Past Speakers
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April 11, 2022
Adam Walser, Award-winning Investigative Reporter, ABC Action News
Investigator Adam Walser joined the ABC Action News I-Team in June 2013.
Before that, he worked as Chief Investigative Reporter at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KY.
Adam has more than 20 years of television news experience, starting his career shortly after graduating with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. -
April 4, 2022
Diane Egner, Publisher and Editor of 83 Degrees – Weekly Local Digital Magazine
Diane Egner is an award-winning journalist with four decades of experience reporting and writing about the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. She is a member of Leadership Florida and the Athena Society, and serves on the boards of The Institute for Research in Art (Graphicstudio, the Contemporary Art Museum, and USF’s Public Art Program) Community Advisory Council and the StageWorks Theatre Advisory Council.
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March 21, 2022
Andrea Cheney, Co-Founder of the Ausec & Cheney Group
Co-Founder of the Ausec & Cheney Group, a full-service advertising agency. The agency grew to $13M in annual billings with clients like Klondike Ice Cream, Val-Pak, New York Yankees and Nestea. Her responsibilities including marketing communications, strategies planning, and analysis for her clients.
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March 14, 2022
Jennifer Motsinger, Executive Vice President of Tampa Bay Builders Association
Jennifer Motsinger is the Executive Vice President of the Tampa Bay Builders Association. Her role is to manage the day to day operations of the association and to be the voice of the building industry. The Tampa Bay Builders Association is one of the largest and influential trade organizations in the state of Florida representing members of the residential building community in Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties.
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March 7, 2022
Joe Troy – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Boasso Global, Inc.
Joe Troy is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of private equity-owned Boasso Global, Inc., a Tampa-based multi-national and leading supplier of logistics and depot services to the ISO tank container industry. Prior to Boasso, Joe was EVP & CFO of bulk liquid logistics provider Quality Distribution, Inc. for over 10 years, and before that held senior leadership positions with multi-industry conglomerate Walter Industries, Inc., including EVP & CFO.
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February 28, 2022
Ernest Ferraresso, Associate Program Director of Partnerships and Projects for Cyber Florida
As the Associate Director of Partnerships and Projects for Cyber Florida, Ernie Ferraresso oversees the Center’s partnership program, working with industry, academia and the private sector to collaborate on projects of mutual interest.
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February 14, 2022
Darryl Shaw, Co-Founder & CEO, BluePearl Specialty & Emergency Hospital
Darryl is the Co-Founder and CEO of BluePearl Specialty & Emergency Hospital for Pets. Darryl has been CEO of business operations since he and his brother, Neil, opened their first veterinary hospital with three employees in Tampa in 1996 and has managed the growth to over 100 specialty veterinary hospitals throughout the United States.
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January 31, 2022
Craig Latimer, Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections
Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer was elected to his position in November 2012 and took office on January 8, 2013. He was re-elected in 2016 and 2020, and is now proudly serving his third term in office. His vision is to make Hillsborough County the best place in America to vote.