Board Member Name: Tom Aderhold
Industry represented: Workforce / Serving Veterans
Name of Employer: Veterans Council of Hillsborough County
Company Website: https://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/en/residents/social-services/veterans/veterans-council
Official Title: President

Board Member Name: Michael Bach
Industry represented: Small Business Sector
Name of Employer: Bach & Partners, LLC
Official Title: General Partner
Length at current position: 10 years
List other committees or volunteer activities: Board Chair, Bootstrap Business School . Also, Endeavor Global: Mentor and Selection Panelist
Additional Information: Works with small businesses to help them operate at scale and drive topline revenue.

Board Member Name: Vanity Barr-Little, PhD
Industry  represented: (Such as Government, Manufacturing, Education, Healthcare, Service Industry, Healthcare) Education & Training
Name of Employer: CNA Training & Testing Center
Company Website: www.cnatrainingandtestingcenter.com
Official Title: Owner
Length at current position: Has been in her current position since 2017.
Previous Position: Previously, Dr. Barr-Little was an active duty service member in the United State Air Force and military justice paralegal at Macdill Air Force Base, a defense paralegal at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and an administrative law paralegal at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base.
List other committees or volunteer activities: She has volunteered her time with the Hillsborough County Guardian Ad Litem Program and is a Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce Leadership alumni.
Degrees/Education: Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Saint Leo University, a master’s degree in public administration from Central Michigan University, a Post Graduate certificate in College Teaching, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management from Capella University.
Current Home: Lives in Ruskin
Additional Information: Dr. Barr-Little also owns Reliable Livescan of Brandon, Florida and Sylvan Learning of Apollo Beach.

Board Member Name: Richard L. Bennett
Industry represented: Healthcare
Name of Employer: Florida Blue
Company Website: https://www.floridablue.com/
Official Title: Strategic Programs and Local Partnership Manager

Board Member Name: Warren “Scott” Brooks
Industry represented: Education
Name of Employer: Hillsborough County Public Schools
Company Website: sdhc.k12.fl.us
Official Title: Executive Director
Length at current position: 10/29/2012
Previous Position: Principal of Tampa Bay Technical High School
List other committees or volunteer activities: Workforce Development Advisory Team with Mayor Jane Castor
Degrees/Education: BS from University of Florida, Master’s Degree in Education Leadership from Nova Southeastern University
Current Home: Lives in Plant City, Florida

Board Member Name: Stephanie Brown-Gilmore
Industry you represent: Government
Name of Employer: Tampa Housing Authority
Company Website: www.THAFL.com
Official Title: Director, Program and Property Services
Length at current position: 24 Years
List other committees or volunteer activities: Stageworks Theatre, Healthy Start Coalition, Greater Area Council d/b/a/ Boy Scouts of America
Degrees/Education: B.S., Business Administration from Clark University
Current Home: Lives in Tampa

President, Abe Brown Ministries
Director, Ready4Work-Hillsborough

Robert Blount has been President of Abe Brown Ministries since 2002. With a core focus on prison ministry, reentry services, and criminal justice reform, he continues to quietly transform the Tampa Bay community through his faith-based hands-on leadership and community collaboration.

Robert, along with the Hillsborough County Department of Human Services and the United States Attorney’s Office Middle District of Florida, founded the Hillsborough Ex-offender Re-entry Network (HERN) which promotes public safety by increasing awareness about the needs of ex-offenders returning to Hillsborough County.

Under Robert’s leadership, Abe Brown Ministries worked together with the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Florida Kinship Care Center at University of South Florida to establish Children in Hillsborough of Incarcerated Parents (CHIPS). CHIPS is committed to connecting resources and systems of support to meet the needs of children in Hillsborough County whose parents are incarcerated with a vision of eliminating generational incarceration. The CHIPs platform also helped launch the Family Reunification Video Visitation program between children in the Tampa Bay community and their incarcerated parent.

