Events

AAC Community Breakfast

The annual AAC Community Breakfast has been held for 26 years and allows us to bring together administration employees in an informal setting to promote community, partnership, and communication.
 

2025 AAC Community Breakfast

Please join us on Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 for our first simulcast community breakfast! Breakfast will be served at both the Marshall Student Center Ballroom on the Tampa Campus and the Selby Auditorium on the Sarasota Campus at the same time. Our keynote speakers will be in person at the Tampa campus and livestreamed to the Sarasota campus.

Please indicate which location you plan to attend when purchasing your tickets to ensure adequate catering. Tickets for both locations will come with a raffle ticket for exciting prizes and additional raffle tickets may be gained by donating to the Hafer’s chosen scholarship, the UMatter Scholarship Fund (6 additional ticket/$5 donated or 30 for $20).

Date:

  • Thursday, January 23, 2025

Tickets:

Speakers:

Dr. and Mrs. Hafer are distinguished alumni of the University of South Florida and philanthropists focusing on initiatives that promote inclusion, support for neurodiverse individuals, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Hafer serves on multiple advisory boards including the Muma College of Business and the Nault Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and teaches entrepreneurship at USF. Mrs. Hafer founded the iMatter and UMatter programs in collaboration with USF, providing residential university experiences for students with intellectual disabilities. 

Community Breakfast 2025 Flyer

 

Breakfast muffins

Previous Community Breakfast Speakers

Year

Date

Speaker

Photo Gallery

2024
1/18/2024 Sam Barrington, MBA ‘21  
2023
1/26/2023 Mayor Jane Castor  
2022
03/23/2022 Scott Glaser, Executive Director Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl View Photos
2021
  No Breakfast held  
2020
1/22/2020 USF President Steven Currall, Ph.D.  

2019

1/29/2019

Iris A. Elijah, '08, Assistant General Counsel, State University System of Florida Board of Governors View Photos
2018
3/22/2018 Anddrikk Frazier '01, President & CEO Integral Energy  
2017
3/23/2017 City of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn View Photos
2016
4/7/2016 Michele Norris '79, President Navigen Leadership View Photos
2015
3/31/2015 Richard Gonzmart, President of Columbia Restaurant Group  
2014
4/3/2014 Trustee Brian Lamb '98 Chairman of the Board, Fifth Third Bank  
2013
  No Breakfast held  
2012
9/11/2012 Rob Higgins '01, Exec Director Tampa Bay Sports Commission  
2011
3/31/2011 Coach Skip Holtz, USF Bulls Football Coach  
2010
4/6/2010 Trustee John Ramil '78  
2009
1/13/2009 Frank and Carol Morsani  
2008
1/15/2008 USF Provost Ralph Wilcox, PhD  
2007
1/13/2007 USF Trustee Margarita R. Cancio, MD '82  
2006
1/18/2006 USF Trustee Rhea Law '77  
2005
  No Breakfast held  
2004
11/23/2004 Patricia Beane, Hillsborough County Administrator  
2003
1/29/2003

City of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio '01

 

2002
1/28/2002 Renu Khator, PhD, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Kathleen Betancourt, AVP for Governmental Relations
 
2001
12/5/2001 USF President Genshaft  
2000
11/28/2000 USF President Genshaft  
1999
11/9/1999 Gary Walker, Health Care Attorney and Expert  
1998
  No Speaker  
1997
  No Speaker