Rebekah Nault is an IT professional of over 20 years and has worked for KUDUCOM for 16 years. She was honored as 2020 Member of the Year and is currently the chairwoman of the board for the South Tampa Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the Military Support Council at MacDill Air Force
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In 2013, Proforma became a certified woman-owned business, as recognized by the National Women Business Owners Corporation. In 2015, Vera Muzzillo led the technology initiative that propelled Proforma to the top of the print and promotional product industry. HOW DO YOU CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND GROW AS A LEADER? My greatest growth comes from my
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Company Stats Name: Tudi Mechanical Established: Pittsburgh in 1987; Tampa in 2007 Tampa manager: Robert Tudi Jr. No. of employees in Tampa: 55 Year won Tampa Bay Chamber’s Small Business of the Year: 2015 Tudi Mechanical is a family owned business, based out of Pittsburgh, PA. Established by Robert Tudi in 1987, it provides commercial
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In her role, Tracy West leads the strategic and overall management efforts for this official PGA TOUR professional golf tournament, played at Innisbrook Golf Resort. The event raises over $2 million, annually, for 80 regional charities. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR PROUDEST PROFESSIONAL MOMENT? Over my career, the tournaments I’ve been involved with and/or managed have
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Carolynn Smith-Jones is a sales, marketing and public relations professional with more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality, health care, sports, entertainment and franchise industries. She started her career as an on-air radio personality, for NFL Fox Sports, where she covered NFL preseason camps and sideline reporting, interviewing NFL players and coaches. HOW
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Penny Parks leads an organization that has completed a combined total of $2 billion in debt financings and capital raises for small to midsize companies, as well as restructured more than $700 million in debt during the last recession. Along with her husband, Class-A PGA professional Scott Yates, Parks formed Links Golf, in 2022, to
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The University of South Florida held a groundbreaking for the Sarasota-Manatee campus’s, first-ever, student center and residential housing complex. When the building is completed, in time for the fall 2024 semester, as many as 200 students will be able to live on the Sarasota-Manatee campus for the first time. USF expects the six-story, 100,000-square-foot complex
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The inaugural Toast Tampa, an all-inclusive two-night wine experience benefiting Quest, was held at The Tampa Club. [image_slider_no_space on_click=”prettyphoto” height=”300″ images=”24413,24412,24411,24410,24409,24408,24407,24406″]
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By 15 years old, Jorge Brea had already won a contest that led to him having one of his songs released commercially, via vinyl. It was a remix of an original song by an artist named DJ 43, entitled “No Tears.” There’s a distinction, he makes. He was making music, not “playing” music. Brea began
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Feeding Tampa Bay is close to reaching its fundraising goal for a new project call the Hub of Opportunity. “As Feeding Tampa Bay works to end hunger in our region, with more meals to our food insecure neighbors, now adding benefits-assistance and job training to bring families to true personal sustainability, a new facility is
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Tampa Bay Business and Wealth held its March CEO Connect with Lisa Holland, chief executive officer and president of Sheltair, in Tampa. Presenting sponsors included nPerspective, Southstate and Windsor Capital. Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW, interviewed Holland in front of a sold-out live audience at Sheltair. You can read Holland’s cover story here.
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At Feeding Tampa Bay, Kelley Sims leads philanthropy, donor and volunteer relations and brand strategy for the organization, which serves more than 1 million people and provides 95 million meals a year. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR PROUDEST PROFESSIONAL MOMENT? When Thomas Mantz approached me, five years ago, to join the team at Feeding Tampa Bay,
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