In 2006, Robert was appointed by Florida Governor Jeb Bush to serve on the Governor’s Ex-offender Task Force where his peers chose him to serve as Vice Chairman. Subsequently, he served on the Florida Department of Corrections Re-entry Advisory Council and on the Hillsborough County Violence Prevention Leadership Council, now known as Safe and Sound.

In addition to his responsibilities as President of Abe Brown Ministries, Robert also serves as Director of Ready4Work-Hillsborough. In September 2014, Robert and Abe Brown Ministries launched the first replication of the nationally-acclaimed Ready4Work program in Hillsborough County. Ready4Work-Hillsborough provides case management, life and job skills training, life-coaching/mentoring, and job placement assistance to citizens returning to the community after incarceration in Florida’s prisons.

Board Member Name: SEAN BUTLER
Industry represented: Technology
Name of Employer: Titan Technologies, LLC
Company Website: Titantechnologies.com
Official Title: Chief People Officer
Length at current position: Less than year
Previous Position: Executive Vice President
List other committees or volunteer activities: Trustee and former chair of Compensation Committee, Zoo Tampa; St-Joesphs (BayCare) board of directors and current Finance Committee Chair.
Degrees/Education: Bachelors University of Kansas, MBA – Baker University
Current Home: Tampa Florida
Additional Information: Former Chair of Career Source Tampa Bay and working to create strong business and community partnerships to ensure we are helping building the talent that the region needs to support our communities.

Board Member Name: Andrea M. Cichon
Name of Employer: Tampa General Hospital
Company Website: www.tgh.org
Official Title: Sr. Director, Talent Management
Length at current position: Has been in her current position since 2020
Previous Position: Previously served as the Director of Human Resources providing strategic HR and Talent Management support to the organization.
List other committees or volunteer activities: Committee Member of Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce serving on several subcommittees, and Talent Committee of Tampa Bay Partnership in addition to active member with The University of South Florida mentoring college students and much more!
Degrees/Education: Bachelors Degree in Communications from The University of South Florida. Master’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in HR from St. Leo University.
Current Home: Downtown Channel District, Tampa Florida

Board Member Name: Richard Cranker
Place of Employment: UA Local Union 123
Official Title: Business Agent and Vice-President
Length at current position: Have been in my current role as Business Agent for 2 years and Vice-President since 2015
Previous Position: Training Coordinator
List other committees or volunteer activities: I have been on Hillsborough County’s Mechanical Board of Adjustments and Appeals, HCC Welding Advisory Committee.
Degrees/Education: US Army Radio Communications training at Ft. Gordon, GA. US Army Counter-Intelligence training at Ft. Huachuca, AZ. Army Parachuting training at Ft. Benning, GA. Ranger Indoctrination Program at Ft. Benning, GA. Southwest Florida University MCSE program. New Horizons Tampa MCSE & CCNA programs . Five year apprenticeship program with Local 123. Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI for Instructor Training Certification, and Training Coordinator Certification.
Current Home: Lives in Valrico, FL
Additional Information: Eight years of active duty in the Army with one year deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Board Member Name: Constance Daniels
Industry represented: Law
Name of Employer: Law Offices of Constance Daniels
Length at current position: 23 years, 11 months
Degrees/Education: University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law, 1993

Board Member Name: Elizabeth Gutierrez
Industry  represented: Community Development
Name of Employer: Enterprising Latinas, Inc.
Company Website: http://www.enterprisinglatinas.org/
Official Title: Founder/CEO
Length at current position: 6 years, 4 months
Previous Position: Hispanic Services Council – Director of Planning and Programs
List other committees or volunteer activities: Member of the Hillsborough County Commission on the Status of Women, Member of the Hillsborough County Commission on Human Trafficking, Board Member of the Florida Association of Community Development Corporations
Degrees/Education: Southern New Hampshire University, Master’s – Community Economic Development
Current Home: Apollo Beach

