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EXECUTIVE DIVERSIONS
inside The business and nonprofit leaders in the 2024 Diversions issue include:
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Casey Taylor, National Pediatric Cancer Foundation, Tampa.......................................... 6
Ad agency CEO who doubles as a long-distance runner is one of many executives and entrepreneurs in the region — from a skydiver to a mountain climber to an oenophile — with a get-after-it life pursuit. PAGES 6-16
Ronne Apicella, SalusCare Fort Myers.................................. 8 Melissa Riccardi, Colliers, Tampa.......................................10 Brandon Box, Cogent Bank, Naples........................................10 Russell Budd, PBS Contractors, Naples.............. 11 Christine Turner, ChappellRoberts, Tampa....12 Preston Rudie, Catalyst Communications, Tampa.....14 Heather Plampin, Cottages on the Key, Sarasota.............15 Mark Esbeck, Andrick & Associates. Sarasota.............15 Fred Hemmer, HP Capital Group, St. Petersburg.......... 16
REAL ESTATE Michigan firm buys Naples office building for $1.6 million. 17 Developer begins 81-unit multifamily project in Venice. 17
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