Events

AAC Community Breakfast

The annual AAC Community Breakfast has been held for 26 years and allows us to bring together administration employees in an informal setting to promote community, partnership, and communication.
 

2026 AAC Community Breakfast

Please join us on Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 at the Marshall Student Center Ballroom where breakfast will be served at 10am. Our distinguished keynote speaker this year is USF’s own Dr. Valerie Riddle.

Tickets come with a raffle ticket for exciting prizes and additional raffle tickets may be gained by donating to Dr. Riddle’s chosen scholarship, the College of Medicine General Scholarship (6 additional tickets for $5 donated or 30 additional tickets for $20).

Date:

  • Wednesday, February 18, 2026
  • Marshall Student Center Ballroom

Tickets:

Speaker:

Dr. Valerie Riddle (MD ’89, BA ’84) is a proud double alumna of USF. A Tampa native, she has spent much of her career advancing medicine as both a physician and a leader in the biopharmaceutical industry, while remaining deeply connected to her alma mater. Most recently, she was Associate Dean for Alumni Engagement at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine from 2018 to 2025. Dr. Riddle previously served on the USF Foundation Board of Directors and the Morsani College of Medicine Alumni Society Board, where she is a past chair. She is also an immediate past chair and active member of USF’s Women in Leadership & Philanthropy, contributing to its executive, mentoring, and scholarship committees and helping champion opportunities for women across the university. Through her leadership, philanthropy, and advocacy, Dr. Riddle continues to strengthen the USF community for students, alumni, and colleagues alike. 

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Previous Community Breakfast Speakers

Year

Date

Speaker(s)

Photo Gallery

2025
1/23/2025 Dr. Andy Hafer and Eileen Hafer View Photos
2024
1/18/2024 Sam Barrington, MBA ‘21  
2023
1/26/2023 Mayor Jane Castor  
2022
03/23/2022 Scott Glaser, Executive Director Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl View Photos
2021
  No Breakfast held  
2020
1/22/2020 USF President Steven Currall, Ph.D.  

2019

1/29/2019

Iris A. Elijah, '08, Assistant General Counsel, State University System of Florida Board of Governors View Photos
2018
3/22/2018 Anddrikk Frazier '01, President & CEO Integral Energy  
2017
3/23/2017 City of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn View Photos
2016
4/7/2016 Michele Norris '79, President Navigen Leadership View Photos
2015
3/31/2015 Richard Gonzmart, President of Columbia Restaurant Group  
2014
4/3/2014 Trustee Brian Lamb '98 Chairman of the Board, Fifth Third Bank  
2013
  No Breakfast held  
2012
9/11/2012 Rob Higgins '01, Exec Director Tampa Bay Sports Commission  
2011
3/31/2011 Coach Skip Holtz, USF Bulls Football Coach  
2010
4/6/2010 Trustee John Ramil '78  
2009
1/13/2009 Frank and Carol Morsani  
2008
1/15/2008 USF Provost Ralph Wilcox, PhD  
2007
1/13/2007 USF Trustee Margarita R. Cancio, MD '82  
2006
1/18/2006 USF Trustee Rhea Law '77  
2005
  No Breakfast held  
2004
11/23/2004 Patricia Beane, Hillsborough County Administrator  
2003
1/29/2003

City of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio '01

 

2002
1/28/2002 Renu Khator, PhD, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Kathleen Betancourt, AVP for Governmental Relations
 
2001
12/5/2001 USF President Genshaft  
2000
11/28/2000 USF President Genshaft  
1999
11/9/1999 Gary Walker, Health Care Attorney and Expert  
1998
  No Speaker  
1997
  No Speaker