Emerge Tampa Bay Announces 2014 Protégé Program Participants
Emerge Tampa Bay and the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce are proud to announce the pairings of the 2014 Protégé Program. The Protégé Program kicked off in 2006 and has paired nearly 175 young professionals with experienced mentors and business professionals throughout the Tampa Bay area. The pairs will meet once a month to discuss topics including leadership, career development, communication skills, networking and influencing/negotiating. Click here to view the 2014 Protege Pairings!
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2015 Leadership Tampa Applications: Now Available!
Since 1970, Leadership Tampa has been introducing class members to major facets of the greater Tampa community through an intensive nine-month course. The Leadership Tampa program challenges members to see the Tampa Bay Community as they never have before while preparing candidates for the next step in their leadership journey.
The selection process is rigorous and competitive for the 50-60 seats available in each class. Come find out how to be a successful Leadership Tampa candidate while learning about the history and benefits of the program at the Leadership Tampa information sessions over the next month! Click here for more information, dates of the information sessions. Click here to download the application. |
Get Your Copy of our 2014-2015 Membership Directory & Location Guide!
The Chamber is proud to announce the release of our 2014-2015 Membership Directory and Location Guide! This edition serves as an all-inclusive resource for individuals looking to navigate the area and those seeking to discover more information about Tampa Bay's local economy, communities, leisure attractions, education and healthcare opportunities, as well as modes of transportation.
The Membership Directory listing highlights the more than 1,200 Chamber member businesses and the wide variety of services they provide to the Greater Tampa Bay market. View the guide online by clicking here. |
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Chamber Celebrates Ribbon Cuttings
Members Mark Milestones with Chamber Ambassadors!
Mr. Todd Wanek, Founder and Chairman of the Board for Ashley Furniture Homestores, cuts the ribbon during the grand opening of the first Ashley-Sleep mattress store in Florida. Neighborhood business owners, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, customers and Ashley associates joined the festivities.
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Stanley Cup Playoffs Presale: Exclusive Offer for Chamber Members!
The Tampa Bay Lightning are going to the playoffs! Click on the image to purchase your tickets today. This is an exclusive offer for Chamber members. Code: Charge. Go Lightning! |
Get Connected
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 | 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Hillsborough Community College, 39 Columbia Drive
Get Connected is a facilitated networking program designed to give members the opportunity to create business relationships with other members. Think of it as "speed networking." Each person is seated at a table with fellow participants and given two minutes to introduce their product, organization or service to the small group. Get Connected is a free event for FITs One and Two, $15 for members, $30 for non-members. Hosted by Hillsborough Community College, Institute for Corporate & Continuing Education. Click here to register. *Please not host/location has changed!
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Return on Relationships
Thursday, April 10, 2014 | 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, 201 N. Franklin Street
Creating great sales people and growing business revenue goes beyond selling techniques and encompasses a focus on behaviors and attitudes. During this interactive session, expert Clint Babcock will use his sales experience as well as the Sandler Sales program of training to teach you how to get the most out of the networking opportunities at Chamber events. Free for FIT One, $10 for members, $20 for non-members. Click here to register.
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2014 Women of Influence Luncheon featuring Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager - Sold Out!
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
A La Carte Event Pavilion, 4050 Dana Shores Drive
Join us for our annual Women of Influence luncheon featuring Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager. United in their humanitarian missions and the spirit of service - as well as through their close family bond - Barbara and Jenna have found a shared purpose in giving a voice to the disadvantaged while bringing to light stories of hope. This event is sold out! To inquire about the waitlist, please contact Anne Timmel at atimmel@tampachamber.com.
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Business After Hours
Thursday, April 24, 2014 | 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Continental Wholesale Diamonds, LLC, 1715 N. Westshore Blvd.
Join us for complimentary hors d'oeurves and a cocktail while networking with your fellow Chamber members. Free for members, $15 for non-members. Hosted by Continental Wholesale Diamonds, LLC. Click here to register.
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Doing Business With MacDill
Friday, April 25, 2014 | 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Tampa Westshore, 700 N. Westshore Blvd
Join the Chamber and U.S. Special Operations Command for Doing Business with MacDill. Featured program to include: large and small business focuses, industry-specific panels for IT and construction, proposal writing, Q&A with seasoned contractors for SOCOM and CENTCOM, small group "ask anything" sessions with MacDill contracting specialist, and discussion on industry trends and shifts with SOCOM specialists. $55 for Chamber members, $70 for non-members. Click here for more information and to register.
