Jo-Lynn Brown

Feeding Tampa Bay’s program awarded top honor at Florida Blue Foundation Sapphire Awards

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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

And the most popular Tampa Bay Buccaneers player is…

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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

Former Tervis headquarters to become sports facility

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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

Anna Corman named president and CEO of Hillsborough Education Foundation

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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

Avison Young promotes new Florida market leader

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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

Sarasota design house announces partnership with the ‘Queen of Versailles’ (PHOTOS)

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Sarasota Design House, BSWANKY, has partnered with Jackie Siegel, an American socialite, model, actress and beauty pageant director. Siegal was one of the main subjects of the 2012 documentary film The Queen of Versailles. The line has three bag silhouettes with BSWANKY’s signature 24-karat gold-plated QV pendant.  The Queen of Versailles Collection will be featured … Read more

Naples-based yacht membership club names new CEO

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Exclusive Yachts, a subscription-based yachting membership club, has appointed David Arredondo as its new chief executive officer. Arredondo has more than two decades of experience in business transformation, startups and corporate strategies. Based in Fort Lauderdale, he previously helped launch and grow HUBX.COM, a startup that was named one of the fastest-growing companies, by Inc. … Read more

Jesuit alum achieves $5 million in giving to high school with another $2.5 million gift

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With the recognition of his second $2.5 million gift, Jesuit High School announced that Richard “Steve” Jenkins, class of 1975, has surpassed $5 million in giving to the school. Jenkins made his previous donation of $2.5 million in 2017. Before more than 850 Jesuit students, at Convocation, in the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Richard … Read more

Scenes from TBBW’s March Tech Connect (PHOTOS)

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Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held a Tech Connect: Taking the fear out of artificial intelligence, presented by KUDUCOM, Source 1 Solutions and SME Solutions Group. The event was held at the Five Labs, in Tampa. The panel discussion was moderated by Chris Moyer, founder, president and chief executive officer of SME Solutions Group. The panel … Read more

On the Hill: A Tampa veteran banker shares insights from her latest trip to the U.S. Capitol

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Rita Lowman, a veteran banker in the Tampa Bay region, recently visited Washington D.C., to meet with lawmakers about current legislation being debated, in congress. Lowman, former president of Pilot Bank, is a banking veteran with 45 years of experience. Her career highlights include managing 23 acquisitions, including the NationsBank-Barnett merger, in 1997. She currently … Read more