For three years, Vistra CEO Brian Butler lent counsel to the faculty and staff of Mort Elementary School. Now he’s trying to help other business leaders make a difference. He witnessed teachers filling their classrooms with energy and ...
Tell us, why LTA? Leadership Tampa Alumni brings together a group of individuals who shared similar experiences during their time with the Leadership Tampa program. Although years apart in many cases, the involvement in the LT program brings about ...
The Vault filled with so many people April 23 the crowd began to spill out on to Franklin Street. Inside the event venue, balloons bounced off ankles, people posed for photos and dance hits filled the air. Folks readily fulfilled Earth, Wind & ...
The red and white striped pinafore dress gave birth to Denise Young's desire to serve oh so many years ago. The first time she walked into Miami's Mercy Hospital as a 14-year-old candy striper, she started developing a heart for helping, and that ...
TAMPLIFIED FOR TEACHERS By Ernest Hooper The Hillsborough Education Foundation and Hillsborough County Public Schools partner every year to celebrate "Excellence in Education" and recognize some of the school district's most deserving ...
Mark House hasn't jumped out of a plane since leaving the U.S. Army in 1985, but not a day goes by he doesn't refer to the experience or his days as a West Point cadet. "West Point gave me my foundation," said House, the managing director and ...
Mark House, Managing Director and Director of Strategic Projects for The Beck Group received the 2018 Parke Wright III Award from Leadership Tampa Alumni at the group’s annual meeting on January 30. Established in 2002, the award is presented ...
A salute to our local military leaders They pace in the lobby outside the meeting room, mobile phone pressed firmly to their ear. Maybe they quickly squirrel away to a corner to take a conference call or respond to an email. Some whip out their ...
Robin DeLaVergne, Executive Director of the Tampa General Hospital Foundation and Senior Vice President of Tampa General Hospital received the 2017 Parke Wright III Award from Leadership Tampa Alumni at the group’s annual meeting on January ...
Leadership Tampa Class of 2015 Discovers the HeARTbeat of Tampa By: Kerry O’Reilly, Tampa Bay Times Kerry O’Reilly Our minds were awakened by Renoir and Chagall. Our blood got pumping by the drumming rhythms at Stageworks. Our ...
By Melody Marrs, Goodwill Industries - Suncoast, Inc. Leadership Tampa Class of 2005 Melody Marrs I was one of the lucky ones! Lucky because I was with 25 fellow LTA classmates and members who joined together on Thursday, November 20 at Feeding ...
By: Stephanie Russell Krebs, Ph.D., The University of Tampa Stephanie Russell Krebs, Ph.D. My Leadership Tampa Education Day started like a typical day (just a tad earlier). I got up bright and early and went into my 8-year-old daughter’s ...
By: Jennifer Currence, Mario Camacho Foods Jennifer Currence The Leadership Tampa class of 2015 was fired up (no pun intended) for Law Enforcement Day on October 15. Most of us had already done our ride-alongs with a Tampa PD or HSCO patrol ...
By Jessica Muroff, Frameworks of Tampa Bay One of the reasons why many of us applied for Leadership Tampa was to learn more about how we could best serve our community. It was very fitting that Community Outreach Day was our first official program ...
The Leadership Tampa Class of 2014 unveiled a new outdoor maternity deck for the Alpha House of Tampa Bay on Friday, July 18, 2014. The new deck consists of a brand new structure complete with astro turf and grass, multiple sitting areas with ...
This is your opportunity to get involved in your community and find what you are passionate about. Come out to support and learn more about your local non-profit and community service organizations! Volunteering has many benefits. Check out what ...