DECEMBER 13, 2017 | St. Petersburg, FL – Leadership St. Pete® (LSP) is pleased to announce the Class of 2018.
“On behalf of the LSP Planning Committee, I am excited to welcome the Leadership St. Pete® Class of 2018. These forty civic-minded individuals will have many opportunities to engage with the community in the next six months. By January, they will determine the nonprofit organization they will work with on facility improvements slated to be completed by May 2018. Throughout the program, they will meet with community leaders, receive leadership training and explore many companies across the city of St. Petersburg as they learn about the most pressing issues our communities are facing. It is a relationship focused, fast-paced program designed to help a diverse group of professionals engage with community leaders to improve the city in which we live and work,” said Janette Dean, Chair, LSP Class of 2018.
The class met for the first time at the LSP Orientation Dinner on Monday, December 11th, at The Vinoy Renaissance St. Petersburg Resort & Golf Club on Snell Isle. At this event, they heard presentations from three nonprofit organizations competing to become the class project recipient and enjoyed networking with their new class members, chamber leadership and Planning Committee members.
The forty class members come from diverse companies, backgrounds and leadership roles and include:
• Jillian Irene Bandes, Bandes Construction
• Benjamin Alan Berry, Harper Building Systems
• Mike Brassaw, Execute to Excel
• Adam Brouillet, Trenam Law
• Dr. Sheron M. Brown, Sweet Eden by Sheron, LLC
• James Scott Callison, Suncoast Credit Union
• Otilia Canter, Modern Business Associates
• Brian Alan Caper, City of St. Petersburg
• Danielle Contino, Ceridian
• Michelle L. Cyr, AARP Florida
• Nikki Devereux, Pinstripe Marketing
• Darryl Ian Feldman, Great Explorations Children’s Museum
• Martin Frame, David Weekley Homes
• Brian Lamar Gainer, St. Petersburg Police Department
• Andy Gaunce, Gaunce Law
• Ericka Therese Guy
• Irena M. Karolak, Pinellas County Government
• Edward Robert John Lewis, University of South Florida St. Petersburg
• Elizabeth Marie Mack, Heart Gallery of Pinellas & Pasco
• Michael Dimmitt Magidson, Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP
• Madeline Manlove, SailFuture
• Miguel Ricardo Miranda, Refinery 18 LLC
• Derrick R. Nelson, City of St. Petersburg Police Department
• Greg Newman, Sabal Trust
• James William Reed, Tampa Bay Rays
• Douglas Rifenburg, Bold Business LLC
• Alison Riley, Habitat for Humanity of Pinellas County
• Maren Sofia Rogers
• Rebecca Arlene Schulkowski, St. Anthony’s Hospital
• Ian Michael Shelby, Progressive Abilities Support Services
• Cassandra M. Smalley, Doyle Wealth Management
• Debbie Sokolov, St. Petersburg Free Clinic
• Rachael Stanger, Sarah Chaves Law Office
• Lisa Helms Suprenand, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tampa Bay
• Loretta Caldwell Thompson, Caldwell Management Solutions
• Pamela Kish Walker, Canterbury School of Florida
• Ashley Nicole Ward-Singleton, FordHarrison LLP
• Kristy Lynn Wiegmann, Raymond James
• Melissa Finley Williams, Finley Williams Law, P.A.
• Daniel Anthony Zepp, St. Petersburg Catholic High School
ABOUT LEADERSHIP ST. PETE®
As one of the oldest leadership programs in America and a division of the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce® and its 501(c)(3) Foundation, LSP is a dynamic, intensive, interactive, six-month experience designed to promote and enhance community leadership through an in-depth introduction to social, economic, business and political issues in the St. Petersburg area. The mission of LSP is to identify, recruit and develop leaders who represent the diversity of our city and who will assume future leadership roles in our community. The LSP program is made possible through the generous support of community partners. Patron Sponsors of the Class of 2018 include Duke Energy, Heritage Insurance, Eckerd College Leadership Development Institute and Collaborative Labs at St. Petersburg College.