Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF): Military Day for the Leadership Tampa Class of 2022 (LT22) provided a unique educational experience that helped us all better understand the role the military plays in our local community and the defense of our nation. ...
Did you know that the first week of May is National Travel and Tourism Week? From the airport to the convention center to hotels, water taxis, parks and restaurants, Tampa is using tourism to promote economic development in our region. Our first ...
LT 22’s Sports Day was quite the journey. Starting bright and early at Amalie Arena, Amanda Uliano, LT ’22 Chair, introduced our Chairs for the day: Travis Pelleymounter (LT’17), Vice President of Ticket Sales & Service with ...
All aboard!!! What better way to start the day than to be on a Pirate Water Taxi along the Hillsborough River? Introduced by the amazing Amanda Uliano and led by our day chairs: David Loos (LT’18), Senior Account Executive, National Accounts, ...
Cars rolled onto the country roads of Cristo Rey High School, headlights on, with passengers ready for Leadership Tampa ’22 Education Day. Led by our day chairs, Van Ayers (LT ’19), Chief Innovation Officer – Instruction, ...
LT’22 Tallahassee Retreat By: Tony T. Brown, Tampa Bay Economic Development Council The Leadership Tampa Class of 2022 traveled to Tallahassee on February 22 for a 2-day retreat. The class was excited about the road trip. The bus departed ...
Government and Economic Development Day Written by: Amanda Jacobson, Senior Manager, Individual Philanthropy at United Way Suncoast Leadership Tampa Class of 2022 kicked off Government and Economic Development Day at the Office of the State Attorney ...
Media plays a vital role in providing information and perspective on the issues most important to our community. On November 17th, the Leadership Tampa Class of 2022 had the opportunity to spend the day learning about news reporting and video ...
October 27, 2022 was our Community Outreach Day, sponsored by Sykes and chaired by the wonderful Lance Lansrud. The purpose of this day was for our class to gain a better understanding of the role that nonprofits play in the Tampa Bay area, the ...
On November 3rd, the Leadership Tampa ‘22 Class had the privilege of participating in the first ever “First Responders Day”. We began our morning at the historical Tampa Firefighters Museum. We were greeted and welcomed by three ...
On Wednesday, March 10, the Leadership Tampa class of 2021 continued a very busy March with an exploration of the Agriculture & Port industries of Tampa Bay. The journey took them from the strawberry fields of Plant City to the heart of the Port ...
Photos courtesy of Stacy Miller The LT21 ‘Golden’ class ‘Government and Economic Development Day’ assembled on a rainy morning at the Office of the State Attorney at the Hillsborough County Administration building. Co-chairs ...
On a historic week in Tampa as the Buccaneers head to the Superbowl, LT’21 embarked on their week 2 program day focused on community outreach. The morning kicked off at Cristo Rey Tampa Salesian High School. In 2020, the high school had its ...
By Sheri Anderson, Tampa Bay Lightning The Leadership Tampa class of 2020 was privileged to be part of an inaugural programming day focusing on the highly relevant topics of energy and conservation. Environmental discussions happening on the global ...
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 ...
By: Darcy Calhoun, Tampa Bay Rays Sports Day! It was finally here. It was a day a lot of us in Leadership Tampa were looking forward to and it definitely lived up to the expectations. The morning began with us crossing over the bridge to the Tampa ...
By Laura Crouch, TECO Energy Laura Crouch On December 3, the Ybor City office of ChappellRoberts was buzzing as the Leadership Tampa Class made their way in to collect name tags, bus buddy assignments and a quick coffee as we prepared for another ...
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: 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 ...
By Jill Witecki, Tampa Theatre A generation or two ago, Economic Development looked like steam and soot, steel and ships. But today’s economic engine is powered not by sweat equity, but by information and ingenuity. This “New World ...
Brian Cummings Attorney – Greenspoon Marder, P.A. Leadership Tampa Class of 2014 After a hiatus of many years, Social Services Day returned to the line-up of Leadership Tampa’s program days for the Class of 2014, plainly a testament to ...
Leadership Tampa, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce’s leadership development program, is proud to announce the graduates of the Class of 2013. The graduates were honored at a commencement dinner on Thursday, May 9, 2013. Mark House, ...
Tina Cotton Assistant Vice President, Financial Foundations - USAA Leadership Tampa Class of 2013 Our most recent LT-13 (the best class ever) event was Natural Resources/Transportation Day. Our day chairs were Keith Greminger of Kimley-Horn and ...
Tina Cotton Assistant Vice President, Financial Foundations - USAA Leadership Tampa Class of 2013 Our most recent LT '13 (the best class ever) event was Sports Day! We were encouraged to wear a favorite sports attire, it was great seeing the ...
Jimmy St. Louis Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Healthcare Partners Leadership Tampa Class of 2013 What a great day we all had together on Government Day! To be honest, optimism for an exciting day wasn’t high as we were scheduled to be in ...
Tina Cotton Assistant Vice President, Financial Foundations - USAA Leadership Tampa Class of 2013 Our most recent Leadership Tampa 13 (the best class ever) event was Media Day. I feel like a tape recorder as we continue to think each event is the ...
Fundraising Efforts Provide First-Ever Playground to Tampa Elementary School This year, the Leadership Tampa graduating class of 2012 had a philanthropic goal to help the hundreds of current and future students at the MOSI Partnership School have ...
Tina Cotton We started our day at the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce offices. Our sponsor for the Day was Dr. Ronald Vaughn, President of University of Tampa. Our Day Chair was Bob Abberger, Senior Managing Director, Trammell Crow. The day was ...