For more than 30 years, Leadership Tampa Bay has promoted the prosperity and vitality of the Tampa Bay region, enlightening leaders to the importance of the area as a whole in the state of Florida.
Their mission is to engage our members with businesses and community leaders to enhance knowledge of regional assets and issues. The program is designed not only to identify our regional strengths and build on them, but to delve into issues facing our region and explore ways to bridge our differences.
The organization has named its 2019-2020 Board of Directors.
Chairman: Frank Rygiel, Walbridge – 2013
Vice Chair: Jackie Skryd, St. Pete College – 2015
Immediate Past Chair: Tim Jarrett, Crown Brands – 2013
Treasurer: Skip Miller, SunTrust – 2014
Secretary: Nancy Newkirk, Humana – 2013
LTB Foundation Chair: DeDe Grundel, Friends of Joshua House Foundation – 2006
LTB Foundation Vice Chair Felipe Ramirez, Bank of America Merrill Lynch – 2018
Executive Director: Alice Bessette, Leadership Tampa Bay
Marketing Chair: Jason Baker, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth – 2017
Internal Communication Chair: Aakash Patel, Elevate Inc – 2011
Recruiting Chair: Brady Harris, Gilbane Co – 2015
Alumni Chair: Cole Robinson (Membership Retention), Fish Window Cleaning – 2016
Alumni Chair: Gilbert Broco (Alumni Events and Communications), CI Group – 2015
Sponsorship Chair: Dan Newhart, Tampa Bay Rays – 2014
Marcia Alvarado, TRC Worldwide Engineering – 2017
Eric Dailey, Rizzetta & Company – 2017
Gilit Kontny, Berkshire Hathaway – 2017
Joanne LeBlanc, Colliers International – 2016
Damien McKinney, The McKinney Law Group – 2017
Lisa Metheny, E&J Gallo Winery – 2015
Rhonda Nelson, SPP – 2016
Joanne Sullivan, USF Health – 2010
Freddy Williams, Boys & Girls Club – 2019
Bryan Wilson, Beck – 2013
Terry Zelen, Zelen Communications – 2019
