The Hillsborough Community College Foundation has announced its 2022-2023 Executive Committee and Board of Directors, with six new members elected to three-year terms beginning July 1, 2022.
“We are excited to welcome this amazing collective of community leaders to our Board,” said Stephen Shear, Executive Director of the HCC Foundation. “Along with our returning members, they will help us fulfill our mission as we launch our first bachelor’s degree in HCC history.”
Our new board members are Qualenta Kivett, the Chief People and Talent Officer of Tampa General Hospital; Brett Fay, the Director of General Aviation at Tampa International Airport; Kathryn Pankow of Baker Barrios; and Nadine Fahim, Global Executive at KPMG.
Executive Committee
Eric Bailey, Chair, Captrust Advisors
Darlene Johnson, Vice-Chair, Suncoast Credit Union
Charles M. Holloman II, Esq., Immediate Past Chair, Holloman Law
Chris Taylor, Finance Chair, CT Equity Group
Karl Strauch, Development Co-Chair, Port Tampa Bay
Marcel Blythe, Development Co-Chair, USAA
Dr. Jennifer China, President’s Liaison, HCC SouthShore Campus President
Aakash Patel, Trustees’ Liaison, Elevate, Inc.
Members-at-Large
*Christina Acosta, Hillsborough Community College (Faculty Representative)
Anthony Anselmo, Fifth Third Bank
Justin Day, Capital City Consulting
Louise Ellrod, Charles Perry Partners, Inc.
*Nadine Fahim, KPMG
*Brett Fay, Tampa International Airport
Robert Fields
Laura Gagnon
Scott Goldbach, GTE Financial
*Qualenta Kivett, Tampa General Hospital
Stephen Koontz, Southeast Sustainable Infrastructure
Ann Sells Miller, VIPcare
Philip Minden, Baycare Health System
Bruce Napier, TECO
Linda Neverson, Truist
*Kathryn Pankow, Baker Barrios
David Reno, Reno Boyd Building Co.
Georgia Vahue, Ruskin Firehouse Cultural Center
*Indicates new Board of Directors Member
The Hillsborough Community College Foundation supports HCC in its mission to deliver affordable educational opportunities that help students become successful, productive citizens. Through annual scholarships, endowments, program and faculty support, and college-wide funding initiatives, the Foundation has awarded more than $12,000,000 since 2000 and changed thousands of lives for the better.
Hillsborough Community College serves more than 42,000 students annually at its five campuses located throughout Tampa Bay. For more information, visit hccfl.edu.
HCC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
Visit hccfl.edu/accreditation for more information.