Board Member Name: Geordie Hyland
Industry  represented: Healthcare training
Name of Employer: Ultimate Medical Academy
Company Website: https://www.ultimatemedical.edu/
Official Title: Executive Vice President
Length at current position: 3 years
Previous Position: Senior Vice President
List other committees or volunteer activities: He has volunteered his time starting and managing a non-profit which provided athletic opportunities to those in need and also coaches youth sports.
Degrees/Education: Bachelors and MBA from Harvard, MSc from London School of Economics
Current Home: Lives in Tampa

Board Member Name: Benjamin Hom
Industry represented: Hospitality
Name of Employer: McKibbon Hospitality
Company Website: https://www.mckibbon.com/
Official Title: Vice President Human Resources
Length at current position: 2 years
Previous Position: SVP HR @ Laser Spine Institute
List other committees or volunteer activities: Board Member @ Salvation Army
Degrees/Education: BS Industrial Engineering, MBA- Northwestern University
Current Home: Brandon, FL

Board Member Name: John T. R. Howell
Industry represented: Government
Name of Employer: State of Florida, Department of Education, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Company Website: www.RehabWorks.org
Official Title: Area 4 Director
Length at current position: Since May 2009
Previous Position: Area Supervisor
List other committees or volunteer activities: Mr. Howell serves on two other local CareerSource boards. He sits on Florida Center for Inclusive Communities and was previously on the board for the Florida Alliance for Assistive Services and Technology. He is currently the 2020-2021 President of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Rough Riders. The Rough Riders commemorate Theodore Roosevelt and the soldiers from the Spanish-American War in 1898. Tampa is historic in that the Rough Riders left from Tampa to fight in the war in Cuba. The Rough Riders also give out thousands of Teddy Bears to children in hospitals, centers for abused women and children and the family court system, as well as, participate in many parades throughout the year.
Degrees/Education: Master of Arts degree in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling, University of South Florida; Bachelor of Science degree in Rehabilitation, Troy State University in Alabama. He went to Bloomingdale High School in Valrico.
Current Home: Riverview
Additional Information: Loves all Tampa area sports teams

Board Member Name: Randal King
Industry represented: Workforce – Labor Organization
Name of Employer: IBEW Local Union 915
Company Website: http://www.ibew915.org
Official Title: Business Manager/Financial Secretary
Length at current position: 8 years
Previous Position: Assistant Business Agent/Organizer of Local 915 from 2005 until 2013
Current Home: Dover, Florida
Additional Information: Randall became a Member of I.B.E.W. Local 915 in 1983 and completed a 4 year apprenticeship in 1986 becoming an Inside Journeyman Wireman. He was elected to the Executive Board in 1993 and served 3 terms. He was appointed unanimously by Local 915`s Executive Board to fill the remaining term of President and has been re-elected to 4 more terms without opposition. He was appointed Business Manager by the Executive Board in July 2013. He served a term as trustee of Local 915 Health and Pension Funds and currently serves on the board again. He currently serves as a trustee on the Tampa Area Electrical JATC, has served as Secretary/Treasurer on 3 occasions and most recently served as Chairman. He has served as Assistant Business Agent/Organizer of Local 915 from 2005 until 2013. Randall was appointed Business Manager/Financial Secretary June 2013 and was elected Business Manager/Financial Secretary in June 2014 elections. Randall was sequentially re-elected in the June 2017 and in June 2020 elections.

Board Member Name: Karen Koundourakis
Industry represented: Finance/Credit Union
Name of Employer: Suncoast Credit Union
Company Website: www.Suncoastcreditunion.com
Official Title: Senior Vice President
Length at current position: 8 Years
List other committees or volunteer activities: Global Women’s Network, Global Council on Women, CUMastermind
Degrees/Education: Bachelor of Science in Social Work/UGA
Current Home: Tampa, Florida
Additional Information: Advocate for People Helping People

Board Member Name: Ian Lieberman
Industry represented: Restaurant, Hospitality, Franchising & Small Business
Name of Employer: AJI Holdings, LLC (dba. – Fuzzy’s Taco Shop)
Company Website: www.fuzzystacoshop.com
Official Title: Owner/Franchisee
Length at current position: 7 years
Previous Position: Commercial/Private Banker
List other committees or volunteer activities: Co-Founding Board Member, Love IV Lawrence, through our restaurants we are active participants and supporters of hundreds of non-profits, religious organizations, and schools
Degrees/Education: MBA, Red McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, BS, Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida
Current Home: South Tampa
Additional Information: Community focused business leader with a passion for entrepreneurship and challenging the status quo. Tampa born and raised and loving building businesses here, creating jobs, and playing a small part in building our community.

