Executives from BayCare and St. Joseph’s Children’s Foundation announced a substantial donation to St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital. The Pagidipati family donated $50 million to the Tampa-based health care provider, which is the largest publicly recorded gift to a hospital in Tampa Bay and one of the largest gifts to health care in Florida, according to … Read more
Florida Blue, the state’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan, has named health care veteran Phillip “Phil” Lee as its next market president for West Florida. Lee’s promotion to the role follows the passing of David Pizzo, in February. Pizzo led Florida Blue’s West Florida regional operations for nearly 17 years. Lee has more than … Read more
ReliaQuest, a global cybersecurity company, based in Tampa, welcomed 10th grade students enrolled in Junior Achievement’s 3DE instructional model, from six high schools in Tampa Bay, for its “Best of the Bay” competition. After the Q&A session with ReliaQuest employees and campus tours, the judging panel, made up of ReliaQuest employees, named Gibbs High School’s … Read more
Feeding Tampa Bay’s FoodRX program received the Florida Blue Foundation Sapphire Awards’ top honor of $100,000 for community health improvement, alongside nine Florida nonprofit programs, organizations and individuals. Feeding Tampa Bay’s Food Rx program provides food prescriptions to adults with diet-related health conditions in Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties. The first food pharmacy in the … Read more
A new study, from Canada Sports Betting, found that Baker Mayfield is the most popular Tampa Bay Buccaneers player, according to monthly Google searches. Mayfield, the Bucs quarterback, was found to have, on average, 631,000 searches, monthly. In second place was Mike Evans, wide receiver, and in third place was Lavonte David, linebacker. Evans had … Read more
Global Sports Institute, led by professional athletes Donald Suxho, a two-time United States Olympian, and Yury Shakirov, plans to transition a building that previously was the Tervis headquarters, in Venice, to a sports facility. Plans for the sports complex include four indoor volleyball courts equipped with Teraflex flooring, pickleball equipment, with 15 courts, and a … Read more
The Hillsborough Education Foundation has named Anna Corman as its new president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. The HEF Board of Directors, in collaboration with an external recruitment firm, conducted a search that attracted more than 120 inquiries for the CEO position. Corman was selected as the unanimous choice of the Board of Directors. … Read more
By Sean Butler, CareerSource Tampa Bay Board Chair 2022-2023 We are pleased to present the annual report for CareerSource Tampa Bay, highlighting our achievements, challenges and strategic initiatives of our last fiscal year. Our success is attributed to the collaborative efforts of our board, elected officials, staff, leadership team and partners. Together we have not … Read more
By Gilbert Broco, president, CI Group In the evolving landscape of business, where competition is fierce and talent is sought after, fostering a strong company culture has become a critical component for success. While the concept of company culture encompasses a multitude of factors, one often overlooked but immensely impactful aspect is workplace design. The … Read more
Avison Young, a real estate services provider, based in Miami, has appointed Lisa Jesmer as market leader for Florida. Jesmer will take on the added leadership, and focus, of driving growth for the firm in Florida, expanding business development throughout the state and recruiting talent in all geographies, service lines and sectors. She joined the … Read more
