Jo-Lynn Brown 
Tampa Bay Business and Wealth had its annual Holiday CEO Connect featuring Elaine Myrback, chief executive officer of EMS Consulting, at the private estate of Taylor and Sonya Ranker, in Odessa. Sponsors included Nperspective, Shumaker, Source 1 Solutions, SouthState, Tampa Bay Thrives and Windsor Capital. Host sponsor were the Rankers, of Questmont Virtual Family Office.
The Dewey Beach Bar & Grill The 8th Avenue Sip & Shop has been rescheduled for December 23, due to the weather in the Tampa Bay area this past weekend. Start with brunch at The Dewey (menu is $40, plus gratuity), then move onto shopping on historic 8th Avenue. There will be live music, snow … Read more
Valerie and Jeremy Lavin, the founders of Luminary Global, a St. Petersburg-based, veteran-owned and operated company that provides emergency products to citizens, first responders, safety professionals and the military, have entered into a new venture with four former United States Army Green Berets to form a new company called ViTAC Solutions, which officially launches in … Read more
Marina Pointe has closed 98% of the condos in Tower One while reservations for Tower Two are being converted to contracts. “With Marina Pointe’s Tower One almost sold out and Tower Two’s reservations becoming contracts, we can see how Tampa has transformed to become one of the country’s most sought-after luxury residential markets,” said Noah … Read more
Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg, currently the provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Texas Christian University, has been named The University of Tampa’s next president, by the Board of Trustees. After a nationwide search, which attracted more than 160 candidates, Dahlberg will become the 11th president at UT. She will begin her presidential tenure at … Read more
Keli and Mark Mondello are donating $3 million dollars to LiFT, Learning Independence for Tomorrow, a school in Clearwater, for neurodiverse children and adults. Keli, who co-founded the school to help her own neurodivergent daughter in 2013, and her husband Mark, the former chief executive officer of Jabil Circuit in St. Petersburg, have committed to … Read more
The International Franchise Association has named Nick Friedman and Omar Soliman, co-founders of College H.U.N.K.S. Hauling Junk and Moving, the 2023 Entrepreneurs of the Year. One of the highest honors bestowed by IFA, Friedman and Soliman were recognized for their vision, which started with one beat-up van, to become the largest and fastest-growing junk removal … Read more
Tampa General Hospital and the Tampa General Hospital Foundation have announced that its children’s hospital will be renamed the Muma Children’s Hospital at TGH, in honor of the large contribution from Pam and Les Muma. Last month, Pam and Les Muma made a transformational gift to TGH, in support of the Children’s Hospital. The Mumas … Read more
Yacht life. It even sounds lovely, doesn’t it? It’s one of those experiences that once you have once, you will want to do it again and again. It’s hard to go back to a boat. Some may say spoiled, I say, appreciating the finer things life has to offer. Sunburst Yacht Charters’ business banks on … Read more
In true Phantom of the Opera style, 500 community stakeholders and industry partners gathered at the Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay to celebrate another year in Tampa Bay tourism and included the appointment of new board chair, board members and advisory board members. In 2023, Tampa Bay achieved its best fiscal year ever with more than … Read more