Board Member Name:  Gwen Myers
Industry represented: County Government
Name of Employer: Hillsborough County
Company Website: http://hillsboroughcounty.org

Board Member Name: Steve Morey
Industry represented: Economic Development
Name of Employer: Tampa Bay Economic Development Council
Company Website: www.tampabayedc.com
Official Title: SVP Economic Development
Length at current position: Since 2019
Previous Position: President/CEO Team Lorain County, AVP Business Banking National City Bank
List other committees or volunteer activities: Franciscan Center Board of Trustees,
Degrees/Education: Bachelor’s degree from Ohio University, MBA from Cleveland State University
Current Home: Lives in Carrollwood

Board Member Name: Donald H Noble
Industry you represent: Local services
Name of Employer: VetCor
Company Website: www.vetcorservices.com
Official Title: Chief Financial Officer
Length at current position: 2 years, 8 months, 14 days
Previous Position: Chief Financial Officer, LSGF Management
List other committees or volunteer activities: Don volunteers for many local organizations. He is an Advisory Committee Member for the Florida Association of Veteran Owned Businesses (FAVOB), an Advisory Committee Member for The Elk Institute, and a Member of the Leadership Tampa Class of 2021. He also teaches at Hillsborough Community College and The University of Tampa. And to give back to our nation’s heroes, Don mentors veterans in local, regional, and national organizations.
Degrees/Education: Don received his B.S. in Finance and International Business from Penn State University and his M.S. in Finance from Boston College.
Current Home: Tampa, FL
Additional Information: Don and his wife, Ashley, reside in Tampa with their two rescue dogs. A perfect day in their household is sure to include plenty of delicious dishes and do-it-yourself projects to spruce up their beautiful home.

Board Member Name: Richard Padilla
Industry represented: Construction
Name of Employer: Florida West Coast National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA)
Company Website: https://www.floridawestcoastneca.org/
Official Title: Executive Director
Length at current position: 1.5 years
Previous Position: Assistant Executive Director
List other committees or volunteer activities: Finance Committee, Youth Development Committee, Ad Hoc Strategic Planning Committee, Political Action Council NECA
Degrees/Education: Bachelor’s Degree in International Business & Minor in Finance
Current Home: Tampa, Florida

Board Member Name: Gil Schisler
Industry represented: Government – City of Temple Terrace
Name of Employer: GCS Financial Consultants LLC,
Official Title: Managing Member
Length at current position: 6 yrs
Previous Position: CFO/HR Director Daniels Education Corp.(10Yrs) VP Finance Executive Director- Leslie Controls, / CIRCOR Inc. (15yr)
List other committees or volunteer activities: HART -Secretary/Director, Terrace Community Middle School, founder, treasurer, director.
Degrees/Education: BS Accounting University of South Florida
Current Home: Lives in Tempe Terrace, FL

Board Member Name: Roy Sweatman
Industry represented: Manufacturing
Name of Employer: SMT
Company Website: www.smt-tampa.com
Official Title: President
Length at current position: 38 Years
Previous Position: N/A
List other committees or volunteer activities: Florida Makes-BOD, Chair-Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Leadership Council, Florida Makes Advocacy Committee, Chair-Industrial Manufacturing Technician Apprenticeship, BAMA-BOD, BAMA-Chair of Workforce Committee, BAMA-Advocacy Committee, Florida West Coast NTMA-BOD, Team Leader-NTMA Government Affairs Team, Chair-One Voice Advocacy (NTMA and PMA), Vice Chair-NIMS-BOD, Chair-Tampa Bay Machining Apprenticeship Board, PTC Machining Program Advisory Council, AmSkills BOD, Tampa Bay Works Manufacturing Collaborative, The Manufacturing Alliance of Hillsborough County, High School Advisory Councils-Armwood-Dixie Hollins-East Lake-Middleton-River Ridge, STAR Business Partner
Degrees/Education: Apprentice Machinist Graduate
Current Home: Lutz

