Membership Roster 2026–2027

Management/Business Consultant
Operations Consulting International

Director, USF Institute for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies
Professor of Russian History and Politics
University of South Florida, Tampa

Director, Harmony Asset Management

Vice President, Public Affairs and Corporate Communications
Tampa Bay Rays

Ambassador (Ret.)
Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Baghdad

Chairman, Vistage Florida
Lt. Colonel US Army (Ret.)

Senior Trial Attorney (Ret.)
Community Leader

Physician

Professor Emeritus, College of Business
University of South Florida

Professor Emeritus
University of South Florida

Community Leader

Attorney (Ret.)
Clark, Mueller, Bierley, PLLC

Ambassador (Ret.)
VP Development Services Group

Chairman and CEO - WRB Enterprises

President
FlexPath Capital

Retired Senior Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

President
Borrell Family Foundation, Inc.

Dean of Academic Affairs
Hillsborough Community College

Deputy Secretary – US Department of Veterans Affairs (Ret.)
USMC (Ret.)

Founder and Retired CEO
Military Media, Inc.

Asst Vice President, College of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Senior Assoc. Dean for Research in Global Affairs
Morsani College of Medicine

Attorney
MacFarlane Ferguson & McMullen

Account Executive - DOD
ZScaler, Inc
Lt. Commander, USN (Ret.)

US Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia (Ret.)
Vice President, JT International

President
Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Co-Founder of Five & Thrive – national advocacy for military families

Ophthalmologist
Medical Director, Premier Eye Care

Director (Ret.), US Commercial Service for Tampa Bay

Former Executive Director of USF’s Global and National Security Institute (GNSI)
US Air Force Colonel (Ret.)

President
Tucker/Hall, Inc.
Tampa City Council

Vice President, USF World
University of South Florida

Attorney
McIntyre Thanasides

Medical Director – Neurology, All Children’s Hospital

President, University of South Florida (Ret.)
Florida Senate and Education Commissioner (Ret.)

Chairman, Board of Directors for Veterans Florida
US Navy Captain (Ret.)

CEO, Celestar Corporation
Board of Directors, Bank of Tampa and Tampa General Hospital
US Army Lt. Colonel (Ret.)

President & CEO, Tampa Bay History Center

Neurophysician

President, RDC Consulting
Managing Director, Governmental Affairs
Edison Electric Institute (Ret.)

Tampa City Council Chairman
Air Traffic Control (Ret.)

Vice President, Morrison Grove Capital Advisors, LLC

Hillsborough County Commissioner

Lawyer
Law Offices of Lynn Cole, LLC

Rector, St. John’s Church and Episcopal Day School (Ret.)
Owens-Illinois, Inc. – General Manager for Planning and Controller, Brazil (Ret.)

Roman Catholic Priest (Ret.)
US Bankruptcy Judge (Ret.)

Foreign Service Officer (Ret.)

President
Costello Group, Inc.

CEO and Board Member
Retail Impulse Group

Chairman
Wauchula State Bank

Educator

CEO, Triple Strand Global Solutions
Board Member and President – Military Officers Assn of America

Principal Strategist
Alion Science and Technology

Partner, Holland & Knight law firm; Former member - US House of Representatives

President
Davis Citrus Management

Founder & CEO
International Spectrum Consulting
French Army Colonel (Ret.)

Managing Director at Diehl & Associates
Former Deputy Director of Engagement, Plans and Policy Directorate, US Central Command, MacDill AFB

Assistant Professor of International History
Saint Leo University

President
The Networked Planet

Vice President of Communications, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
Former Deputy POLAD, US Central Command

Dean University of South Florida
College of Arts & Sciences

Senior Program Manager
CAE USA, Inc. (Ret.)

Circuit Judge (Ret.)
Pinellas County

Senior Member, US Foreign Commercial Service (Ret.)
Board of Advisors, Foreign Service Retirees Association of Florida

Attorney (Ret.)

Clerk of the Court and Comptroller for Hillsborough County (Ret.)

Entrepreneur and Consultant

Federal Lobbyist – Dept of Defense
Former Rhode Island State Senator

Executive Director
Automobile Dealers Association

President, Applied Solutions Consulting LLC

Attorney, Managing Partner
Holland & Knight

Editorial Writer & Page Editor
Tampa Tribune (Ret.)

President Emeritus
The Poynter Institute

Chartered Accountant (Ret.); Director, Cayman National Bank

Lawyer – Managing Partner
Harris, Hunt & Derr

Global Management Consultant (Ret.)
US Navy Captain (Ret.)

SVP Marketing & Communications Certus Core
Executive Marketing & Brand Strategy Coach | Embarc Collective

Principal
Rare Prints Gallery of Franklin
Haitian Art and Craft

Naval Intelligence Officer (Ret.)
National Security Agency

Former Ambassador to Serbia, Iraq, Macedonia, Poland, South Korea
Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

US Army, Major General (Ret.)
Former Chief of Staff, US Central Command

Senior Director – USAID (Ret.)

Social Studies Teacher, St. Petersburg Catholic High School

Attorney – Gardner, Brewer, Martinez, Monfort

Chief Legal Officer
Principal, IWP Family Office

Former Vice Chairman, Citi Bank AG; Past President American Chamber of Commerce, Frankfurt, Germany

President, Jacob Real Estate Services, Inc.

Attorney
International Tax Group
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

President
James Group International, Inc.

Principal and International Water Consultant
Bayshore Water Partners, LLC

US Magistrate Judge
US District Court

Professor of Surgery, USF Health

Vice President of Marketing and Community Partnerships WEDU

Chairman and CEO
The Omnia Group, Inc.

COO, Patriot Circuits, Inc.

