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Advocacy Board

The Stavros Center’s Advocacy Board consists of representatives of business, education and communities served by the Stavros Center. Advocacy Board members support the mission by contributing their time, talent and treasure in support of the K-12 professional development programs offered by the Stavros Center.

Gus A. Stavros Center Advocacy Board Members

• Mr. Barry Alpert – Alpert Financial Group
• Mr. Victor Avila- Regions Bank
• Ms. Michelle Anderson – Pinellas County Schools
• Dr. Marilyn Barger - Florida Advanced Technological Education Center of Excellence
• Ms. Erin Black - Coca-Cola Beverages Florida
• Mr. Matthew Blum – Pinellas County Schools
• Mr. Ed Bocchino – Retired, Morgan Stanley 
• Ms. Laphil Bowles - PwC
• Mr. Louis Buccino – Tampa Bay Realty Development LLC
• Mr. Jerry Cionci – Pure Inventions
• Ms. Denise Coburn – Coulter, Aviles & Jackson
• Dr. Gino Collura - CEO Effectiveness
• Ms. Carole Colvin - Bay Coffee & Tea Company
• Ms. Suzanne Costanza – Florida Council on Economic Education
• Ms. Anita Coto – J.P. Morgan Treasury Technologies Corporation
• Ms. Angel Danger – Hillsborough County Schools
• Mr. Gene Engle - Realtor
• Mr. Andrew Farmer- USF Foundation
• Ms. Sherida Ferguson, CFP – Raymond James - Financial Planning Consulting Services Group
• Ms. Jennifer Giansiracusa- School District of Polk County
• Dr. Dennis Holt - Retired, HIllsborough County School District
• Mr. Bob Hyde – Suncoast Credit Union

• Mr. Charles Kard- Adelphi Trust Company

• Ms. Kelli S. Kennedy - School District of Manatee County
• Mr. Thomas Lambert - Seacoast Bank
• Ms. Deborah Larned Werner – Deborah Larned Werner, P.A.
• Ms. Beverly Ledbetter – Saint Leo University
• Mr. Michael Ledbetter – Business Consultant
• Ms. Larissa Lizarraga - Hillsborough County School District
• Ms. Lesley Mace – Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Mr. Sean Malott - Central Florida Development Council
• Mr. Eric Man - Financial Advisor
• Ms. Suzanne Matthews - Hillsborough County Public Schools
• Mr. Spencer Montgomery- Northwestern Mutual
• Mrs. Lois Older – Victoria Elizabeth By Lois
• Mr. Michael Parrillo – Citi
• Mr. Steve Plummer - Pinellas County Schools
• Dr. Dick Puglisi – Retired, USF Stavros Center
• Ms. Jodi Pushkin – Tampa Bay Times, Newspapers in Education
• Ms. Jan Resch- Retired, University of South Florida
• Ms. Marie Rodgers - Hillsborough County Public Schools
• Mr. Brian Rolfe – Wells Fargo Advisors
• Mrs. Jill Ruth- Finance 411
• Mr. Kevin Ruth- Finance 411
• Mrs. Linda Simmons – R. R. Simmons Construction Company
• Mr. Randy Simmons – R. R. Simmons Construction Company
• Mr. Geoffrey Simon – Simon, Johnson, Stanger Wealth Advisors of Raymond James & Associates, Inc.
• Ms. Ellen Stavros – Former Director, Florida House
• Ms. Tina Stavrou-Klem – Pasco County Schools

• Ms. Jennifer Stutler- Raymond James Bank

• Dr. Peter Trakas - USF Stavros Center
• Ms. Kristine Zambito - Raymond James
• Dr. Gus Stavros, Chairman Emeritus – PELAM Investments, Inc. (In Memoriam)