The Benefits of Membership

Listed below are just a few of the benefits available to members:

• Access to the intellectual capital of about 210 CEO Council Members
• Regular Monthly Speaker Series (more than $75,000 worth of speakers)
• The opportunity to be asked by other members to provide business services

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Members In The News

07.09.18 - Meet the 2018 Fast 50 honorees: Burgess Civil

07.06.18 - Here are the 2018 BusinessWoman of the Year honorees

06.26.18 - Schifino Lee Advertising Announces Sponsorship of AMA Tampa Bay

06.26.18 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Unveils Armed Services Appreciation Program

06.21.18 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Announces Partnership with Marc Rutenberg Homes

06.02.18 - Absolute Marketing Solutions Wins 2 Web Design Awards for ZooTampa at Lowry Park

05.22.18 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Receives Golden Barrel Award

05.18.18 - Guest column by CEO Council member Dean Akers

05.15.18 - CEO Council member Critical Intervention Services talking about school safety - Is your child's school safe? Examining the top 3 school safety vulnerabilities

05.15.18 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Honored at National Sales Convention

04.30.18 - Absolute Marketing Solutions Named Top Tampa Digital Marketing & SEO Company by Clutch Research

04.29.18 - Colleen Chappell Named 2018 Woman of Influence

04.27.18 - Restaurant Group partner pivots plans for Hyde Park Village, strikes out with new Italian concept in old Piquant space

04.26.18 - Directed Capital Leases Full Floor at Downtown St. Petersburg’s Morgan Stanley Tower

04.25.18 - Meet Tudi Mechanical Systems, a 2018 Best Places to Work honoree 

04.23.18 - Meet Beck Group, a 2018 Best Places to Work honoree

04.20.18 - Meet IT Authorities, a 2018 Best Places to Work honoree 

04.18.18 - Absolute Marketing Solutions Redesigns and Launches a Fresh Website for ZooTampa at Lowry Park

04.11.18 - Vistra President Named 2018 SBA Minority-Owned Small Business Person of the Year (State of Florida and South Florida District)

04.17.18 - CRG expands health emphasis with new Ciccio Cali in South Tampa (New renderings)

04.13.18 - Meet Onicx Construction, a 2018 Best Places to Work honoree

04.12.18 - Feeding Tampa Bay and ChappellRoberts Win American Marketing Association Marketer of the Year

04.12.18 - Inside Taco Dirty, the new Ciccio Restaurant Group concept coming soon to South Tampa (Renderings)

04.11.18 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Announces Partnership with Buyside

04.06.18 - Company with ambitious goals injects humor into business model

03.29.18 - 3 ways to protect your business from ransomware attacks

02.14.18 - 6 questions to ask when you're hiring an IT partner

01.24.18 - 5 tips for migrating to Microsoft Office 365

03.27.18 - Alfred Goldberg of Absolute Marketing Solutions to moderate an International panel at the 2018 Synapse Innovation Summit

03.23.18 - Largest Office Furniture Dealers in Tampa Bay

03.22.18 - University of Tampa’s MBA Program Placed in the Top Tier by CEO Magazine Amongst National and International Programs; EMBA Program Ranked 43rd

03.12.18 - Premier Eye Care CEO Lorna Taylor receives 2018 Leadership Award from Working Women of Tampa Bay

03.08.18 - Tampa's zoo gets new name and announces big growth plans (Video)

02.21.18 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Exceeds $1 Billion in 2017 Home Sales

02.07.18 - Creative Sign Designs’ Jamie Harden Receives Governor’s Business Ambassador Award

01.25.18 - Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Peter W. Zinober Elected to WADA Board of Directors

01.24.18 - Acai bowls and matcha soft serve: Inside Sweet Soul, Ciccio Restaurant Group's newest concept, coming soon to South Tampa

01.18.18 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Exhibits at China’s Premier Luxury Property Show, LPS Shanghai

01.11.18 - Bank of Tampa CEO has a message for the Fed about the Tampa economy

01.08.18 - Schifino Lee Achieves Double Platinum Status in 2018 Graphis Advertising Award Annual

01.03.18 - Vistra Communications Expands Capabilities with Attainment of Marketing Associates USA

