1974-75
Lee M. Bentley 1973-74
H.L. Culbreath, Jr. 1972-73
Charles M. Davis 1971-72
Parke Wright 1970-71
Eugene B. Dodson 1969-70
William A. Gillen 1968-69
J.H. Williams, Jr. 1967-68
Fred D. Leary 1966-67
Michael G. Emmanuel 1965-66
A Clewis Howell 1964-65
James H. Couey, Jr. 1963-64
Fischer S. Black 1962-63
Ellwood W. Johnson 1961-62
W.J. Barritt, Jr. 1960-61
Paul H. Smith 1959-60
H.L. "Dusty" Crowder 1958-59
William C. MacInnes 1957-58
T. Paine Kelley, Jr. 1956-57
J. Arthur Turner 1955-56
Frank M. Frankland 1954-55
J.D. Peters 1953-54
David A. Falk 1952-53
Eugene R. Elkes 1951-52
John H. Dolcater 1949-51
L.N. Dantzler, Jr. 1948-49
W.L. Waring, Jr. 1947-48
Richard D. Jackson 1946-47
Truman Green 1944-46
T.G. Mixson 1943-44
R. Ambler Liggett 1941-43
Ray B. Cralle 1940-41
W. Howard Frankland 1939-40
Joseph A. Sweeney 1938-39
Frank J. Gannon 1937-38
E.P. Taliaferro 1935-37
Frank M. Traynor 1932-35
A.L. Cuesta, Jr. 1931-32
Carl D. Brorein 1930-31
James T. Swann 1928-30
D.B. McKay 1927-28
Albert Thornton 1926-27
Frank D. Jackson 1925-26
T.M. Shackleford, Jr. 1924-25
W.F. Miller 1923-24
A.W. Perkins 1922-23
H.E. Snow 1921-22
G.H. Brown 1920-21
T. Ed Bryan 1919-20
W.G. Brorein 1917-19
D.C. Gillett 1916-17
F.C. Bowyer 1908-15
W.R. Fuller 1903-08
J.B. Anderson 1899-1903
J.H. Fessenden 1896-99
John Trice 1895-96
Silas A. Jones 1892-95
G.B. Sparkman 1890-91
J.H. Fessenden 1888-89
W.N. Conoley 1887-88
Dr. John P. Wall 1885-87

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