Heart Ball

The American Heart Association held its Heart Ball at the Tampa Marriott Waterside, previously named the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina.

The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke.

The event celebrates the organizations work, mission, donors, and volunteers.

CEO Connect with Brian Butler

Brian Butler is the president and CEO of Vistra Communications, a full-service marketing, communications and consulting agency that provides a range of integrated marketing, communications and management support services to corporate and government clients. Vistra is an SBA 8(a) and Certified Service, Disabled Veteran – owned Small Business. Butler has also served in the Homeland … Read more

TBBW’s First Women of Influence Event

‘Women helping other women—that’s what it’s supposed to be about,’ says Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher of TBBW United Way Suncoast CEO Suzanne McCormick, leads one of Florida’s largest United Way chapters, ensuring connections are made that cultivate growth, increase community impact and optimize delivery of the organization’s strategic plan to break the cycle of … Read more

Scenes from Waves of Change

Waves of Change honored two great women, Suze Orman and Paddy Moses, who have helped women succeed both personally and professionally. The Waves of Changes event attracts affluent, educated professionals. Eighty-five percent of attendees were women ranging from CEOs to young professionals in the Tampa Bay community. The event was held at the Tampa Marriott … Read more

A Discussion With Monica Eaton-Cardone

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 … Read more

30th Anniversary of Tocqueville

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 … Read more

Suncoast Hospice Ball

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.