Awards & Events

Diamonds Direct held their Holiday Party in their retail space at 117 2nd Ave. N., St. Petersburg. It was catered by Parkshore Grill.  Photos by Barry Lively. [image_slider_no_space height=”300″ images=”7383,7382,7381,7380,7379″]

Valeri Marks has run eight businesses in her career including in the telecom, data communications, online real estate, recruitment and health care industries. She has been the CEO of Medical Technology Associates for six years, which was on track to do $24 million in revenue in 2019. She’s an avid mentor and is a member

It was a packed house at Tampa Bay Business & Wealth’s first CEO Connect of 2020. Held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa, January’s cover Doyle Carlton, III was the guest of honor. View the gallery to see images from the evening. You can read Carlton’s story here.[image_slider_no_space height=”300″ images=”7068,7069,7070,7071,7072,7073,7074,7075,7076,7077,7078,7079,7080,7081,7082″]

SPCA Tampa Bay hosted its Hooray For Hollywoof Fur Ball at the St. Petersburg Coliseum. The event, chaired by Rhonda Shear, took guests back in time to the days of old Hollywood glamour. Guests enjoyed auction items, adoptable pets and dancing. The event raised more than $100,000 for SPCA Tampa Bay. Photos by Barry Lively

Maya Mouis, a St. Petersburg photographer and makeup artist, was invited to one of the events during Paris Fashion Week held in the Hotel Ritz Paris in the fall. Designer Odalys Marino, from Tampa, invited Mouis to take photos of her most recent fashion collection. “She messaged me and asked, ‘Would you like to see

Embracing Life Wellness Center, a local mental health treatment facility, celebrated five years of supporting and strengthening the mental health of the community and spotlighted its new transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for patients with major depressive disorder. The center expanded in 2019 to include NeuroStar Advanced Therapy TMS, a noninvasive, nondrug option that uses magnetic pulses

Michael Lundy is co-founder and managing partner at the Older Lundy & Alvarez law firm in Tampa, which was established 15 years ago. The firm now has 12 full-time family lawyers and several more lawyers practicing in other areas. There isn’t an area of law someone at the firm can’t handle.  The firm is on

The Tampa Bay area is booming with women in sports leadership roles, which was the topic of discussion for this installment of Women of Influence, held at the Adventhealth Training Center at One Buc Place. The panel was moderated by Bridgette Bello in front of a live audience. The below transcript has been edited for

A group of Hispanic business leaders, in various industries, gathered to discuss their professional experiences and what drives them. The event was held at Five Labs in Tampa and was moderated by Julio Esquivel, a partner with Shumaker. Below is a segment of that discussion, which has been edited for brevity and clarity. The panelists

100 Black Men of Tampa Bay, in partnership with the Women Presidents’ Organization, announced the 2019 honorees of the Women of Color Achievement Awards. A total of eight local women were recognized for outstanding professional achievement, as well as demonstrating exemplary community service. Sponsored by UPS and Pinnacle Group, the event was held at the

Tampa Bay Fashion week’s main event was a runway show from fashion designers like Alicia Calero, Elizabeth Carson Racker, Johnny Was and stores, like Soft Surroundings and Spanx. The show was held at International Plaza & Bay Street in Tampa. There was also a Beauty Drive for donations of  make-up, skincare, combs, cotton swabs and more

How do women find success in technology? That was the major topic of discussion at Tampa Bay Business & Wealth’s first “Women in Technology” Tech Connect panel, held at Five Labs in Tampa. Presenting sponsors for the event were Acuity and ThreeBridge Solutions. The host sponsor was Five Labs and TBBW’s event partner is DCE