12.20.17 - Tampa Bay Business Journal president and publisher to resign

12.07.17 - 5 biggest benefits of moving to the cloud

12.15.17 - Chamber installs new leadership at 132nd Annual Meeting

12.14.17 - 21 Tampa Bay C-suite execs share detailed business forecasts for 2018

12.07.17 - 5 biggest benefits of moving to the cloud

11.16.17 - 7 steps for protecting your IT from disasters

12.19.17 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Supports the Sunshine Kids Foundation

11.28.17 - Alfred Goldberg to Guest Lecture at the University of Tampa’s Writing For Advertising Class

11.28.17 - Tampa expressway agency plans another $200 million for projects

11.15.17 - Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Peter W. Zinober Receives TBBCA 2017 Impact Award

11.01.17 - Tampa Bay shelter rescues 111 animals from Puerto Rico

11.01.17 - University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business Again Named One of the World’s Top Business Schools by the Princeton Review

10.05.17 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Ranked Highest for Repeat Home Seller Satisfaction in J.D. Power’s 2017 Home Buyer/Seller Satisfaction Study

10.02.17 - Cattle ranching, pro boxing and marathons: 51 things to know about Tampa Bay executives

09.27.17 - For Ciccio's Gigante, the 'bleeding' plant-based burger is a passion project

09.26.17 - Lorna Taylor to receive Tampa Bay Ethics Award from University of Tampa Center for Ethics

09.08.17- TBBJ 200 - Largest private companies in Tampa Bay

09.15.17 - Fast 100: Meet Florida's fastest-growing companies

08.24.17 - Leadership transition at Cox Fire stays within the family (Video)

08.22.17 - Inc. 5000 2017: The Full List

08.18.17 - School’s In

08.02.17 - IberiaBank completes $1B acquisition of Sabadell United

07.24.17 - Real Estate Market ‘Disruptor’ Launches in Tampa Bay Ideal Agent Bringing 2% Commissions for Local Home Sellers

07.20.17 - CAPTRUST Advisors, LLC to Relocate Headquarters to Downtown Tampa’s Park Tower

07.19.17 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Featured at Property Management Conference

07.17.17 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Hosts Mega Open House Weekend

06.21.17 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Acquires the Gulf Life Realty Group

06.16.17 - From brewers to builders, these are Tampa Bay's 50 fastest-growing companies

05.17.17 - 2017 Nonprofit of the Year finalists named

06.02.17 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Acquires Tampa Bay Rental Solutions

05.25.17 - Here's what will replace Piquant in Hyde Park Village

05.23.17 - Premier Eye Care’s Lorna Taylor named state finalist for EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Award

05.08.17 - Avison Young retained to sell ±30.9-acre mixed-use redevelopment opportunity with over a ½ mile of waterfront and unobstructed views of Tampa Bay from Rattlesnake Point

04.18.17 - Absolute Mobile Solutions Wins a Gold Hermes Creative Awards for the Ciccio Restaurant Group’s Multisite

04.27.17 - At 10-year milestone, Dean Ghannadian has witnessed massive UT growth (Video)

04.10.17 - Ciccio Restaurant Group strikes deal to expand Fresh Kitchen throughout Florida

04.06.17 - CEO Magazine Places UT Sykes College of Business in Top Tier for MBA and Executive MBA Programs

04.03.17 - Majesty Title Services, LLC, Expands Into St. Petersburg, Florida with Acquisition of Protected Title, LLC

03.24.17 - Franklin Street Sees High Demand for Class B and C Assets in Q1 2017, Dealmaking Expected to Continue

03.20.17 - EDC Names David R. Punzak as Vice Chair

03.13.17 - Meet your mentor: These Tampa Bay area women will offer advice at Mentoring Monday

03.02.17 - IberiaBank’s long courtship of Sabadell United led to a Mardi Gras engagement

02.28.17 - IberiaBank strikes $1B deal to buy one of Florida’s biggest banks

02.21.17 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Creates New Luxury Division

02.21.17 - WUSF Public Media to Host Massive ‘Longest Table’ Event

02.10.17 - Avison Young’s seventh annual tennis tournament fundraiser raises $28,000 for Children’s Board Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay

02.10.17 - Franklin Street Closes $7.5 Million Sale of Brandon Shopping Center

02.09.17 - Seeing double: Lions Eye acquires International Sight

01.31.17 - Premier Eye Care receives re-certification from NCQA

01.05.17 - Majesty Title Services, LLC Opens Another Branch in Brandon

01.01.17 - Champions for Children (Boot Camp for New Dads) selected agency and project - Community Engagement Initiative: Academia Partnering with the Health Department and Community Agencies for Change -

