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LEADERSHIP

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Deborah Ellinger

Board and Advisory Experience

Tupperware; iRobot; Boston Consulting Group (Senior Advisor); WCD (global board and Chair of
Tampa Chapter)

Operating Experience

Operating Experience

Former President/CEO of four PE-backed companies: Ideal Image, The Princeton Review, Restoration Hardware,
Wellness Petfood

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Sandi Finn

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF Forum Palm Beach;
Babson College Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (Global Co-Chair); Florida
Social Capital; The Venture
Mentoring Team

Operating Experience

Founding Partner, EdgeCraft Advisors. Former President of Cross Country Home Services

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Lucie Lapovsky

Board and Advisory Experience

American Public University System; IWF FL Suncoast (President); Education Foundation of Sarasota; Asolo Theatre; Pan-African Higher Education Initiative

Operating Experience

Principal, Lapovsky Consulting. Former President of Mercy College and VP Finance and Administration/CFO
Goucher College

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Jamie Lewis

Board and Advisory Experience

FinAnalytica, Inc.
Columbia Business School Women’s Circle (A F
ounder and Former Co-Chair)
Women Executive Leadership Florida 
DePauw University McDermond Center for Management & Entrepreneurship 

Operating Experience

Founder, One Step Capital 
Founder & CEO, JLEW Bags

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Danet Linares

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF Florida (President); Miami Downtown Development Authority; Goodwill of S Florida; Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce

Operating Experience

Executive Vice Chairman Blanca Commercial Real Estate

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Michele Hooper

Board and Advisory Experience

United Airlines Holdings; UnitedHealth Group; Black Directors Health Equity Agenda

Operating Experience

President & CEO of The Directors’ Council; former President of Caremark International Business Group and Baxter Canada

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Joy Randels

Board and Advisory Experience

  Prowess Group (Chair): The Undercroft (Chair): Citizinvestor,(Chair): Partpic; Pocket Network; Akamai; Irvine Sensors; ISC8; Netegrity, BurtstIQ; MetroTech; Unpack’d Tech;. Red-M, Ltd.; Cheyenne Software; AcceptOn

Operating Experience

CEO Prowess Group, Managing Partner, New Market Partners, former EVP Akamai, CA, and CEO, Applied G2, Velocitiude

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Kathleen Shanahan

Board and Advisory Experience

Turtle & Hughes Integrated Supply; Great Lakes Docks and Dredge; HireQuest; Lumina Analytics; Prism; NACD Florida

Operating Experience

CEO of Turtle and Hughes; former CEO of URETEK Holdings. Former Chief of Staff to VP Dick Cheney and
Gov. Jeb Bush

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Barbara Shrut

Board and Advisory Experience

Goodwill South Florida (Chair); Greater Miami Jewish Federation; The VentureMentoring Team

Operating Experience

President SLB Advisors; former VP of Royal Caribbean Group

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Ana Salas Siegel

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF Florida

Operating Experience

EVP and General Counsel NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

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Stephanie Sonnabend

Board and Advisory Experience

50/50 Women on Boards (Chair); Safr: Driven by Women

Operating Experience

Co-Founder and Chair of 50/50 Women on Boards; former CEO of Sonesta International
Hotels Corporation

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Adria Starkey

Board and Advisory Experience

FineMark National Bank and Trust; Florida’s Prepaid College Tuition; IWF FL Suncoast; Florida Gulf Coast University School
of Entrepreneurship;
The Forum Club

Operating Experience

President FineMark National Bank and Trust

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Lauren Valiente

Board and Advisory Experience

HCI Group; Tampa Bay Chamber; Stageworks Theatre; Chair of WCD Tampa Women of Color Initiative

Operating Experience

Of Counsel, Foley & Lardner LLP

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Nancy Vaughn

Board and Advisory Experience

IWF FL Suncoast; Athena Society; Florida Bar Citizens Advisory Committee; Leadership Florida Special Council on Equity, Equality and Justice

Operating Experience

Principal, PR & Marketing Director at White Book Agency

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Rebecca White

Board and Advisory Experience

Marine Max; Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers; Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization; Embarc Collective

Operating Experience

Chair of Entrepreneurship and Director, Lowth Entrepreneurship Center, University of Tampa

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