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Competitive Edge Series: Time Management & Organization
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 | 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, 201 North Franklin Street
Join the Chamber for our monthly Competitive Edge Series featuring Debbie Lundberg of Presenting Powerfully by Debbie Lundberg. Debbie will be speaking about "Time Management & Organization for Impact & Balance. Attendees can expect to have the opportunity to work through his/her professional scenario if requested, gain insight into how to best plan for balance, and experience the impact of being in control. $35 for members, $50 for non-members, Free for FIT Two Members. FIT One Members receive two FREE Competitive Edge Registrations per year per company. Click here to register!
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2014 Tampa Bay Rays Luncheon
Friday, May 9, 2014 | 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina, 700 S. Florida Avenue
Come find out what the Tampa Bay Rays have in store for Chamber members this year at a special luncheon featuring Manager Joe Maddon, President Matt Silverman and several Rays players and executives. Don't miss out on our first sports luncheon of the year! Joe Maddon may even keep the tradition alive and let the audience decide the lineup for an upcoming game! Presented by the Tampa Bay Times. Click here to register!
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2014 Annual Golf Tournament
Monday, May 12, 2014 | 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club, 5811 Tampa Palms Blvd.
Start working on your swing, the 2014 Chamber Golf Challenge is only 6 weeks away! Proceeds from the tournament, presented by BBVA Compass and Skanska, will benefit the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Foundation and all the Chamber's educational and leadership programming. Sponsorships and foursome golfer teams are available! Click here for all the details. Please call Anne Timmel at 813-276-9440 or email atimmel@tampachamber.com for more information.
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Member News
Saint Leo University announced a new Master of Science degree in Cybersecurity. Classes will be offered starting in the Fall Semester 2014 at University Campus, using a state-of-the-art cybersecurity laboratory. For more information please visit www.saintleo.edu/cybersecurity.
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Two major law firms, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC and Fowler White Boggs P.A. announced that a vote from shareholders of both firms affirmed their merger, effective March 14, 2014.
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Platform to Employment (P2E), a national program addressing the specific needs of unemployed workers age 50 and over has opened its on-line application for residents of Hillsborough County. Those interested in the program can apply at the Platform to Employment website, http://www.platformtoemployment.com and click on the Platform to Employment Application button on the right side of the homepage. |
Our expanded occupational health clinic, caring for injured workers, has opened on campus at Florida Hospital Carrollwood. The 6,000+SF, full service clinic has 7 exams rooms and on-site physical therapy and imaging. Clinic services include 24-hour drug testing, DOT & NON-DOT physicals, workers comp/urgent care, immunizations/titers, respiratory fit testing, fit for duty screening, and more! Our full-time medical director is specifically board certified in occupational medicine. An open house is scheduled for Thursday, April 24th from 5-7:00 p.m. For more information, please contact Lyn Acer @ 813-503-3628. |
As part of the company's long-term expansion strategy, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation hired Construction Services Inc. of Tampa to handle the expansion of the Tampa Campus. This expansion, designed by Ai Collaborative, Inc., is part of a continuing commitment to this community and represents a new chapter in DTCC history. The new expansion area made room for 255 new high-wage jobs with total average compensation more than double the regional average salary of $46,000.
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Employers... CareerSource Tampa Bay will be hosting a Veteran Career Fair (also open to the general public) on Tuesday, April 22nd from 10am-1pm at TPepin's Hospitality Centre. To REGISTER or for additional information, go to www.careersourcetampabay.com. This event is being presented at no cost to employers to participate or for candidates to attend.
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Majesty Title Services, LLC announces certification in American Land Title Association's (ALTA) Title Insurance and Settlement Company Best Practices.
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Vology, Inc., a $170 million North American technology solutions provider, has acquired the Irvine, Calif.-based division of Govplace, a Reston, Va.-based value added reseller (VAR) to the federal government.
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| Port Tampa Bay is pleased to announce the recent gubernatorial appointment of Gregory Celestan as newest commissioner for Florida's largest port. Celestan, appointed for a four-year term by Gov. Rick Scott, is expected to attend his first official board meeting April 15. |
The Tampa office of Warren Averett, LLC announces the expansion of client services by opening a Warren Averett Asset Management office in Tampa. The Tampa office will be led by Lee Brill, AAMS/AWMA, the newest Senior Client Consultant to the Firm. Brill brings with him more than 18 years' of experience in wealth advisory. He specializes in providing personal financial planning, portfolio management and estate planning to individuals and families.