01.01.17 - Champions For Children Supporting Tampa Bay Parents For 40 years - (See page 16)

12.30.16 - Power 100: Tampa Bay's most influential business leaders (Part 4)

12.29.16 - Power 100: Tampa Bay's most influential business leaders (Part 3)

12.28.16 - Power 100: Tampa Bay's most influential business leaders (Part 2)

12.28.16 - Power 100: Tampa Bay's most influential business leaders (Part 1)

12.15.16 - Absolute Mobile Solutions Wins Prestigious Davey Award for MOSI Website Design

12.15.16 - 2016 Florida Companies to Watch Honorees

12.13.16 - Franklin Street Leads Turnaround of Two Tampa-Area Shopping Centers

11.20.16 - University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business Named One of the Best Graduate Business Schools By Bloomberg Businessweek

11.18.16 - USF Center for Entrepreneurship Ranked Tops in the Southeast, 10th in the Nation

11.11.16 - Meet the 2016 TBBJ 200, the area's top privately held companies

11.14.16 - Bayshore Solutions Launches Tiara Yachts Website, Tailored For Customer Experience Excellence

11.03.16 - Alfred Goldberg to Mentor Vets on their Startup Ideas at the Fourth Annual HCC Veterans Entrepreneurship Program

11.01.16 - Schifino Lee selected to handle branding, advertising and marketing of new Cross-Bay Ferry service

10.25.16 - Insight from 50 C-level executives in Tampa Bay, in 100 words or less

10.19.16 - How This Entrepreneur Built The Ultimate Business Network

10.11.16 - University of Tampa’s Sykes College of Business Again Named One of the World’s Top Business Schools by the Princeton Review

10.10.16 - Chicken and donuts: Inside the creation of Better Byrd, Ciccio Restaurant Group's newest concept (Photos)

09.27.16 - Carlton Fields Provides Free Legal Resources to Florida-Area Entrepreneurs

09.23.16 - TBBJ names 2016 BusinessWoman of the Year (Video)

09.22.16 - M.E. Wilson to present during Goodwill’s Employment 4.0 Seminar on workers’ compensation

09.18.16 - Majesty Title Services, LLC Opens Branch in St. Pete Beach

09.15.16 - Susan Blackburn – President and COO at Freedom Bank

09.06.16 - WUSF TV Celebrates 50 Years as a Community & Educational Resource

09.06.16 - Meet Florida's 100 fastest-growing private companies

08.16.16 - GrowFL names IT Authorities as a 2016 Florida Company to Watch

08.30.16 - Majesty Title Opens St. Pete Beach Office

08.29.16 - WUSF Public Media Completes Construction of Replacement Radio Tower in Riverview

08.18.16 - How Hyde Park Capital helped BlueGrace Logistics land a $255 million deal

08.18.16 - Nitro Solutions recognized on Inc. 5000 for second consecutive year

08.12.16 - Here are the 2016 BusinessWoman of the Year finalists

08.11.16 - Ciccio Restaurant Group changes plans for Daily Eats space on Fourth Street

08.03.16 - Joe Waggoner: A life with planes, trains and (driverless) cars (Video)

08.03.16 - Bayshore Solutions Makes Data Center Upgrade To Deliver Stronger, More Secure Web Hosting Infrastructure For All Customers

07.28.16 - Lions Eye Institute incubates a $50 million bioscience firm

07.26.16 - WUSF Sells Out Tickets for “Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!” in Tampa

07.26.16 - Bayshore Solutions Earns Google Premier Partner Badged Agency Status

07.21.16 - Florida Trend: 2016 Best Companies To Work For In Florida

07.19.16 - 4 local startups compete in latest Tampa Bay Area pitch contest

07.14.16 - Answering a need for conflict-free investment advice (Video)

07.12.16 - Franklin Street Brings Bulla Gastrobar to South Tampa

07.06.16 - Big Brothers Big Sisters Honors Greenberg Traurig for Pro Bono Work

06.30.16 - New Florida Bar president, a Tampa lawyer, lays out his priorities

06.30.16 - William Schifino, Jr., President of the Florida Bar

06.29.16 - Nitro Solutions Welcomes George Hall as Chief Operating Officer

06.28.16 - This Charity Is Handing Out Zika Prevention Kits To Homeless

06.23.16 - Bayshore Solutions Wins in the American Business “Stevie” Awards for Eight Consecutive Years