US Commercial Service – Director, Greater Florida

Canadian Armed Forces
Colonel (Ret.)

Attorney
Ann Loughridge Kerr, Attorney at Law

Attorney (Ret.)
Carlton Fields

Chief Legal Officer
Tampa Port Authority

Lead Director Atlys Global
Senior Advisor The McChrystal Group

Lawyer (Ret.)

Senior Counselor with Palantir Technologies

Physician

Director, Asia Programs, USF
Medicine International

Builder/Developer
Sneem Co., Kerry, Ireland

President, University of South Florida

President and CEO REVERSA, LLC
Faculty – American Academy of Ophthalmology

Senior Vice President USF Health
Dean Morsani College of Medicine

Orthopedic Surgeon

Private Investment Manager

Private Investment Manager

Community Leader

President, Mariani Asphalt Company (Ret.)

CFA fireproofing, Managing Partner

Vice President (Ret.)
Firmenich (Geneva)

Sr. Consultant, TwoBlue Aces Consulting
Asst. Deputy Under Secretary of the US Air Force, International Affairs, Pentagon (Ret.)

Neuroradiologist (Ret.)

Consultant – Prevention of Violence in the Military
Commander, United States Navy (Ret.)

US Marine Corps, General (Ret.)
Former Commander US CENTCOM
Former Executive Director USF Global and National Security Institute (GNSI)
President of The Citadel

Chairman and CEO
Cross Border Enterprises, LLC and Cross Border Private Capital, LLC

Research Fellow, International Justice Mission

International and Domestic Healthcare Policy Management

AVP, USF Health International
Assistant Dean, Medicine International
Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida

US Coast Guard, Rear Admiral (Ret.)
President, Merlin Management, Inc.

Former Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the LAACO, Ltd, Former President of the LA Bar Association

Government Relations Consultant

Executive Director Center for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies and Professor of Politics
University of South Florida

Community Leader

President
Trial Practices, Inc.

Chairman
Automotive Investments, LLC

Principal
Murray Corporation

Tampa Bay Defense Alliance, Vice President
Florida Defense Alliance, FSWG Chair

Senior Vice President - Investments
Raymond James & Assoc., Inc.

CEO and Executive Director, USF Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS)

Consultant
Admiral, USN
Commander, US Special Operations Command (Ret.)

Financial Analyst – Abicor Group

Vice Chair Department of Internal Medicine
USF Morsani College of Medicine

Analyst
Raytheon Blackbird Technologies, Inc.

Director (Ret.), US Secret Service
President/CEO, Secure23, LLC

Principal, SE Advisors, LLC

Minister-Counselor Foreign Service Officer (Ret.)
Chairman of the Board - Foreign Service Retirees Association of Florida
Vice President – USF World Advisory Council

International Tax Advisor at Elaion Tax

Community Leader

Assistant Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
USF Morsani College of Medicine

Attorney
Johnson Pope

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Eckerd College

Co-founder & Managing Partner Gainful Solutions -Int’l Consulting
Ambassador & Senior Foreign Service Officer (Ret.) US State Dept

Psychologist
Psychologist Services Associates

Professor in European and International Studies
Director, International Studies Program
Saint Leo University

Treasurer (Ret.)
Robbins Mfg. Co.

Managing Principal and Founding Partner
Robson Investment Strategies LLC

Attorney
Rosenkranz Law Firm

CEO
Omega Federation

Professor of Nat’l Security Affairs at National Defense University
Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies
Special Advisor to US Central Command

Community Leader

Professor Emeritus
University of South Florida

US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade (Ret.)
Chairman & CEO, CNS Global Advisors, LLC
Attorney, Holland & Knight

Attorney

Attorney
Barbas, Nuñez, Sanders, Butler & Hovsepian

Attorney
Former Deputy General Counsel, US Cyber Command

CEO & President of A.R. Savage, LLC
Consul of Norway and Denmark for Central Florida

Attorney
James A. Schmidt, P.A.

VP, Regulatory Lead - Operational Risk Management, Citigroup
US Army Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.)

President and Managing Partner
MediaSphere Partners, LLC

Attorney (Ret.)

President
Shasteen & Percy, PA

Physician

Shan Shikarpuri & Associates
Certified Public Accountants

Chief Financial Officer, State of Florida (Ret.)
Community Leader

Chairman (Ret.), Department of Internal Medicine
Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida

Assistant VP for Global Outreach
Marketing & Philanthropy
USF World

President
Aeolus, Inc.

Lawyer, Holland & Knight, Partner

Certified Public Accountant
Andersen

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Physician
USF College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease & International Medicine

Consultant

Attorney (Ret.)

Publisher
World Politics Review

CEO, Tampa International Airport / Hillsborough County Aviation Authority

Founder, Grey Bull Rescue Foundation
President, John Paul Jones Consulting International
Intelligence Officer (Ret.)

Physician

CEO & Chairman
Tampa Bay Times
Chairman (Ret.)
The Poynter Institute, Board of Trustees

Co-Owner and Principal
Tampa Bay Downs

Chairman
Thompson Group of Companies

Senior Trial Attorney
Civil Division – US Department of Justice (Ret.)

Director, Berkeley Preparatory School, Global Studies Program

Chairman
The Touchton Group

Chairman (Ret.)
The Witt-Touchton Company LLC

Senior Advisor, New Mountain Capital
Chairman, Pearce Services (A New Mountain Capital Portfolio Company)

Chief Executive Officer
Great American Corp.

Associate VP & General Manager
WUSF Public Media

US Army Major (Ret.)

President
Consulting Caribbean LLC

International Relations, USF-SP
East Asia Specialist

Principal and CEO Applied Solutions Consulting LLC

Lawyer, Akerman LLP

Attorney
Burr & Forman LLP