LEADERSHIP
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
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
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
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
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
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
Barbara Shrut
Board and Advisory Experience
Goodwill South Florida (Chair); Greater Miami Jewish Federation; The Venture
Mentoring Team
Operating Experience
President SLB Advisors; former VP of Royal Caribbean Group
Ana Salas Siegel
Board and Advisory Experience
IWF Florida
Operating Experience
EVP and General Counsel NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises
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
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
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
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
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