One Liners Hillsborough: The Cake Girl, Northwestern Mutual and more

Wingspan Development Group and ABC Capital Corp. plans to open Tango Brew, a coffee and wine bar with an Argentinian/Italian flair, in the Jade at North Hyde Park, a new 192-unit luxury apartment building, at 608 N. Willow Ave., Tampa. (Rendering above)

Stacy Yates, a trial attorney and Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator, joined Older Lundy as a litigation attorney. 

Kristina Lavallee

Mark Urbaniak, senior SBA credit administrator at American Momentum Bank, joined the loan committee for Habitat for Humanity of Hillsborough County. 

Kristina Lavallee, The Cake Girl, received a special recognition during National Women’s Month, when District 5 County Commissioner Dr. Donna Cameron-Cepeda presented her with a Commendation. 

Tampa General Hospital received a $100,000 grant from Bank of America to introduce the Mindfulness Lawn at the TampaWell Community Garden, located on the campus of the TGH Family Care Center Healthpark, in East Tampa. 

DOW Technologies, an independently owned technology distributor in Tampa, was awarded five Quest for Quality Awards in CE Pro’s 14th annual competition. 

Northwestern Mutual, in Tampa, announced that Matthew Lytell earned a spot on the Barron’s Top 1,200 Financial Advisors annual list. 

Emotional Vaccines announced a partnership with New Life Village, a community in Hillsborough County for families raising foster-to-permanency, kinship and adoptive children, bringing residents tools and knowledge necessary to cultivate emotional resilience, build strong connections and thrive as individuals and families. 

Ken Jones

Ken Jones was appointed to Moffitt Cancer Center’s Institute Board of Directors, as the designee of Brian Lamb, chair of Florida’s Board of Governors, to serve on Moffitt’s Board of Directors, replacing Alan Levine who was appointed to the position in 2019. 

Tampa General Hospital opened the TGH Senior Center powered by Greenbrook Medical, at 10453 Stelling Drive, in Riverview, a new clinic designed exclusively for the treatment and care of patients 65 and older in Riverview and the surrounding areas. 

Yosemite Health Group Tampa, a private investment firm, has bought Premiere Center for Cosmetic Surgery of Tampa. 

Tampa-based Sypher has partnered with the Florida Association of Insurance Agents and plans to complete a $35 million funding round to enter the embattled residential property insurance market. 

Christopher Chambers has been named as director of corporate security for Gannett, in Tampa. 

Michael Barrett joined the CLA Tampa office as signing director and a chief financial officer in the client accounting and advisory services team. 

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