Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the Tampa Hillsborough EDC consists of committed and visionary public and private sector leaders who devote tremendous time to economic progress in our county and cities.

Committee representation is intentionally structured to cover various targeted industry sectors and geographic areas throughout our community.

The Officers of the Executive Committee:

Chair

Gordon Gillette

President

Tampa Electric and Peoples Gas

Vice Chair

David Pizzo

Market President, West Florida Region

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida

Secretary/Treasurer

Allen Brinkman

Chairman, President & CEO

Suntrust Bank

Immediate Past Chair

Rhea Law

CEO & Chair, Board of Directors

Fowler White Boggs

The Elected Officials of the Executive Committee:

The Honorable Bob Buckhorn

Mayor

City of Tampa

The Honorable Al Higginbotham

Commissioner

Hillsborough County

The Honorable Daniel Raulerson

Mayor

City of Plant City

The Honorable Joe Affronti, Sr.

Mayor

City of Temple Terrace

The Members of the Executive Committee:

Bob Abberger

Senior Managing Director

Trammell Crow Company

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Mark Fernandez

Senior Vice President

Tampa Bay Rays

Judy Genshaft, Ph.D.

President

University of South Florida

William Haines

Chairman & CEO

The Bromley Companies

Fred Hames

Senior Vice President

SKANSKA

Andrew Hall

AT&T- Florida

Regional Director, External Affairs

Mark House

Managing Director

The Beck Group

Ron Hytoff

President & CEO

Tampa General Hospital

Arthur Kirk, Ph.D.

President & CEO

Saint Leo University

Joe Lopano

CEO

Tampa International Airport

Isaac Mallah

President & CEO

St. Joseph's-Baptist Health Care

Bridgette Mill

President & Publisher

Tampa Bay Business Journal

Carl Miller, Jr.

EVP-Regional President

Wells Fargo

Donald Phillips

Managing Partner

Phillips Development & Realty

Michelle Robinson

Southeast Region President

Verizon

Chris Sullivan

Partner

MVP Holdings, Inc.

Chuck Sykes

President & CEO

Sykes Enterprises Incorporated

Tom Trotter

Vice President & General Manager

Chromalloy

Ronald Vaughn, Ph.D.

President

The University of Tampa

Jeff Vinik

Chairman

Tampa Bay Lightning