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Member Events
Kids College Camps at Hillsborough Community College invites you to a 15% early bird registration discount, good through April 30! Click here to view all the different types of camps and more information! |
Tampa Bay Innovation Center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center for technology businesses, will hold its April TECH Talk program on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. at Microsoft headquarter offices, 5426 Bay Center Dr., Suite 700, Tampa. The April TECH Talk program, "Creating a Successful Sales Program," will be presented by Steve Terp, chief sales officer at Tribridge, a Tampa-based technology services firm specializing in business applications and cloud solutions.
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A Gala benefitting Bridging Freedom, presented by The Hyde Park Rotary Club on Saturday, May 17th 2014 * 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm at The Tampa Garden Club on Bayshore Live Band * Beer & Wine Catered By Grille One Sixteen Tickets $50. Sponsorships starting at $250. Bridging Freedom's mission is to combat sex trafficking of minors by bringing restoration to those who are rescued and prevention to those we reach with our message. Working in collaboration with the Clearwater/Tampa Bay Task Force on Human Trafficking and FBI's Innocence Lost Initiative to provide long-term therapeutic safe housing for victims of child trafficking. Please contact Lisa Wilcox (LisaW@bbkm.com or 813-282-3400) or Gemma Thomas (GemmaT@bbkm.com) for further information.
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Member Accolades
The law firm of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP is pleased to announce that Brian C. Willis, associate in the Tampa office, has been elected Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts. |
For the sixth straight year, PNC has been lauded by Gallup for having one of the most engaged and productive workforces in the world. This prestigious recognition, in the form of the Gallup Great Workplace Award, was given this year to an elite group of 36 companies. |
Attorney Blair H. Chan, III, a divorce lawyer with the Tampa firm of Givens Givens Sparks has been selected by other attorneys and judges to the highest AV (Preeminent 5.0 out of 5) rating given by Martindale Hubbell, the oldest attorney rating firm in the country.
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is proud to announce that the Florida Bar Tax Section has named William D. Townsend Outstanding Tax Attorney of the Year. Townsend, who works out of the firm's Tallahassee office, will be honored at the Tax Section's 36th Annual Meeting on Saturday, April 26 in Orlando, FL.
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Trenam Kemker is pleased to announce that Eric Koenig and Stephanie Crane Lieb have received the rating of AV Preeminent from Martindale Hubbell. Koenig is a Shareholder and works in the firm's Commercial Litigation practice group. Lieb is a Shareholder in the Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights & Insolvency practice group. Both are based in the Tampa office.
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Convergence Consulting Group (CCG), the premier business intelligence (BI) consultancy in Florida, is thrilled to announce that for the second year in a row, they have been selected by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as one of Tampa, Florida's Best Places to Work.
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| The Construction Law Institute of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (RPPTL) Section of The Florida Bar recently honored Carlton Fields Jorden Burt Shareholder Wm. Cary Wright for his longtime commitment to professionalism, ethics and dedication to mentoring and volunteerism in the field of construction law. |
David T. Knight, a Shareholder with Hill Ward Henderson Commercial Litigation Group Recently, was elected as the Florida State Chair for the American College of Trial Lawyers. The American College of Trial Lawyers is composed of the best of the trial bar from the United States and Canada and is widely considered to be the premier professional trial organization in America.
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New Hires and Promotions
Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A., a professional accounting, assurance, and tax services firm headquartered in Tallahassee, announces the addition of Pauline Sabitsch, John Spence, Christina Howell, and Nick Griffin as our newest Tax Department recruiting class.
Thomas Howell Ferguson P.A., announces the addition of Casey McLaughlin, Christie Thompson, Damien Rigol, and Myroslava Bune of as our newest Assurance Department recruiting class.
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Skoda Minotti announces the following professionals have joined the Tampa area CPA, financial and business advisory firm: Katelyn Perna - Staff Accountant in the Tax department, Stella Metz -Senior Staff Accountant in the Tax department, Corbin White - Senior Staff Accountant in the Accounting and Audit department.
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Fintech would like to announce the following new hires: Lindsey Lacich, Activation Specialist, Sophia De Jesus, Activation Specialist, and Shizuko Carson, Activation Specialist, are the newest additions to Fintech's activation team.
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