Our thanks to Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine for its February cover story on Chamber Member Tampa International Airport and its legendary CEO Joe Lopano.TBBW Managing Editor JoLynn Brown took readers back to the moment with Lopano revealed ...
Member company Warren Averett CPAs & Advisors has been recognized by USA Today in it's prestigious list of "America's Most Recommended Tax Firms & Accounting Firms" in 2024! One of the largest accounting firms in the Southeastern U.S., it ...
Food Truckin' w/ Fox 13 Tampa Bay interview segment featured Michael Blasco, a proud sponsor in our 2023 & 2024 Minority Empowerment Program. During Valentine's week, the 4pm Newscast devoted its franchise segment on local food trucks to ...
The Power 100 list identifies the most influential businesspeople in Tampa Bay Region at this moment, and 60% of them are part of the Tampa Bay Chamber family of member companies! Thank you Tampa Bay Business Journal for curating the annual list of ...
The Tampa Bay Business Journal revealed the list of honorees for 2024's Business Woman of the Year awards and half of them have Chamber ties! Fifteen of the thirty honorees are affiliated with member companies of the Tampa Bay Chamber, Leadership ...
Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine has revealed this year's finalists for its Women Who Win Awards. Congratulations to the more than 30 finalists on this list with Chamber ties - more than 60% of the finalists! In all, 54 amazing women are ...
Florida Trend's January 2024 Edition featured Chamber member, the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) and its CEO/Executive Director Gregory Slater. The business magazine included background information on Slater as well as THEA, which ...
Our thanks to Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine for showcasing our Chamber's 2019 Chair, Jamie Harden, in its first "20 Questions With..." article of 2024! Harden is president and chief executive officer of Creative Sign Designs. CSD employs ...
TBBJ Editor Alexis Muellner presented the Chamber’s newest cohort selected to the accelerator in his exclusive, “Tampa Bay Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator Set to Build Capital, Scale and Sustainability for its 2025 ...
Updated Post: November 16, 2023 - Paragon Cyber Solutions Wins SBOY 2023 - 5 - 20 employees category. August 11, 2023 – WFLA News Channel 8 reporter Linnie Suppall interviewed 2023 Small Business of the Year finalist Courtney Jackson after a ...
Congratulations to Chamber Member Ray Mohler, Founder of Little Saint Nick Foundation, on his Rising Star Award from the Tampa Bay Business and Wealth Magazine. The 25 year old entrepreneur and University of Tampa alum was among the seven winners ...
Tampa Bay Chamber Member Ellsworth "Tony" Williams was spotlighted in the Digital Journal in anticipation of his induction into the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame. The President and CEO of Veterans Counseling Veterans, Inc. will be honored in the ...
October 19, 2023 - JP Morgan Chase selected Tampa Based MAS Global Consulting for its special coverage during National Hispanic Heritage Month in the Jacksonville Business Journal. MAS, founded by Monica Hernandez and in the Tampa Bay ...
October 10, 2023 – Bay News 9 brought its news cameras to the backyard farm of electrical poles at the Hillsborough Community College Campus in Brandon. The story showcased the partnership between Tampa Electric and HCC to fill the growing gap ...
The retired nurse is the CEO of The Color of Wellness Media. Reporter Frank Wiley explained to viewers how she “was able to get The Color of Wellness up and running due in part to the Minority Empowerment Program (MEP), run by the Tampa Bay ...
On September 30th, Florida’s minimum wage increases to $12 per hour as part of the state’s amendment to reach a new minimum wage of $15 per hour. The annual increments of $1 will continue until 2026. The Chamber was asked to weigh in on ...
September 15, 2023 – Radio Rumba Interview on Minority Business Accelerator ’25 Cohort – Spanish language radio interview with popular host SaryKarmen Rivera was done on the last Friday before applications are due for the Minority ...
WFLA Daytime - Tampa Bay Buccaneers Team Reporter Casey Phillips previewed Cannon Fire & Cocktails on Daytime August 25. Casey was set to interview the team owners, head coach, and players. Within 24 hours of the interview, Buc's starting ...
La Zeta 105.3 FM & La Numero Uno 99.1 FM / 1280 AM – Three Spanish language radio stations spotlighted the Chamber’s Minority Business Accelerator and the recruitment of applicants now thru September 18th. The interview featured ...
Tampa Bay Business Journal – TBBJ’s annual list of 40 Under 40 has been released! Congratulations to our Chamber’s Vice President of Member Engagement Katie Lopez on being named among businesspeople from across the region ...
August 15, 2023 - Citrus Park Town Center Mall - Fox 13’s Charley Belcher was live in The Candle Pour’s St. Petersburg location with founders Dennis and Misty Akers. The Chamber members and Small Business of the Year finalists will soon ...
Great Day Live Show – The Military Affairs Director of USAA, Shelina Frey, was interviewed on local CBS morning talk show, Great Day Live, and proudly referred to our region as “Military Bay, USA” several times. Frey was being ...
Tampa Bay Business Journal – The Leadership Tampa Class of 2024 was announced by TBBJ. Special coverage included photos of all 51 members of LT24. Reporter Devonta Davis writing “The class shares similar goals with the previous ...
July 26, 2023 – Florida Politics reporter Peter Schorsch told readers about the launch of the new Electrical Line Workers Training Program created by Tampa Bay Chamber Members Tampa Electric and Hillsborough Community College. TECO has pledged ...
July 19, 2023 – FOX 13 Tampa Bay - Sherrel Sampson, MBA Cohort 2024, was featured on the Fox station’s franchise “What’s Right with Tampa Bay”. The story was filmed at Moffitt Cancer Center – the first hospital to ...
Lennise Germany, Chair of the Tampa Bay Chamber’s Minority Empowerment Program, and MEP participant Angelica Torres, co-owner of Wing Boys, were interviewed in advance of Florida’s Women in Energy Leadership Forum. Florida Natural Gas ...
Fox 13 Tampa Bay spotlighted Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay’s 3DE schools. The innovative approach to workforce development re-imagines the high school experience with curriculum apprenticeships from local business leaders. Florida is one of ...
The Tampa Bay Chamber is one of only 2 U.S. Chambers competing in the World Chambers Congress in Geneva, Switzerland June 21 – 23. ABC Action News Anchor Jamison Uhler interviewed President/CEO Bob Rohrlack about the Minority Business ...
The visit by the Chamber’s Military Advisory Committee last month was showcased by MacDill Air Force Base. The visit by committee members and Chamber Ambassadors coincided with the Hillsborough County Commission’s proclamation presented ...
Vision 2026 and the top five characteristics of effective chambers in the nation were just two of the topics during this half-hour interview with Tampa Bay Chamber President/CEO Bob Rohrlack and podcast host Brandon Burton. Rohrlack was invited to ...