Leadership

Board of Directors

The Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay board is composed of local community leaders with a strong and balanced blend of skills and experience, providing guidance and support to Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay’s staff and volunteers as we strive to uphold our mission.

The board of directors exercises overall responsibility for the policies, programs, and direction of Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay, while also providing advice and counsel on a broad range of operation protocols.

The diversity of the board is chosen to reflect a multitude of expertise offerings. All members have a strong and demonstrated commitment to our three pillars: work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy.

Executive Committee

  • Nelson Castellano

    Board Chair

    Trenam Law

  • Robert Shimberg

    Chair Elect

    HillWardHenderson

  • Patrick O'Connor

    Immediate Past Chair

    Raymond James

  • David Jordan

    Treasurer

    TD Synnex

  • Suzanne Diaz

    Secretary

    Fifth Third Bank

  • Joseph Cannella

    Vice Chair - Audit Committee

  • Kim Hill

    Vice Chair - Learning Experiences

    ReliaQuest

  • Robert Mossbacher

  • Pam Muma

  • Scott Price

    A-LIGN

  • Jack Rybicki

    CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

  • Yvette Segura

  • Bemetra Simmons

    Vice Chair - Government Affairs

    Tampa Bay Partnership

  • John Tomlin

    Tomlin St. Cyr Real Estate Services

Members

  • Brian Adamski

    West Point Underwriters

  • Ian Anderson

    Tampa Bay Business Journal

  • Melissa Ansell

    Amgen

  • Jonathan Arellano

    Bank of America

  • Dr. Ken Atwater

    Hillsborough College

  • Van Ayres

    Hillsborough County Public Schools

  • Alan Bertsch

    Qypsys

  • Brian Best

    GTE Financial

  • Steve Blair

    USF Foundation

  • David Blackwell

    University of South Florida Muma College of Business

  • Tyler Cathey

    Ally Capital Group

  • Jeff Chronister

    Tampa Electric

  • Lisa Faller

    FKQ Advertising

  • Jamie Granese

    MetLife

  • Dr. Michael Grego

  • Dr. Stacy Hahn

    Hillsborough County Public School Board

  • Tim Holcomb

    Embarc Collective

  • Stephie Holmquist Johnson

    Holmquist Educational Consultants, Inc.

  • David Kelley

    The Preferred Group of Tampa

  • Brendon Kingsbury

    Capital One

  • Keidrian Kunkel

    CareerSource Hillsborough Pinellas

  • Jim Lang

    Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

  • Joe Lowry Jr.

    Lowry Financial Advisors

  • Phil Malcolm

    AAA

  • Janice Matson

    Bloomin’ Brands

  • C.J Mintrone

    PNC

  • Sandra Murman

    Shumaker Advisors Florida LLC

  • Michael P. Quackenbush, Jr.

    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

  • Rafael Renno

    Jabil

  • Doug Rich

    KFORCE, Inc.

  • Dr. Melody Rider

    ConnectED Polk

  • Scott Riley

    Riley Education Foundation

  • Michael Robertson

  • Steve Salzer

    Velera

  • Steve Schultz

  • Ken Singh

    New Oceans, LLC

  • Alex Sink

  • Mike Tascher

    KPMG

  • Joe Teague

    Teague Financial Services

  • Marlene Velez

    MVPartners Group

  • Chia Yuan Wang

    Gerdau

Connections

  • Dr. Sandy Weiss

    Connections Board Chair

    University of South Florida

  • Steven Bricker

    First Horizon Bank

  • Dean Brooks

    Creative Sign Designs

  • Amanda Brown

    Bank OZK

  • Maddie Box

    Tampa Electric

  • Ryan Coffers

    Brown & Brown Inc. - Tampa Bay Divison

  • Daniel Driscoll

    Synovus Bank

  • Cameron Diehl

    Raymond James

  • Victor Gamarra

    Ernst & Young

  • Chris Garlinghouse

    Valley National Bank

  • Matthew Giba

    RTX

  • Nick Guaglardi

    Bernstein

  • Jacob Halusic

    TROFEO

  • Jennifer Hamway

    BDO USA

  • Paul C. Hayman

    Bank of Central Florida

  • Chris Horan

    Wellcare

  • Kyle Huber

    The Abelson Group | Morgan Stanley

  • Jerry Johnson

    Frazier & Deeter

  • Kayla Jordan

    Ernst & Young

  • John W. Licht

    Florida Blue

  • Joe Magyar

    Crowe LLP

  • Aaron Malarick

    City National Bank

  • Paul McDermott

    Holland and Knight LLP

  • Sean McHale

    Hancock Whitney Bank

  • Sandra Misciasci

    Hillsborough County Public Schools

  • Chris Morton

    CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

  • Damien Munnings

    Ferreri Search, LLC

  • Martin Nash

    Protiviti Inc

  • Ian A. Norkin

    BankUnited

  • Danielle Oliva

    Gallagher

  • Benjamin Prescott

    Prescott Financial

  • Brian Rockwood

    KLS Martin L.P.

  • Peter Seriano

    ProVise

  • Ken Singh

  • Kevin Sweeney

    American Momentum Bank

  • Ralph Urena

    Raymond James

  • Kira Warnock

    Grant Thornton

  • John Weatherford

    Weatherford Insurance

Trustees

  • Mike Attinella

    Integrated Supply Network

  • Betsy Bennett

    The Florida CFO Group

  • Timothy Bogott

    Tradewinds Island Resorts Retired

  • Dee Brown

  • Bill Cammarata

    MetLife Retired

  • Brian Cone

    Ernst & Young LLP

  • Craig Cuffe

    Kablelink Communications

  • Emily Duty

    Northern Trust Retired

  • Jeffrey Fishman

    Investors Tile & Settlement Services

  • Elizabeth Frazier

    Lightning Foundation, Inc.

  • Gloria Giunta

  • Irene Guy

    Tomlin St. Cyr Real Estate

  • Dan Howat

    United Community Bank

  • Merrie Jiordano

    Marketing Development Director - NOW CFO

  • Pete Kirtland

    Aspire Financial Services

  • Robin A. Lester

    Florida Growth Partners

  • Alex Lewis IV

    Citi Realty Services

  • Michelle Maingot

    Ernst & Young

  • Denise Palmer

    Tampa Tribune Retired

  • Pete Peterson

    ISN (Integrated Supply Network)

  • Bill Poe

    WFP Consulting

  • Bill Protz

    Catalina Marketing Retired

  • Ann Shaler

    Bank of America

  • Dennis Sheaffer

    Wireless Business Consultants

  • Marlene M. Spalten

    Community Foundation of Tampa Bay

  • Ellen Stavros

    The Stavros Family

  • WIlliam G. Tapp

    CBIZ MHM, LLC

  • Jose Valiente

    CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Retired

  • Kathy Werner

    Moffit Cancer Center

  • David H. Wilbanks

    Northwestern Mutual Retired

  • Lisa Yob

    Yob Family Foundation

  • Fred Zielinski

    Busch Gardens Retired

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