Awards & Events

Engel & Völkers, a St. Petersburg real estate company, hosted a “White Party” Grand Opening with a red carpet and ribbon cutting ceremony for their new office located at 102 2nd Avenue Northeast, St. Pete.

The American Cancer Society held its Cattle Baron’s Ball at Armature Works in Tampa. The annual event brings together cowboys and cowgirls for an evening of western-themed fun and raises funds to help the Society finish the fight against cancer. TBBW was a proud sponsor of this year’s event.

Monica Eaton-Cardone is an international entrepreneur, speaker, author and industry thought leader. With a career spanning multiple industries and many companies, most of her own making, she ended up making a name for herself in Agile (project management) technologies with a dispute mitigation and loss prevention firm.  Specifically, she targets chargebacks and chargeback fraud—the $300

Guests celebrated the 30th anniversary of the United Way Suncoast Tocqueville Society, at The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art in St. Petersburg. Tocqueville members enjoyed a night of dinner, dancing and a recognition ceremony to induct six families into the United Way Worldwide Million-Dollar Roundtable. The roundtable has 500 members who have provided

The 18th annual Suncoast Hospice Ball, presented by Stahl Insurance, was held at the Vinoy Renaissance Hotel in St. Petersburg. More than 350 people enjoyed first-class accommodations for “Destination Unknown,” raising $312,000 for those with chronic or advanced illness or experiencing grief in our community.

Pilot Bank held its executive forum at the Centre Club. Body language specialist, author and professional speaker Jan L. Hargrave was the featured speaker.

Ben Heldfond is a self-described serial entrepreneur. Through his company, Heldfond Holdings, he invests in a wide variety of companies. Some of them he has an active role in, either through management or the board of directors, while with others, he is a silent, private-equity investor. Heldfond Holdings started as a real-estate company that operates

►A group of Florida Polytechnic University students and faculty are working on research funded by a North Atlantic Treaty Organization grant, aimed at streamlining the manufacturing and efficiency of handheld radiation detectors, which could be used at nuclear sites as well as for border patrol. ►Gary Ralston received the William Loftin Commercial Realtor of the

The 2018  Georgette’s Celebrity Fashion Show was held at the Hilton Downtown Tampa. Proceeds of the event benefit St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital for a new breast ultrasound unit.

Metropolitan Ministries held its annual Business Breakfast of Champions at its holiday tent. More than 200 business and community leaders came together to support families in need.

Cor Vitae (Latin for the heart of life) held its Evening of Gratitude event at Armature Works in Tampa. The event recognizes those who annually contribute a significant personal gift to the American Heart Association’s mission. Local AHA-funded community leaders and researchers came together to share what progress has been made in Tampa Bay. TBBW

Brian Murphy is the CEO and founder of Reliaquest, a global company that is based in Tampa. Reliaquest leverages a discipline called security model management to help security organizations build individualized security models that evolve over time to address their changing needs. By combining existing tools and technologies with Reliaquest’s proprietary technology, people, and process,