Leadership Tampa Bay announces new board officers for the class of 2023 – 2024 (PHOTOS)

Leadership Tampa Bay announced its new board officers at the graduation ceremony for the 2022-2023 class, at the Centre Club, in Tampa.

Executive Committee/Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Chair: Nancy Newkirk, Humana – 2013 (Pictured above)

Vice Chair: Eric Dailey, Halifax Solutions – 2017 (Pictured above)

Immediate Past: Jason Baker, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth – 2017

Treasurer: Skip Miller, Truist– 2014

Secretary: Mike McCollum, Hillsborough Education Foundation – 2020

Executive Director: Alice Bessette, Leadership Tampa Bay

Committee Chairs:

PR/Marketing Chair: Katie Mahoney, Port Tampa Bay – 2020

Recruitment Chair: Chris Nardi, Truist Wealth – 2019

Alumni Chair: Gilbert Broco, CI Group – 2015

Sponsorship Chair: Joanne LeBlanc, Colliers – 2016

Diversity & Inclusion: Joanne Sullivan, USF – 2010

Programs: Bill Merchant, Quest, Inc. – 2017

Governance Chair: Ed Ellsasser, Prime Group Insurance – 2015

LTB Foundation Chair: DeDe Grundel, Friends of Joshua House Foundation – 2006

Board of Directors

Marcia Alvarado, WGI – 2017

Joe Chiellini, ASI Landscape Management – 2020

Alicia Conrad, Tampa General Hospital – 2019

Julie Davis, Rivero, Gordimer & Co – 2022

Kerra Kuzmick, Baker Barrios – 2022

Emily Lekahal, Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 2021

Lex Long, Long & Associates – 2018

Denelle Miller, FiCare Federal Credit Union – 2022

Ann Pereira, Association of Enterprise Growth – 2020

Felipe Ramirez, Bank of America – 2018

Kinard Robinson, Empowering Creative – 2022

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