Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Vera Muzzillo

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 … Read more

Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Tracy West

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 … Read more

Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Carolynn Smith-Jones

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 … Read more

Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Penny Parks

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 … Read more

Rick Brandt crashes ‘CEO Connect’: Mardi Gras edition

Rick Brandt is chief executive officer and president of family-owned, Brandt, a manufacturing company and supplier of agriculture products, born in Illinois and now headquartered in Tampa.  The company had revenue of $30 million in 1995, when Brandt stepped in as CEO, at 29 years old, and, in 2022, had more than $800 million. Growth … Read more

Scenes from CEO Connect with Lisa Holland (PHOTOS)(VIDEO)

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. 

Tampa Bay Business Women Awards 2023: Kelley Sims

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, … Read more