Our Board
Leadership Tampa Bay

Leadership Tampa Bay 2023-2024 Executive Committee/Board of Directors

Executive Committee
Chair – Nancy Newkirk, Humana – 2013
Vice Chair- Eric Dailey, Halifax-Solutions – 2017
Immediate Past Chair – Jason Baker, Tampa Bay Business & Wealth Magazine (TBBW) – 2017
Treasurer – Skip Miller, Truist – 2014
Secretary – Michael McCollum, Hillsborough Education Foundation – 2020
Executive Director – Alice Bessette, Leadership Tampa Bay

Committee Chairs
Program Chair – Bill Merchant, Quest, Inc. – 2017
Alumni Chair – Gilbert Broco, CI Group – 2015
Recruitment Chair – Chris Nardi, Truist Wealth – 2019
Sponsorship Chair – Joanne LeBlanc, Colliers International – 2016
Marketing/Communications Chair – Katie Mahoney, Port Tampa Bay – 2020
Diversity & Inclusion Chair – Joanne Sullivan, USF Health – 2010
Governance Chair – Ed Ellsasser, PrimeGroup Insurance – 2015
LTB Foundation Chair –  DeDe Grundel, Friends of Joshua House Foundation – 2006

Board Members
Marcia Alvarado, WGI – 2017
Joe Chiellini, ASI Landscape Management – 2020
Alicia Conrad, Tampa General Hospital – 2019
Julie Davis, Rivero, Gordimer & Co – 2022
Kerra Kuzmick, Baker Barrios – 2022
Emily Lekahal, Tampa Bay Buccaneers – 2021
Lex Long, Long & Associates – 2018
Denelle Miller, FiCare Credit Union – 2022
Ann Pereira, Association for Enterprise Growth (AEG) – 2020
Felipe Ramirez, Bank of America – 2018
Kinard Robinson, Empowering Creative – 2022

Past Presidents/Chairs (Ex-Officio)
Brady Harris, Gilbane – 2015, Chair 2022
Jackie Skryd, St. Petersburg College, – 2015, Chair 2021
Frank Rygiel, Walbridge Construction – 2013 , Chair 2020
Tim Jarrett, The Tampa Club – 2013, Chair 2019
Steve Himes, Berkshire Hathaway – 2005, Chair 2018 (Deceased)
Stu Williams, Fifth Third Bank – 2010, Chair 2017
Sarah Lindemuth, Meshsem – 2012, Chair 2016
Danny Jackson, RSM US, LLC – 2007, Chair 2015
Brian Richeson, Tampa Bay Rays – 2008, Chair 2014
DeDe Grundel, Friends of Joshua House/Kids Charity of Tampa Bay – 2006, President 2013
Natalie Cacciatore, Sensory 5- 2006, President 2012
Jim Hackman, HHI Partners – 1999, President, 2006, 2008, 2011
Debra Hoffman, Hoffman Chiropractic Centre- 1999, President 2007 and 2011
Tom Martin, Directors Mortgage- 2000, President 2010
Machelle Maner, Wells Fargo -1998, President 2009
Tom Masterson, Masterson & Hoag- 1998, President 2005 (Deceased)
Doug Williamson, Williamson Diamond & Canton, PA – 1991, President 2005
Charlie Reese, JC Audiology – 1998, President 2004
Michelle Robinson, Dialogue Public Relations – 1998, President 2003
Russ Sampson, DTZ– 1998, President 2002
Trey Starkey, Starkey Land Group – 1997, President 2001
Larry Wilder, Wilder Architecture, Inc. – 1994, President 2000 (Deceased)
Susan Welsh, USF Health – 1991, President 1998 and 1999
Claude Macari, KPMG International, 1995, President 1997
Renee Vaughn, Williams Consulting Group – 1994, President 1996
Pat Shea, 1991, President 1995
Bill Tapp, CBIZ, 1990, President 1994
Jim Gillespie, Retired, 1990, President 1993
Cecil Edge, Cecil Edge & Associates, 1998, President 1992
LeAnn Elliott, Retired, 1988, President 1991
Dana Todsen, Todsen & Associates, 1988, President 1990
John Simmons, Growth Advisors – 1988, President 1989
John Toppe, Toppe Consultants Architects Planners – 1988, President 1988

OUR PROGRAM

The Leadership Tampa Bay class year begins in September and runs through June. Each year, the board of directors organizes 11 class days that focus on regional issues and opportunities. The agenda for each day consists of panel discussions with business civic and government leaders, questions and answer sessions, and facility tours. In addition each class member participates in both an opening and closing retreat and a two day Tallahassee Trip.

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Post Office Box 1315
Tampa, FL 33601

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(813) 486-8917