Advisory Council

R. Dean Akers
Adjunct CEO

John "Jack" M. Barrett
President and CEO
First Citrus Bank

Anthony Borrell Jr. 
President
Borrell Family Foundation 

Charles Britton
Principal
Britton & Associates

William "Bill" Carlson, Jr. 
President
Tucker Hall

David Christian
Senior Vice President and Regional
Manager for Community Affairs
Regions Bank

Bob Clark
President
Tampa Steel Erecting Co.

Joyce Cotton
Director of Marketing and Community Partnerships
WEDU 

Al Dopking
Managing Director
Bellvale Capital LLC

Frank Ferreri
Managing Partner
Ferreri Search

Charlie Hardwick   
Principle/Investment Consultant
AGW Capital Advisors 

Christopher Lykes
Private Investor

Thomas Meachum
Vice President, Wealth Management Advisor, CFP
Merrill Lynch

Patricia "Trish" Messina
Director of Client Service
Resources Global Professionals (RGP) 

Travis Milks
Partner
Stonehenge Growth Equity Partners

Liza Mizel
Vice President, Treasury Management Officer
Cadence Bank

Robert Muir
(Retired) Senior Client Service Specialist
Willis Insurances Services of California, Inc.

Jarett Rieger
Senior Director, Office of Innovation and Industry Alliances
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

Penny Parks
President
LINKS Financial, LLC 

Colleen Quinn-Adams 
President and Owner
Colleen Quinn Investigations

Kevin R. Shukur
West Florida Market President
BBVA Compass

Brian Smith
Managing Partner
LCG (Lender's Consulting Group, Inc.)

Patty Soltis
Managing Director 
STYLEdge Fashion

Frank Spinelli
Director, IT Strategy and CIO Chief of Staff
PwC

Teresa Stinson
Senior Vice President
C&I Banking
Cadence Bank

Bill Sweeney
President
EIGER Leadership

Holly Tomlin
President/Principal/Owner
Tomlin St Cyr & Associates

Schezy Barbas
Assistant Vice President, Development and University Relations

F. Frank Ghannadian
Dean, Sykes College of Business

David Stern
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Natasha Veltri
Associate Dean, Sykes College of Business

Ronald L. Vaughn
President