Member News Startup Weekend Returns to Tampa with a Toast to the Local Beverage Scene Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP Tampa Partner Michele Leo Hintson Spoke at U.S. Specialty Insurance Company's Continuing Education SeminarMember Events May 14: ...

Leadership Tampa, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s leadership program, is proud to announce the graduates of the Class of 2016. The graduates were honored at a commencement dinner on Wednesday, May 4.Stephanie Agliano, Owner of Aggie ...

Member News Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Rebrands as Bradley Port Tampa Bay Hosts Successful Forum to Discuss Florida Agriculture Export Opportunities New Study by Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Surgeon Shows Early Intervention in ...

Tampa, Fla. – Rhea Law, Chair of the Florida offices of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney was selected as the recipient of the 2016 Dottie Berger MacKinnon Woman of Influence Award, presented by the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. In her ...

TAMPA, Fla. – The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce released the following statement following the failure to place a sales tax increase on the November ballot: “We are disappointed that a majority of the Board of County Commissioners ...

By Kerry O'Reilly, Tampa Bay Times Marketing Director, LT '15Fast Facts:What is the RICH House?The RICH House serves disadvantaged children and their families in the communities of Sulphur Springs and Robles Park. The acronym stands for Resources In ...

Member News Feldman Equities CEO Larry Feldman Shares an Update on the Mixed-use Tower Trinity Cafe Open Second Location to Feed Homeless, Needy 3 Daughters Brewing Expands with New FacilityMember Events April 29: The Sustany Foundation 8th Annual ...

By Andrew "Drew" Jenkins, Shareholder, Bush Ross P.A.With a notebook stolen from my wife and a pen scavenged from our junk drawer in the early morning hours, I joined our LT '16 class aboard the morning bus headed to what used to be one of the best ...

By Kerry O’Reilly, Tampa Bay Times Marketing Director, LT ‘15The Tampa Chamber welcomes MaryBeth Williams to the team as Senior Director, Leadership Programs. This position, most recently held by Lorrie Hero, carries the responsibility ...

Member News New HART Recycling Pilot Program Aims to Help Make Tampa Greener Nitro Mobile Solutions Invests in Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation at Executive Committee Level Member Events April 18: Tampa Bay WaVE Mapping Your ...

By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of CommerceTransportation plan will get public hearing: The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners voted Wednesday to set public hearings in order to adopt mobility fees ...

By Maggie Fowler, Peak 10, Inc. Paying attention? – sure. To my own life, to the lives of my family and friends, work, community, politics, and a reality show from time to time. But today paying attention meant to realize that our normal ...

Guest Speakers Needed for the Summer and Fall SemestersPresenting to a classroom provides opportunities to influence the development of our local talent.Tampa’s local College and University Professors are seeking classroom Guest Speakers in ...

Member News 90th Anniversary Celebration Highlights New Name and Logo for Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital (video) Glazer Children’s Museum Announces Official Winners for Education Is Key Breakfast Tampa Bay Export Alliance Travels to ...

TAMPA, Fla. – An overwhelming 97% of respondents rate the level of traffic congestion they face in Hillsborough County as either “extremely congested” or “somewhat congested,” according to a transportation poll ...

By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of CommerceChamber releases results from recent transportation poll: The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce commissioned a poll of most likely voters on the issue of ...

TAMPA, Fla. –The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce recently commissioned a poll of most likely voters on the issue of transportation in Hillsborough County to provide objective information to help guide the Chamber as we discuss potential ...

Member News Tampa Bay Buccaneers Accepting Nominations for Military Family of the Year Award All Children's Hospital Celebrates 90 Years and Changes Name to Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital HART and UDT Partner to Bring Wi-Fi to HART ...

By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of CommerceTransportation funding races past healthcare and education in budget: The Tampa Bay Times noted this week that state transportation funding has grown by 55% since ...

By Tim Ford, Shareholder, Hill Ward Henderson LT 2016 Sports Day can probably be summed up as "how to keep fans in the stands" day. This theme permeated our conversations with Tampa Bay Rays president Brian Auld, Tampa Bay Lighting president Steve ...

Rich Marulanda, Executive Director, Head of Internal and Client Communications, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Strawberry Fields Forever Often times, many of us go about our busy days waking up early, sitting in traffic, ...

By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of CommerceTampa does well after Gov. Scott’s budget vetoes: Governor Rick Scott signed the state budget as soon as it landed on his desk this week. The Governor only ...

By Connie Gee-Abate, Strategic Initiatives, Greater Tampa Chamber of CommerceDid you know? The Greater Tampa Chamber’s Academic Partners have well over 300,000 students who are now preparing to become the future workforce of the Greater Tampa ...

By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of CommerceLegislative Session comes to a close: The State Legislature passed an $82.3 billion budget today in the last day of session. It passed the House 119-1 and 40-0 in ...

By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of CommerceScott awaits budget without priorities: The Florida Legislature continued negotiations this week on a budget that lacks two of Governor Rick Scott’s ...

by Bob Bincarousky, TECO Energy At six-thirty in the morning on February 10th, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2016 boarded two buses for a two-day trip to Tallahassee. The group’s goal? To obtain first-hand experience with the state ...

By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Beckner presents the third County transportation plan: About five weeks until a planned April 6 vote on a countywide transportation referendum, Commissioner ...

By Michael Maurino, Director of Government Relations, Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce House & Senate pass budgets $1b apart: The Florida House and Senate each passed their budgets this week, but a $1 billion gap in spending is just part of the ...

I consider it a genuine privilege to serve as LTA Chair for 2016. As a graduate of the Leadership Tampa Class of 1996, I value and remember with fondness the experiences I had then, and I am energized by my continued involvement with the program. I ...

by Brian Harris, Akerman, LLP On January 13, 2016, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2016 got a firsthand look into the state of heath care in Tampa. We started at Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel with a presentation by Denyse Bales-Chubb, President ...