Health care: A fireside chat with Florida Blue’s David Pizzo

David Pizzo, market president for Florida Blue and Bridgette Bello, CEO and publisher for Tampa Business & Wealth magazine.

David Pizzo brings a wealth of health care business savvy to Tampa Bay. In his current role as Florida Blue’s market president for the west Florida region, he’s responsible for 14 counties along the gulf coast spanning from Hernando to Collier.  In addition to being responsible for roughly one million members for the state’s largest health insurer, last year he helped bring $4 … Read more

ONE LINERS Polk

► Joe McLeod, (left) Florida Public Relations Association Dick Pope/Polk County Chapter President-elect, received the Joe Curley Rising Leader Award at the annual FPRA Conference.

►Lakeland-based Publix Super Markets Charities announced it will donate $5 million to more than 240 nonprofit organizations, including Feeding America member food banks, which focuses on alleviating hunger across Publix’s operating area. ►GTE Financial opened a Community Financial Center located at 5320 U.S. Highway 98 North, Lakeland. ►After a national search, Florida Orthopaedic Institute hired … Read more

Letter from the Publisher: ‘Fall’ in Florida

Autumn is here which means pumpkin latte’s, and that’s about the extent of it  for Tampa Bay, at least for most days. We Floridians know that there are few chances to wear our boots and scarves, until closer to the holidays. But that doesn’t change our desire to dress for work, and fun, like it’s … Read more