Pay Tampa Bay event adds keynote speaker, shares other updates

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Courtesy of the City of Tampa

The Mandalay Group announced updates for the upcoming Pay Tampa Bay, or #PAY TAMPA BAY, event, including additions to the advisory board, two keynote speakers and a new community partnership in the Florida technology corridor. The theme for 2020 event is “Banking, Blockchain and Beyond.” Event proceedings are being co-sponsored by BlockSpaces, a Tampa based … Read more

Enchant Christmas kicks off the holiday season in St. Petersburg

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The holiday season is kicking off at Tropicana Field as Enchant Christmas, an immersive holiday experience, transforms the home of the Tampa Bay Rays into a Winter Wonderland. Enchant Christmas is touted as the world’s largest Christmas maze and its appearance in St. Petersburg is the first in the Southeast United States. In addition to … Read more

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa names executive butcher for Council Oak

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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa named Walter M. Apfelbaum executive butcher at Council Oak Steaks & Seafood.  He will also oversee butchering for the property’s other fine dining establishments. Apfelbaum attended The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York.  Following graduation, he was recruited by Whole Foods to participate in their … Read more

Tampa businesswoman Ami Forte settles with FINRA

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Ami K. Forte, a former broker and managing director of Morgan Stanley, reached an agreement to resolve a pending Financial Industry Regulatory Authority proceeding which was based upon her alleged conduct while serving as one of the Morgan Stanley financial advisors for Roy Speer, a co-founder of the Home Shopping Network in St. Petersburg. The … Read more

Jessica Muroff named United Way Suncoast CEO

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Jessica Muroff, formerly CEO of the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, has been named CEO of United Way Suncoast in Tampa. She will take over leadership for Suzanne McCormick who started as president for United Way this summer. Muroff had been CEO of the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida since 2015.

YMCAs of Tampa Bay announce companies for 2019 Corporate Cup Challenge

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More than a dozen companies from around the Tampa Bay area will take a break from the office on Saturday, October 12 to enjoy a day of team-building and networking while supporting the YMCAs of Tampa Bay at its inaugural Corporate Cup Challenge. The Olympic-style co-ed team-building, opponent-taunting, skills-flaunting event promotes health and wellness in … Read more

Behind the Stories: TBBW celebrates its one-year anniversary

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One year ago, the first issue of Tampa Bay Business & Wealth was released. Since then, the outpouring of support and interest in this media company has been humbling. Every month, a cover subject shares their deep-dive stories with TBBW,  its readers and event attendees. We’ve been invited into their homes, snuggled with their dogs … Read more

Leadership Tampa Bay names class of 2020

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Leadership Tampa Bay announced its members for the 2020 class year.

Frank Rygiel, vice president general manager of Walbridge Construction is Leadership Tampa Bay chair and  Jackie Skryd, chief of staff at St. Petersburg College is Leadership Tampa Bay’s vice chair.

Leadership Tampa Bay is a non-profit organization that is governed by an independent board of directors who live and work in various parts of the Tampa Bay region. The program is funded through tuition and sponsorships, and 100 percent of monies go toward programs for class members and alumni.

View the slideshow to see the incoming class.