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Advocacy Board
The Stavros Center’s Advocacy Board consists of representatives of business, education and communities served by the Stavros Center. Advocacy Board members support the mission by contributing their time, talent and treasure in support of the K-12 professional development programs offered by the Stavros Center.
Gus A. Stavros Center Advocacy Board Members
- Mr. Barry Alpert – Alpert Financial Group
- Ms. Michelle Anderson – Pinellas County Schools
- Dr. Stacy Baier - Pinellas Education Foundation
- Dr. Marilyn Barger - Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence
- Mr. Phillip Barringer – Retired, Tampa Electric Company
- Dr. Bernadette D. Bennett – Sarasota County Schools
- Mr. Rick Bennett – Florida Blue
- Ms. Erin Black - Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
- Mr. Matthew Blum – Pinellas County Schools
- Mr. Ed Bocchino – Retired, Morgan Stanley
- Dr. Jackie Booth – Edukate
- Ms. Laphil Bowles - PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
- Mr. David Brown - Hillsborough County Public Schools
- Mr. Louis Buccino – Citigroup
- Mr. Jerry Cionci – Pure Inventions
- Ms. Denise Coburn – Coulter, Aviles & Jackson
- Dr. Gino Collura - CEO Effectiveness
- Ms. Carole Colvin - Bay Coffee & Tea Company
- Ms. Susan Copeland – Polk Education Foundation
- Ms. Suzanne Costanza – Florida Council on Economic Education
- Ms. Anita Coto – J.P. Morgan Treasury Technologies Corporation
- Dr. Gena Cox – Perceptyx, Inc.
- Ms. Angel Danger – Hillsborough County Schools
- Mr. Dick Dearolf – Retired, USF College of Education
- Mr. Fred Dorsett – Retired, USF Stavros Center
- Ms. Elizabeth Engasser – USF College of Education
- Mr. Gene Engle - Realtor
- Ms. Sherida Ferguson, CFP – Raymond James - Financial Planning Consulting Services Group
- Ms. Keri Gawrych - Truist Bank
- Ms. Cathryn Goble - Polk County Schools
- Mr. Paul Hauck – Camp Dresser McKee Inc.
- Ms. Kathy Hockemeyer – Sun State International Trucks, Inc.
- Dr. Dennis Holt - Retired, HIllsborough County School District
- Ms. Joni Jonas - USF Stavros Center
- Ms. Kelli S. Kennedy - School District of Manatee County
- Mr. T.J. King, CFP – Nichols/Geegan/King Family Wealth Advisors
- Dr. Deborah Kozdras – USF Stavros Center
- Mr. Thomas Lambert - Truist Bank
- Ms. Deborah Larned Werner – Deborah Larned Werner, P.A.
- Ms. Beverly Ledbetter – Saint Leo University
- Mr. Michael Ledbetter – Business Consultant
- Ms. Larissa Lizarraga - Hillsborough County School District
- Ms. Lesley Mace – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Mr. Sean Malott - Central Florida Development Council
- Mr. Eric Man - Financial Advisor
- Ms. Suzanne Matthews - Hillsborough County Public Schools
- Dr. Sherry Moser – USF Stavros Center
- Mr. Arthur Noriega IV – International Business Consultant
- Ms. Tracee Norris – USF College of Education
- Mrs. Lois Older – Victoria Elizabeth By Lois
- Mr. Michael Parrillo – Citi
- Mr. Steve Plummer - Pinellas County Schools
- Dr. Dick Puglisi – USF Stavros Center
- Ms. Jodi Pushkin – Tampa Bay Times, Newspapers in Education
- Ms. Marie Rodgers - Hillsborough County Public Schools
- Mr. Brian Rolfe – Wells Fargo Advisors
- Dr. R. Anthony Rolle - USF College of Education
- Ms. Daryl W. Saunders – Hillsborough County Public Schools
- Mr. Peter Sayer - FlexPath Capital
- Mr. David Scott – USF Stavros Center
- Mrs. Linda Simmons – R. R. Simmons Construction Company
- Mr. Randy Simmons – R. R. Simmons Construction Company
- Mr. Geoffrey Simon – Simon, Johnson, Stanger Wealth Advisors of Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
- Mr. Jose Soto – State Farm
- Ms. Ellen Stavros – Former Director, Florida House
- Dr. Gus Stavros, Chairman Emeritus – PELAM Investments, Inc.
- Ms. Tina Stavrou-Klem – Pasco County Schools
- Dr. Peter Trakas - USF Foundation
- Ms. Kristine Zambito - Raymond James