Leadership Tampa Class of 2025 Meets the Educators in Hillsborough County Education isn’t one-size-fits-all — and neither are the people who make it happen. Today was a powerful reminder of just how diverse and dynamic the world of ...
What happens when you bring 50+ passionate leaders to Florida’s capital for two action packed days? A whirlwind of insight, inspiration, and civic connection. The Leadership Tampa Class of 2025 visited Tallahassee on March 26-27, 2025, for an ...
Agriculture & Sustainability Day: The City Girl and The Farm Life On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2025, participated in their Agriculture and Sustainability Day. Somehow, me, the one born and raised in New York City ...
Our community impact day began bright and early at the beautiful, brand new Feeding Tampa Bay office. We were welcomed with breakfast and friendly faces. It certainly was the kick-off we needed for a day that brought about mixed feelings. This day ...
What started as a routine morning for our leadership program (LT 25) quickly turned into an eye-opening moment when our group witnessed a car accident on the way to the program’s Transportation Day (February 19, 2025). The incident was a stark ...
Leadership Tampa’s Government Day: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Local Government and Economic Development On February 7th, Leadership Tampa’s Class of 2025 took part in an insightful and engaging Government Day, offering a deep dive into ...
From Tech to Tactics: Leadership Tampa’s Immersive Military Day Experience Leadership Tampa’s Military Day offered LT’25 Cohort members a rare and unparalleled glimpse into the inner workings of our nation’s elite defense ...
Screaming sirens echoed across the Tampa Police and Fire Training Facility as Leadership Tampa’s Class of 2025 raced through a simulated high-speed chase. Earlier, the ominous clank of a jail cell door at Falkenberg Road Jail sent shivers ...
On November 6, 2024, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2025 participated in its Arts & Culture Day. Throughout the program, artistic leaders from across Tampa met with LT ’25 class members, sharing their insight about the current state of the ...
Megan Keplinger, is a member of LT Class of 2025 and with the Tampa Bay Business Journal. The devastation caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton not only impacted the Tampa Bay region but also delayed the much-anticipated start of Leadership ...
Tampa, FL - The Tampa Bay Chamber proudly announced today its 54th class of Leadership Tampa. The LT Class of 2025 is one of the most diverse groups in the history of the Chamber's legacy program that dates back to 1970. To date, it has served ...
The last program day dawned for the 50 members of Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 with the same sense of euphoria we last experienced as high school seniors on the verge of summer vacation. We were sad that our time together was coming to an end but ...
Leadership Tampa, the nation’s third oldest program of its kind, graduated its fifty-third class. The legacy program’s 50 professionals in the LT Class of 2024, bring the total number of LT graduates to nearly 2,600. Exclusive to ...
Celebrating the Role of Sports in Tampa Bay: Leadership Tampa '24 Sports Day On April 17, 2024, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 gathered for an insightful and engaging Sports Day, highlighting the economic and community impact of the sports ...
Lessli Hernandez-Gomez looked down at her patient, carefully planning her next move. The mission? To draw the patient’s blood. Perfection equals finding a vein in a single stick. “She’s stuck me a ...
On March 20, 2024, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 was fortunate enough to meet with local leaders related to every resident’s favorite topic: Transportation! Routinely referred to as one of the major challenges facing our area, to go along ...
By Jamie Whitehurst, Class Member of LT '24 and Director of Development of Dawning Family Services. The Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 enjoyed a day of learning and great conversations during our Government & Economic Development Day. The ...
On March 6, 2024, The Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 experienced a program day around Agriculture and Sustainability. The day started out with a trip to Fancy Farms Market in Lakeland to hear from members of the Grooms family who have owned Fancy ...
Tampa, FL – Recruitment has officially begun for the 54th class of Leadership Tampa. This morning, the nation’s third oldest leadership program of its kind went live with online interest form. The Tampa Bay Chamber will host 4 ...
The 6th and 927th Air Refueling Wing As a part of the best class ever of Leadership Tampa, we recently had the incredible opportunity to delve into the world of the military during a special Military Day event at MacDill Air Force Base. The day was ...
Members of the Tampa Bay Chamber’s Leadership Tampa Class of 2023 delivered hundreds of children’s books to the Tampa Police Department's District 3 Headquarters in East Tampa, making good on their class promise to the non-profit ...
When I first volunteered to write a post for one of our program days, I figured I would write about something I did not know too much about, so that I would not have any sort of preconceived notions coming into my writing. My assumption was that we ...
“This work is a calling to serve our community.” These words from Deputy Chief Calvin Johnson showcase the passion and care that our first responders give to our community every day. On Wednesday, November 29th, Leadership Tampa class of ...
LT’24 class members navigated the dark Florida Aquarium parking lot in the early hours of a mid-October morning to make their way to their bus. Seatmates were randomly assigned via a deck of playing cards. The bus embarked on its trip, ...
To introduce this day in the words of Chloe Coney, CEO of Community Enterprise Group, LLC., and program guest speaker, “You can’t just stay in the office to make an impact – you have to get out in your community to make a ...
Tampa, Fla. – The Tampa Bay Chamber is proud to announce the members of Leadership Tampa Class of 2024. Among the most diverse classes in LT’s 53-year history, this group of 51 professionals was selected from LT applicants across the ...
Closing out our amazing series of program days, LT ‘23 visited a few of the amazing locations in Tampa that delight both visitors and locals alike as a part of Tourism Day. Florida boasts over 138 million visitors annually according to Visit ...
On April 5th, 2023, LT’23 (aka BEST CLASS EVER), had an opportunity to visit some of the institutions that truly house the best classes ever. It was a day that started with education at the college level and beyond and ended with our most ...
Tampa, Fla. – Now through May 8th, the Tampa Bay Chamber is accepting applications for Leadership Tampa, Class of 2024. The legacy program, exclusive to the Chamber, has the distinction of being among the three oldest leadership programs in ...
On February 8, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2023 (LT’23) had the opportunity to spend the day learning about local government and economic development in the Tampa Bay area. LT’23 was provided a thoughtfully prepared “Primer for ...