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Leaders of Tampa Bay Sports Commission, Dimmitt Automotive Group and Pané Rustica to Speak at UT April 14
Leaders in the sports tourism, automotive and restaurant industries will share their expertise at the final Business Network Symposium of the 2014-2015 academic year on Tuesday, April 14, at The University of Tampa.The event begins with a continental breakfast at 7:15 a.m., and the program runs from 7:45–9 a.m. The symposium will be held in the Vaughn Center Crescent Club and is free and open to the public.The three speakers are Rob Higgins, executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission; Karl R. Horst, a retired Army major general and senior leadership executive at Dimmitt Automotive Group; and Kevin and Karyn Kruszewski, husband and wife owners of Pané Rustica.Higgins has been executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission since 2004. In this role, he promotes the development of community sports as well as leads the organization in bidding on and hosting sports and entertainment events.Horst graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1978 and has served as an aide-de-camp to the Army chief of staff and as special assistant to the NATO supreme allied commander, Europe. His final assignment was chief of staff of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base. Following his retirement, Horst joined Dimmitt Automotive Group as the senior leadership executive.Kevin and Karyn Kruszewski are husband and wife owners of Pané Rustica, a Zagat-rated restaurant and artisan bakery in South Tampa. Kevin is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York City, and Karyn has a finance degree from Bowling Green State University and a background in retail.The event is hosted by The University of Tampa Board of Fellows and the presenting sponsor is LCG. Other sponsors include the Tampa Bay Business Journal and Sodexo Campus Services.The Board of Fellows holds this networking event three times a year to allow businesses that are well known, changing or new to the Tampa Bay area the opportunity to share their accomplishments and plans with the business community.For more information, contact Laura Randall, director of community relations at (813) 253-6200 or lrandall@ut.edu.
Leaders in the sports tourism, automotive and restaurant industries will share their expertise at the final Business Network Symposium of the 2014-2015 academic year on Tuesday, April 14, at The University of Tampa.
The event begins with a continental breakfast at 7:15 a.m., and the program runs from 7:45–9 a.m. The symposium will be held in the Vaughn Center Crescent Club and is free and open to the public.
The three speakers are Rob Higgins, executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission; Karl R. Horst, a retired Army major general and senior leadership executive at Dimmitt Automotive Group; and Kevin and Karyn Kruszewski, husband and wife owners of Pané Rustica.
Higgins has been executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission since 2004. In this role, he promotes the development of community sports as well as leads the organization in bidding on and hosting sports and entertainment events.
Horst graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1978 and has served as an aide-de-camp to the Army chief of staff and as special assistant to the NATO supreme allied commander, Europe. His final assignment was chief of staff of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base. Following his retirement, Horst joined Dimmitt Automotive Group as the senior leadership executive.
Kevin and Karyn Kruszewski are husband and wife owners of Pané Rustica, a Zagat-rated restaurant and artisan bakery in South Tampa. Kevin is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York City, and Karyn has a finance degree from Bowling Green State University and a background in retail.
The event is hosted by The University of Tampa Board of Fellows and the presenting sponsor is LCG. Other sponsors include the Tampa Bay Business Journal and Sodexo Campus Services.
The Board of Fellows holds this networking event three times a year to allow businesses that are well known, changing or new to the Tampa Bay area the opportunity to share their accomplishments and plans with the business community.
For more information, contact Laura Randall, director of community relations at (813) 253-6200 or lrandall@ut.edu.
The event begins with a continental breakfast at 7:15 a.m., and the program runs from 7:45–9 a.m. The symposium will be held in the Vaughn Center Crescent Club and is free and open to the public.
The three speakers are Rob Higgins, executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission; Karl R. Horst, a retired Army major general and senior leadership executive at Dimmitt Automotive Group; and Kevin and Karyn Kruszewski, husband and wife owners of Pané Rustica.
Higgins has been executive director of the Tampa Bay Sports Commission since 2004. In this role, he promotes the development of community sports as well as leads the organization in bidding on and hosting sports and entertainment events.
Horst graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1978 and has served as an aide-de-camp to the Army chief of staff and as special assistant to the NATO supreme allied commander, Europe. His final assignment was chief of staff of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base. Following his retirement, Horst joined Dimmitt Automotive Group as the senior leadership executive.
Kevin and Karyn Kruszewski are husband and wife owners of Pané Rustica, a Zagat-rated restaurant and artisan bakery in South Tampa. Kevin is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America in New York City, and Karyn has a finance degree from Bowling Green State University and a background in retail.
The event is hosted by The University of Tampa Board of Fellows and the presenting sponsor is LCG. Other sponsors include the Tampa Bay Business Journal and Sodexo Campus Services.
The Board of Fellows holds this networking event three times a year to allow businesses that are well known, changing or new to the Tampa Bay area the opportunity to share their accomplishments and plans with the business community.
For more information, contact Laura Randall, director of community relations at (813) 253-6200 or lrandall@ut.edu.
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