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Meet the team behind the Tampa Florida Economic Club.

FOUNDERS

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Jerry Bohannon, LUTCF
Jerry@FloridaEconomicClub.org
813-386-6900
Bohannon Financial
www.BohannonFinancial.com

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Jerry is a financial services professional specializing in closely held business planning for owners and their key people. Also, retirement planning for individuals. 

PERSONAL

Born Birmingham, Alabama. And yes  a "ROLL TIDE  fan! lol:)

PROFESSIONAL

LUTCF-  NAIFA's Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow (LUTCF®) Designation Program instructor adn speaker co-chairman for his local chapter

 

COMMUNITY

16 year  VOLUNTEER board member and 3 year term as President of www.TampaBayHarvest.org, local chapter of USA Harvest the nation's largest provider of cost free food distributed to over 200 agencies throughout the Tampa Bay area during his service on the board.

 

WestShore Alliance -Past member and steering committee developing  the  networking group "WestShore Connection" for business networking in a fun social experience.  We also created the 1st Gasparilla  event ever for www.WestShoreAlliance.org !

 

Co-Founder "Less Than 6 Degrees Tampa Bay" which is rebranded as www.FloridaEconomicClub.org with a new platform for a more professional business networking experience in Tampa Bay area.

 

CREATOR of "MAD MEN AND WOMEN OF TAMPA BAY"-- inspired by the AMC -Mad Men TV drama. Signature 60's Style MAD pArTy ! MM&W also co-sponsor other classic style events our MAD Fans enjoy together!

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Vinny Tafuro
Vinny@FloridaEconomicClub.org
813-240-0739
Vinny Tafuro: Visionary-Economic-Rebel
www.VinnyTafuro.com

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Vinny is a founder of the Institute for Economic Evolution. A polymath and curious by nature, he is a pioneering advocate for the twenty-first-century economy that is disrupting society's rigid institutions and beliefs. Vinny's economic and foresight projects explore the societal and economic shifts being catalyzed by human culture as a result of technology, corporate personhood, and evolving human cognition.
 

Vinny lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, with his partner Amanda, where together, they own and operate Uptown Works Colab Suites, a modernized twist on executive suites with coworking space.

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Ken Walters
KenWalters@FloridaEconomicClub.org
813-251-0500
Ken Walters Promotions & Products
www.KenWalters.com

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Ken was born in Tampa, Florida and established Ken Walters Promotions & Products in 1984 to offer promotion with commercial printing https://store.kenwaltersprinting.com/ and promotional products https://kenwalters.espwebsite.com/ nationwide along with promotion with digital media, events and community attractions https://www.kenwalters.com/tampa-walk-of-fame  to Tampa Bay businesses. 
In addition to being a co-founder of the Florida Economic Club, he has also founded www.CelebrateSinatra.com, an annual 1950's formal nightclub social in 1998, www.EventsEveryDay.com, an online event calendar in 2010 and www.RooseveltRegattaClub, a private member travel and social club in 2012.  He has a son (Max), is a private pilot and enjoys power boating, sailing, golf and sporting clays.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

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Jon Labudde 

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Robert Blackmon

RobertBlackman@FloridaEconomicClub.org

727.244.0379

Self-Employed

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Gina Foti

GinaFoti@FloridaEconomicClub.org

727.902.1252

Gina's Warehouse

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Kimberly Jackson

KimberlyJackson@FloridaEconomicClub.org

727.482.2265

St. Petersburg College

spcollege.edu

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Michael Murphy

MichaelMurphy@FloridaEconomicClub.org

813.300.3585

Silver Meteor Gallery

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Raphael Perrior

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Marsha Stevens

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Eric Thornsbrough

EricThornsbrough@FloridaEconomicClub.org

813.679.1779

Eric Thornsbrough Marketing

www.EricThornsbrough.com

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Jenny Tsantilas

JennyTsantilas@FloridaEconomicClub.org

727.563.4665

Superior Schools

www.SuperiorSchools.com

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