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
