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Co-Presidents’ Message
Thanks to the great efforts of our immediate past president, Charlie Reese (LTB '98), and a dynamic board of directors that hail from several years of LTB classes, we had a superb year of growth and success. Financially we are in excellent shape, and our programs for both alumni and the Class of 2005 are being planned to reflect a leadership program that has matured to become one of the most innovative and creative programs of its kind.
2005 is already taking shape as a year for even greater achievements. We received even more applications for this year's class than the record last year, and for the first time ever in our organization's 17-year history, we've achieved four straight years of successive gains in the number of applicants for the next class year.
We have achieved these successes while keeping our tuition costs low and while expanding the alumni and class programs. We remain the only independent leadership program dedicated to a regional approach to challenges and solutions, and we proudly attribute the depth and breadth of our influence to the more than 600 Tampa Bay area leaders from more than 300 Tampa Bay area companies and organizations who experienced LTB and created the shared vision of making things better in our communities.
Our goal ahead, with your help, is to improve on perfection, and make Leadership Tampa Bay the premier leadership organization in the nation.
Congratulations to the Class of 2005
The Board of Directors of Leadership Tampa Bay is pleased to announce that the 2005 Leadership Tampa Bay class will be the largest class in the organization's 17-year history. The 2005 class members come from different communities throughout the Tampa Bay region, and include bankers, attorneys, educators, business executives, public relations experts, utility directors, an Air Force Wing Commander, and more. It is also the most diversified Leadership Tampa Bay class to date. Here are the members of the LTB Class of 2005:
Michael Aloian, Northern Trust Bank
Allen Altman, Jr., Pasco County Farm Bureau Insurance
Omar Arce, St. Petersburg Housing Authority
Keith Brockman, Sykes Enterprises, Inc.
Lisa Brody, Bay Area Legal Services, Inc.
Barnett Brooks, Akerman Senterfitt
Jackie Buckler, WCI Communities, Inc.
Meredith Chapin, American Heart Association
Valerie Clark, Wachovia
Shyam Dixit, Jr., Trenam Kemker
Julio Eesquivel, Shumaker Loop & Kendrick
Debbie Evenson, Mayor's Beautification Program
Debbie Ferraro, American Guardian Title Inc
Brian Flaherty, Brico Electric, Inc.
Lynda Flanigan, Flanigan & Associates Insurance Inc.
Mark Flynn, Pathfinder Communications, Inc.
Lizanne Garcia, Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD)
Cathy Grant, University of South Florida
Adam Gray, GTE Federal Credit Union
Christine Hagen, BECK
Don Halpin, 6th Air Mobility Wing
Patrick Harrison, HLA Marketing Communications
Todd Hewlett, Grant Thornton, LLP
Steve Himes, Murphy Matthews & Associates
Tara Hustedde, Sahlman Williams Public Relations
Philippe Jean, Stan Weaver and Company
Bill Jonson, City of Clearwater
Mitch Lubitz, Humana
Marisol Lugo, SouthTrust Bank
Genae Lytle, Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce
David Meglay, BB&T Investment Services, Inc.
Brooke Middleton, Camden
Lena Mitchell, GTE Federal Credit Union
Kent Moegerle, SunTrust Bank
Daniel Musca, Phelps Dunbar LLP
Denise Muth, Skanska USA Building Inc.
Mandi Rice, Tampa Bay Water
Janice Rickert, Fowler White Boggs Banker P.A.
Lisa Robbins, Tucker/Hall
Mitch Roop, Mitch Roop, Inc.
Rebecca Smith, The A. D. Morgan Corporation
Laura Starkey, Starkey Land Company
Phildra Swagger, Ph.D, School District of Hillsborough County
Charlotte Tinsley, Signium International/Meridian Partners
Stan Vittetoe, St. Petersburg College
Lowell Walters, Gray Robinson
Fred Werdine, Fowler White Boggs Banker PA
Kathleen Williams, The Tampa Tribune
Carl Young, Interior Design Services
Congratulations to Alumni Members
Darrell Irions (LTB '02), was appointed by The President of the United States to the Board of Governors of the United Service Organizations, Incorporated, for a three-year term.
Julie Murphy (LTB’04), and her husband Thomas became the proud parents of Cari Lynn Murphy on December 15.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsorships are available for the 2005 program days. Go to our website at www.leadershptampabay.com or contact Leadership Tampa Bay for more information.
If you would like to submit information for the newsletter click here or send to leadtampabay@aol.com.
Alice Bessette
Director
Leadership Tampa Bay
Post Office Box 1315
Tampa, FL 33601-1315
(813) 486-8917
leadtampabay@aol.com
www.leadershiptampbay.com
or
Alice Bessette
Tye Maner & Associates
13301 Waterford Run Drive
Riverview, FL 33569
(813) 655-8524
(813) 657-9147 fax
alice@tmanerassoc.com
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