Alumni Profiles

Richard Castellano ‘94
ImageLift

ImageLift provides advanced surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation treatments in Tampa and The Villages, Florida. At ImageLift, superior facial artistry and luxurious, personalized care come together to create exceptionally natural and beautiful results.

David Delancy ‘96
One Day Came Inc.

One Day Came Inc. is a general contractor-construction manager and design-build that performs many levels of commercial residential construction. Its experience ranges from schools and airports to parks and recreation.

Kimberly Engler ‘98
ComplianceQuest

ComplianceQuest helps businesses transform with a next-generation AI-powered product, quality and safety management platform built on Salesforce. It is pre-validated and allows for streamlined communication and collaboration across the product value chain.

Helena “Bee” Everett ‘80
Everett Financial Group, LLC

Everett Financial Group, LLC is a full-service, independent insurance agency providing solutions to businesses and personal clients.

Brenda Gigante ‘90
Gigante Productions, Inc. 

Since 1997, Gigante Productions has provided an array of professional photography and DJ entertainment services for almost 100 elementary, middle and high schools, as well as individuals, companies and organizations.

Paul Gigante ‘91
Gigante Productions, Inc. 

Since 1997, Gigante Productions has provided an array of professional photography and DJ entertainment services for almost 100 elementary, middle and high schools, as well as individuals, companies and organizations.

Marie Hall ‘91
Forno Nardona LLC

Forno Nardona builds Italian-styled outdoor and indoor real fire brick pizza ovens for residential and commercial use. The ovens come in three styles and are either wood-burning or a hybrid with a propane or natural gas Italian burner.

Ferdian Jap ‘06
Zukku Sushi 

Zukku Sushi owns and operates locations in downtown Tampa, Lakeland, Lutz and Wesley Chapel, Florida, and Charlotte, North Carolina, with additional locations set to open in 2023. Zukku Sushi also owns Astro Craft Ice Cream and a new Korean BBQ Concept, KH BBQ.

Steve Johnston ‘95 
IDEAL AGENT

IDEAL AGENT is a full-service real estate services company. It makes the home-buying and -selling process easy and profitable by providing a seamless online experience and connecting clients with the top 1% of local and national agents from top brokerages.

Robert Kantor ‘94
On It Construction

On It Construction is a full-service facility maintenance and management company servicing Florida and 42 other states.

John-Paul Lebel ‘09
Lebel Landscaping

Lebel Landscaping provides landscaping, hardscaping, irrigation, tree work and commercial maintenance.

Edward Leonard ‘02
Matrix Hormones

Whether patients suffer from low libido, fatigue, mood swings, or muscle loss, Matrix Hormones’ clinic tailors treatments to specifically meet their needs, their bloodwork and body type.

The Joint Chiropractic Tampa Bay

The Joint Chiropractic Tampa Bay improves quality of life for patients through routine and affordable chiropractic care.

Bob McKay ‘87
McKay Advertising + Activation

McKay Advertising + Activation is leading the franchise and multi-location space in advertising by employing a consumer-centric and store-focused approach. Media technologies are equipped with store-level tracking and additional performance tracking elements. 

Shantell McLean ’03
Intex Builders, LLC

Intex Builders is a general contractor specializing in interior and exterior multi-family housing renovations. 

Juan Carlos Osorio ‘09
ClearTrust, LLC

ClearTrust is a full-service stock transfer agent. Shareholder services range from annual meetings to secure dividend and paying agent activities. ClearTrust is an award-winning, SOC-1 audited and female-owned business headquartered in the U.S.

Darren Portman ‘08
Lebel Landscaping

Lebel Landscaping provides landscaping, hardscaping, irrigation, tree work and commercial maintenance.

Zavier Rodriguez ‘99
IDEAL AGENT

IDEAL AGENT is a full-service real estate services company. It makes the home-buying and 

-selling process easy and profitable by providing a seamless online experience and connecting clients with the top 1% of local and national agents from top brokerages. 

Pedro Rosado ‘03
100% Chiropractic - Tampa

100% Chiropractic is a family of full-service wellness clinics that offers cutting-edge chiropractic care, massage therapy and supreme quality nutritional supplements. Its doctors, assistants and therapists work with patients to turn their health goals into reality.

Louis Sanchez ‘00
Westminster Pharmaceuticals

Westminster provides high-quality generic pharmaceuticals that address health issues in key therapeutic areas. Westminster is dedicated to improving patient outcomes and reducing the cost of health care. 

Nicole Stokes ‘03
Northwestern Mutual - Stokes Financial Group 

Financial planning with Northwestern Mutual helps clients live their best life, their whole life. Northwestern’s team of advisors creates a personalized plan with the right insurance and investment strategies, so clients can do all the things that matter most.

Jennifer Vickery ‘05
National Strategies Public Relations 

National Strategies Public Relations (NSPR) is a full-service public relations and marketing agency serving clients across the U.S. It focuses on media relations, social media, content development and more, all for clients that do good for their communities.

Christina “Christy” Vogel ‘93
Marketing Direction Outsourced Marketing Experts

Marketing Direction provides outsourced marketing teams to companies that demand world-class marketing but cannot justify the expense of a full-time marketing department.

Venessa Walker ‘04
Walker Chiropractic and Wellness Center

Walker Chiropractic and Wellness Center provides chiropractic solutions to address patients’ unique needs, whether pregnancy, neuro-spinal care for a child, back pain, neck pain, headaches or muscular tightness and tension.