Luminary Global, a St. Petersburg-based, veteran-owned company has donated more than $100,000 in StatPacks medical bags, since the start of 2023. Since the beginning of the year, Luminary has donated 246 medical bags, which are designed to be stocked with life-saving items for advanced life support or basic life support situations. The bag is also … Read more
The South Tampa Chamber is hosting the 17th Annual Taste of South Tampa, on March 19, presented by Older, Lundy, Koch & Martino. For the sixth year, the Tampa Garden Club, on Bayshore Boulevard, in Tampa, will be transformed into an outdoor festival offering live entertainment, food samples from local restaurants, a beer garden and … Read more
Health care entrepreneur Vick Tipnes is launching his first-ever Rise Conference, an event he created for business leaders, and entrepreneurs, who want to grow and scale their businesses. The event will take place from June 16 to June 18, at the JW Marriott Hotel, in Tampa. The three-day conference will be the first of its … Read more
Fort Lauderdale-based BTI Partners has sold Marina Landings, the 70,000-square-foot retail town center of Westshore Marina District, in Tampa. The property sold for $13 million. The buyer was Transcentum. Tenants of Marina Landings include Cru Cellars, Sand Surf Co., Duckweed Urban Grocery, Crave Spa, Salon Color Bar, DRNK coffee + tea and QWENCH juice bar, … Read more
iShared Transportation, a Patriot Capital portfolio company, has named Kyle Ingraham as its chief sales officer. Ingraham joins iShared with nearly a decade of leadership experience across sales and operations in the freight transportation industry. In this role, he will have direct leadership over all sales, and marketing, functions within the organization. He was previously … Read more
BayCare Health System has opened its newest hospital, in Wesley Chapel, at 4501 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. The 86-bed, 318,000-square-foot hospital will provide comprehensive medical services and health care resources including an emergency department, an intensive care unit with virtual-monitoring beds, diagnostic services such as imaging and lab and surgical services. “We’re thrilled to open … Read more
Jennifer Garbowicz is senior vice president, private client adviser at Bank of American Private Bank. Garbowicz serves on a variety of nonprofit organization boards including the Homeless Empowerment Program, the Florida Holocaust Museum and the Presidents Council Chair role for the CFA Institute. She also serves on several for-profit boards, including chair of the board … Read more
Shannon Lucas has worked in the insurance industry for more than 20 years with Florida Farm Bureau, Tower Hill Insurance Group, Homewise Insurance, UPC Insurance, Heritage Insurance and now Slide Insurance Co. She is currently chief operating officer and chief risk officer at Slide Insurance. In 2021, she co-founded Slide, a next-generation insurance technology firm, … Read more
Rita Lowman has served the banking industry for 45 years. Most recently, she served as president of Pilot Bank, which was acquired in December 2021. Lowman was named chair of the Florida Bankers Association, being only the third woman in 130 years to hold the chairmanship. She also served on the executive committee of the … Read more
Cristina Hale is tax office managing partner for Tampa and Orlando at BDO USA. Hale jumped into the tax and accounting profession at one of the largest global professional services firms. After acquiring the necessary skills to be successful in an entry-level role, she challenged herself with a new position at another global professional services … Read more