06.20.16 - Exclusive: Survey shows women execs in Tampa feel pressure to be perfect at work

06.21.16 - Absolute Mobile Solutions' Alfred Goldberg Named Chairman of the Board of Tampa Bay WaVE

06.17.16 - Introducing Tampa Bay's 30 Over 30 Classics

06.16.16 - Greenberg Traurig’s Michael G. Cooke Appointed to Florida Bar Practice Certification Committee

06.14.16 - Two of Tampa Bay’s oldest accounting software firms combine

06.10.16 - Nonrprofit of the Year 2016: Girl Scouts of West Central Florida

06.10.16 - Meet this year's Fast 50 — Tampa Bay's fastest-growing companies

06.07.16 - Entrepreneur Alfred Goldberg Gains SOSTAC® Certification

06.09.16 - Synovus Bank Sarasota ribbon cutting

06.02.16 - Franklin Street Arranges 10,000-Square-Foot Lease at One President’s Plaza

05.27.16 - Mantz is a champion for Tampa Bay’s food

05.11.16 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Introduces 3D Photography to Luxury Home Marketing Program

05.11.16 - Former Ideal Image CEO now helps run specialty finance firm

04.29.16 - 2016 Community Service Award - Ed Ellsasser Gets Recognized!

04.25.16 - Ciccio Restaurant Group backing new boutique fitness studio in South Tampa (Rendering)

04.19.16 - Franklin Street to Handle Commercial Leasing for the University of Florida

04.19.16 - Nitro Mobile Solutions Invests in Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corporation at Executive Committee Level

04.19.16 - Here's what Ciccio Restaurant Group is planning in the former SoHo Tavern (Renderings)

04.18.16 - Ciccio Restaurant Group to expand beyond Tampa Bay region

04.14.16 - Ceviche Tapas and Rococo Steak parent company adds three to top-level management team

04.14.16 - McKnight-Goelz Integrates Strategic Marketing Organization Into Recent Acquisition Of ABCO Commercial Printing/Graphics Company

04.12.16 - eLogic Learning Continues to Give Thousands of Dollars Back to Local and National Charities

04.05.16 - Bayshore Solutions Wins 2016 “Best Non-Profit Website” Award from the Internet Advertising Competition for the USF CAMLS Web Design

04.04.16 - Franklin Street Sells Tampa Arby’s Portfolio for $3 Million

03.28.16 - Franklin Street Arranges 117,000-Square-Foot Lease at Eisenhower Technology Park

03.10.16 - Greenberg Traurig Tampa Shareholder Kimberly A. Mello Elected Vice President of the Humane Society of Tampa Bay

03.10.16 - Here are this year's Best Places to Work

03.09.16 - WUSF Public Media to Host ‘The Longest Table’ Event

03.08.16 - Office Space Brokers Commits to Title Sponsorship

02.25.16 - See inside the new Fresh Kitchen in St. Pete, opening soon (Photos) (Video)

02.21.16 - Nitro Mobile Solutions Named U.S. Chamber Blue Ribbon Small Business Award Winner

02.16.16 - Bayshore Solutions Wins Record-Setting Ten 2016 AVA Digital Awards

02.10.16 - Champions for Children receives grant from PNC Foundation

02.08.16 - Avison Young tapped to lease new spec building at Bridgewater Commerce Center

02.07.16 - Feldman Orthodontics 26th Annual Scholarship Essay Competition is Underway for Local Seniors

02.01.16 - These Tampa Bay community banks boosted lending in 2015

01.28.16 - Franklin Street Arranges Expansions and New Locations for Tenants in the Tampa Bay Market

01.21.16 - Avison Young adds another asset to growing Tampa industrial leasing portfolio; EastGroup Properties’ 211,525 square foot Walden Distribution Center I & II

01.20.16 - Largo company offers free active shooter training

01.19.16 - Former New York City mayor joins Greenberg Traurig

01.17.16 - Premier Eye Care promotes four associates to Director roles as the company continues to grow

01.14.16 - Tampa Bay Dale Carnegie Franchisee Ranked Best in the Training Business

01.12.16 - Franklin Street Announces $10.7M Sale of 180-Unit Apartment Community in Tampa

01.07.16 - Power 100, Part 4: Revealing Tampa Bay's most powerful business leaders

01.06.16 - Berkshire Hathaway HomesServices Florida Properties Group Acquires MIDFLORIDA Real Estate Sales in Lakeland

