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Paul Huszar is retired from 23 years of active duty military service, including four combat tours in Iraq, one unaccompanied tour in Korea and operational deployments to Thailand, Bolivia, Honduras, Panama and Haiti. He relocated to South Tampa upon his retirement from military service and began his tenure with VetCor, a restoration company that hires

Links Financial is 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 successfully restructured over $700 Million in debt during the last recession. Prior to founding Links Financial, Parks’ banking career included senior positions with Bank of America, Northern

Yvette Segura provides leadership to the 3,700 USAA employees across Tampa and is the senior company officer in Florida. Her responsibilities include serving as the primary company representative to regional civic, industry and military organizations. She is also the senior on-site integrator/coordinator for community affairs, corporate communications, facilities, information technology, business continuation and people services.

Graham oversees all planning, development and execution of the company’s brand strategy, advertising, public relations, promotions and online presence. A seasoned marketing executive, he joins Michael Saunders & Company after a 17-year tenure as the vice president of marketing for The Ebby Halliday Companies, a 75-year-old, full-service, real estate company and respected Leading RE and

Allen Brinkman leads the bank’s operations and commercial banking team in the greater Tampa market and reports to Austen Carroll, executive vice president, chief lending officer. The 94-year old, Florida-based bank entered the market last year through the acquisitions of Gulfshore Bank and Northstar Bank. Brinkman previously worked as managing director of Atlantic Merchant Capital

In June 2004, the Tampa Bay Sports Commission named Rob Higgins its executive director. Higgins’ primary responsibility is to promote the development of community sports in the Tampa Bay area, as well as leading the Sports Commission, as the principal organization that bids on and hosts sports and entertainment events in Tampa Bay and Hillsborough

Physician Edmondo Robinson is responsible for expanding Moffitt’s ecosystem from within, and outside of health care, to deliver on consumer-oriented, real-world solutions for clinical practice, research and administrative processes essential to support growth and competitive advantages. Before joining Moffitt, Robinson was the chief transformation officer and senior vice president of consumerism at ChristianaCare, one of

Rondé Barber is a Super Bowl champion, and five-time Pro Bowl cornerback, who spent his entire 16-year NFL career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, setting multiple records along the way. Revered for his “ironman” status, Barber holds the league record for consecutive starts by a cornerback at 209, and by a defensive back at 224,

Entrepreneur Aakash Patel founded Elevate, a Tampa-based strategic business consulting firm providing public relations, community relations, targeted networking and social media, in 2012. Elevate has served over 150 companies to date. A Florida State University graduate, before Elevate’s launch, Patel was an editorial assistant in the Tampa Bay Times’ Tallahassee bureau, the public relations coordinator

Bruce Lamb is a shareholder and head of the Gunster law firm’s health care practice. Lamb is board-certified by the Florida Bar in state and federal government and administrative practice. He is focused on the representation of health care industry professionals, and entities, before regulatory bodies and in structuring commercial relationships that meet complex regulatory

Wendy Leigh has had a unique career trajectory: in education, entertainment, the arts, community engagement, marketing, public relations and development and as an executive on a leadership team. In 1999, she won the USF Distinguished Alumna Dean’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Arts—marking the first time it had been given to a theater major.

Gregory Celestan founded Celestar Corp. prior to his retirement from the U.S. Army. Celestar Corporation was named to the Inc. magazine list of the 500 fastest growing private companies in America in 2009. Celestan was selected as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Florida Award recipient in 2010. He is currently a member