ABOUT US

The Tampa Bay History Center is a non-profit educational institution in downtown Tampa, Florida that seeks to preserve and teach the remarkable history of the Tampa Bay area.

Tampa Bay History Center

225 S. Franklin Street

Tampa, FL 33602

The Tampa Bay History Center is a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation and is funded in part by: Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners, The City of Tampa and The State of Florida Division of Historic Resources.

OFFICERS

George B. Howell III, Esq., Chairman

Attorney, Holland & Knight, LLP

C.J. Roberts, President/CEO

Tampa Bay History Center

Marsha G. Rydberg, Esq., Vice Chair

Attorney, Rydberg Law Firm

Paul L. Whiting Jr., Treasurer

Managing Director, Seabreeze Holdings, Inc.

Frank R. North, Secretary

Director, Corporate Marketing Communications, Ferman Motor Car Company

J. Thomas Touchton, Past Chairman

President, The Witt Touchton Company

TRUSTEES

Jack Amor

Executive Director, TECO Energy Foundation

R. Kent Bailey, Esq.

The Bailey Family Foundation

Gentry B. Byrnes, Esq.

Gulf Coast Managing Director, Wachovia Trust, N.A.

Betty Castor

Executive Director, Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions

Santiago Corrada

Administrator, Neighborhood Services, City of Tampa

MaryEllen Elia

Superintendent, Hillsborough County School District

Mark I. Greenberg, Ph.D.

Director, University of South Florida, Special Collections Department and Florida Studies Center

James J. Harkins, IV

President, The Florida Catholic Heritage Trail

Gary W. Harrod

Managing General Partner, Harrod Properties

Leland M. Hawes, Jr.

(Retired) The Tampa Tribune Historical Writer

Walter J. Hill

Deputy County Administrator, Hillsborough County

Grace Ippolito

(Retired) Assistant Superintendent, Hillsborough County School District

Guy King, III

President, M. E. Wilson Company

Joseph “Jed” Lykes, III

Private Investor

The Honorable Bob Martinez

Government Liaison, Holland & Knight

Christopher Osborn

Vice President, HKS Architects, Inc.

Gregory B. Padgett, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History, Eckerd College

Steven M. Raney

President & CEO, Raymond James Bank

John W. Robinson, IV

Attorney, Fowler White Boggs Banker

The Honorable E.J. Salcines

Judge, District Court of Appeal

Paul Straske, Esq.

(Retired) Attorney, Rief & Straske

Capt. John Timmel

President & Executive Director, StarBoard Ten Maritime Consulting Services

Jose Vivero

President, CEO & Chairman, Century Bank of Florida

Robert Wolf

Senior Vice President of Operations, Hillsborough Community College

Board of Trustees