Board Member Name: Tye Swenson
Industry represented: Private Business Sector
Name of Employer: The Swenson Group
Company Website: swensonent.com
Official Title: CGO
Length at current position: 17yrs
Previous Position:
List other committees or volunteer activities: Title Sponsor Martinis for Moffitt, St Jude’s Childrens Hospital gala board, Catholic Charities
Degrees/Education: Chamberlain High School 1995 and University of South Florida, 1999
Current Home: Lutz, FL
Additional Information: Tye Swenson is the “Head” of Home Services with the Swenson Group, Raised in Tampa he is passionate about serving the community and making it a better place.

Board Member Name: Sophia West
Industry represented: Private Business Sector
Name of Employer: C.S West & Associates, PA
Company Website: https://cswestcpas.com/
Official Title: Partner

Board Member Name: Ocea Wynn
Industry represented: Government
Name of Employer: City of Tampa
Company Website: www.tampagov.net
Official Title: Administrator of Neighborhood & Community Affairs
Length at current position: Ms. Wynn has been in her current position for one year
Previous Position: Previously, Ms. Wynn held the position of Director of Logistics & Asset Management Department for the City of Tampa
List other committees or volunteer activities: Ms. Wynn serves on the following boards: Community Action Board for Hillsborough County, H.B. Plant Museum, Tampa Theatre, United Way, and YMCA.
Degrees/Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from University of Central Florida and master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) with a concentration in Environmental Management from Troy University
Current Home: Lives in Tampa
Additional Information: Ms. Wynn is currently enrolled in the Florida State University Certified Public Management (CPM) course, a nationally recognized program for training and developing public managers and the Bloomberg Harvard Executive Education Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Board Member Name: Jason K. Woody
Industry represented: Healthcare
Name of Employer: Lions Eye Institute for Transplant and Research
Company Website: https://lionseyeinstitute.org/
Official Title: President and CEO
Length at current position: 25 years
Previous Position: Technical Director
List other committees or volunteer activities: This will be the second year that Jason has participated in the CEO in Schools program
Degrees/Education: Recent graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program
Current Home: Lives in Carrollwood, FL
Additional Information: Jason has held virtually every position at LEITR during his almost 30 years with the organization.

Audrey Ziegler has worked for Hillsborough County government for over 33 years, with 26 years in the Social Services department.  Audrey is currently Hillsborough County’s Director of Social Services and oversees a staff of over 80 full time employees and a budget of approximately $60 million (ad valorem, grants, CARES and ARP). The role of Social Services is to deliver and manage programs and services to serve the low income, vulnerable residents of Hillsborough County through holistic case management with a focus on individual and customized self-sufficiency goals with measurable outcomes.  The Department provides direct social services; coordinates with community resources for additional support; case manages individuals and families; and determines eligibility for multiple county, state, and federal programs at eight intake sites throughout the county.

Over the last several years, Audrey and the Social Services team have worked diligently to formalize processes to ensure the highest level of efficiency in both service delivery and contract/grant management.  The Department’s motto is Service MATTERS and Audrey is passionate about services being provided to customers with compassion, dignity and the highest level of professionalism.   Audrey prides herself on ensuring the most vulnerable residents have access to services as well as empowering low-income youth through education and opportunity.

On a personal note, Audrey is married and has one adult daughter who is an RN at Baycare.  For fun, she enjoys being at the gym, camping, staying in regular contact with lifelong friends of Tampa, and binge-watching documentaries.