01.05.16 - Power 100, Part 2: Revealing Tampa Bay's most powerful business leaders

01.04.16 - Revealing Tampa Bay's most powerful business leaders: TBBJ's Power 100

12.30.15 - Tampa Bay fitness club veteran Geoff Dyer back in the game

12.29.15 - Pete Slade, CEO and Founder at Nitro Mobile Solutions

12.29.15 - WUSF to launch 'University Beat' TV show, to focus on USF happenings

12.21.15 - Top 10 Under 40: Joe Orsino, CEO, Caledon Concepts

12.17.15 - Franklin Street Arranges 7,500-Square-Foot Lease at Brandywine Business Center

12.08.15 - Ranking puts USF Muma doctorate program above Harvard, UF

12.06.15 - Schifino Lee Gives Back To The Community Through Engaging Social Media Campaign For The Holidays

11.18.15 - WUSF TV Premieres “The Forgotten Coast: Return to Wild Florida.”

11.18.15 - 2015 Talented Learning LMS Vendor Award Recipients - eLogic Learning

11.12.15 - Avison Young tapped to sell a 90,000 SF class A institutional-quality industrial asset in Tampa’s Airport submarket

11.12.15 - IT service provider Vology inks big office deal, will spend $3M on buildout

11.10.15 - 49 years later, class ring returned to Tampa Vietnam Veteran

11.10.15 - Burr & Forman Brings Over Creditors’ Rights and Bankruptcy Group in Tampa

11.09.15 - Avison Young retained to sell one of largest land parcels available in Pasco County for mixed-use development, +/- 6,400-acre “Angeline”

11.05.15 - Tudi Mechanical Systems selected as the 2015 Tampa Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year

11.03.15 - Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Properties Group Celebrates New Location of Carrollwood Office

11.03.15 - Franklin Street Arranges 28,000-Square-Foot Lease for National Dental Laboratory

10.30.15 - Inc. highlights 10 fast-growing Tampa companies — and why you should know about it

10.14.15 - For Good: Rising stars guide Tampa Bay area nonprofits

10.13.15 - Absolute Mobile Solutions is Honored for Excellence in Website and App Design by the 2015 American Business Awards

10.12.15 - Goldman Bank Boosts Mortgage Lender With Nearly $100 Million in Credit
Directed Capital Resources specializes in distressed loans to smaller businesses

10.06.15 - Raymond James Makes Donation That Will Aid Hundreds of Women in Need

09.18.15 - Staffing company co-founder parts ways to launch new firm

09.29.15 - Greenberg Traurig Tampa Moves Into Newly Completed, State-Of-The-Art Office at Bank of America Plaza

09.29.15 - Schifino Lee creates branding and advertising for Tampa Bay’s Newest Horror Park

09.23.15 - Tampa non-profit works to lower infant mortality rate with baby box

09.24.15 - Winners: Florida's Best Companies to Work For 2015

09.21.15 - Avison Young wins coveted leasing assignment of institutionally owned 1,354,000-sf of industrial product in Tampa

09.16.15 - Bayshore Solutions to Hire 50 in Tampa and Denver

09.09.15 - Law Firm Expansions Helping to Fuel Tampa Bay Area Office Market

09.07.15 - WUSF Public Media Wins Big At National Web Design Contest

09.02.15 - Tampa's Larry Richey to lead merged DTZ, Cushman in Florida

09.01.15 - UT To Hold Open House Of New Innovation And Collaboration Building On Sept. 3

08.28.15 - Vology deal to create a second network operating center in New Jersey

08.27.15 - USF Muma College of Business gets $10.85 million gift

08.26.15 - Rococo Steak Adds New Dining Room And Acclaimed Chef, Expansion Boosts Seating, Wine Room and Private Dining Offerings

08.26.15 - Exclusive: Franklin Street acquires real estate appraisal firm

08.19.15 - Exclusive: Meet the 2015 Florida Fast 100 companies

08.13.15 - It Works!, Nitro Mobile Solutions among Inc. 5000's fastest growing in 2015

08.04.15 - Florida Bar President-Elect Bill Schifino: The Campaign Behind the Campaign

08.03.15 - UT One Of The First Universities To Gain Prestigious Information Security Certification

08.03.15 - Franklin Street Named Exclusive Broker for Two Westshore Office Buildings

07.20.15 - Winners: Florida's Best Companies to Work For 2015

07.17.15 -