Chief of Protocol & President
Tampa Bay Trade & Protocol
Category: Government & Public Service
Deborah Wilkinson is the executive director of the Tampa Bay Trade and Protocol Council. The Council was restructured to work closely with the Consular Corps, MacDill International Coalition and the business community in promoting, and developing, the Tampa area as an international hub. The Council is comprised of the Mayor of Tampa and the Hillsborough Board of county Commissioners.
Wilkinson coordinates with other international organizations to leverage the strength of Tampa in cultivating education, business and culture that includes universities, Port Tampa Bay and airports in the Tampa Bay area and throughout the State of Florida.
Under the Tampa Bay Trade & Protocol Council, she has organized approximately eight major trade missions comprised of the City Mayor, County Commissioners, small to medium-sized businesses and Tampa sister cities.