Membership

IWF Florida Suncoast is an invitation-only membership organization of women leaders in diverse professions who work and live on the West Coast of Florida from Tampa Bay/Lakeland to Sarasota/Manatee and Naples/Ft Myers.

Our Members


  • Janene Amick
    CEO
    Florida Cultural Group, Inc.
  • Alexandra Armstrong
    Founder and Chairman Emeritus
    Armstrong Fleming & Moore Inc
  • Stacy Baier
    CEO
    Pinellas Education Foundation
  • Christine Banning
    President
    National Parking Association
  • Samira Beckwith
    President/CEO
    Hope HealthCare Services
  • Jennifer Bencie
    County Health Officer
    Florida Department of Health - Manatee
  • Brynne Ann Besio
    CEO
    The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, Inc.
  • Jessica Blume
    Retired - Vice chairman
    Deloite
  • Susie Bowie
    Manatee Community Foundation
    Executive Director
  • Terry Brackett
    Attorney
    Terry O. Brackett, Attorney 
  • Sandra Braham
    President and CEO
    Gulf Coast JFCS
  • Mary Braxton-Joseph
    Award Winning Journalist
  • Ruth Brophy
    Senior Advisor
    H.I.G. Capital
  • Ashley Brown
    President/CEO
    Women's Resource Center
  • Suzanne Brownstein
    Managing Director
    Temin and Company
  • Carol Butera
    President/CEO
    William G & Marie Selby Foundation
  • Kate Byrnes
    Ambassador
    U.S. European Command
  • Janet Cady
    Executive Partner
    BWF
  • Nancy Callahan
    Global Vice President
    SAP
  • Susan Carr-Templeton
  • Carol Carter
    Commission Chair, retired
    City of Anna Maria
  • Gail Chase
    COO
    Freedom Senior management
  • Marie Chinnici-Everitt
    Global Chief Marketing Officer and Tampa Regional Manager
    DTCC
  • Lee-En Chung
    Founder & Construction Consulting Engineer
    Ivy Ventures
  • Angelina Colonneso
    Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Manatee County
    Circuit Court of Manatee County
  • Eileen Connolly-Keesler
    President/CEO
    Community Foundation of Collier County
  • Debra Cook
    Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel
    The Depository Trust Clearing Corporation
  • Stacey Corley
    President
    Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation
  • Cheri Coryea
    Owner
    Coryea Consulting, LLC
  • Natalie Costello
    Former Vice President, BP plc
    Retired
  • Kristen Coury
    Founder, CEO, and Producing Artistic Director
    Gulfshore Playhouse
  • Fiona Crawford
    President/CEO
    Roskamp Institute
  • Judith Cuppy
    Retired
  • Rochelle Curley
    Circuit Court Judge
    12th Judicial Circuit
  • Renee Dabbs
    Business Management Consultant
    Renee Dabbs, LLC
  • Susan Davis Allen
    Visiting Distinguished Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering
    College of Engineering
  • Linda de Mello
    Organizational and Leadership Consultant
    Clarity Group
  • Sally Dee
    Marketing/PR
    Playbook Public Relations
  • Indera DeMine
    Attorney
    DeMine Immigration Law Firm
  • Jacqueline Dezelski
    President|CEO
    Manatee Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
  • Francine DiFilippo-Kent
    President
    DiFilippo & Kent Design
  • Linda DiGabriele
    Managing Director
    Asolo Repertory Theatre
  • Patricia Douglas
    CEO
    Patricia Douglas Consulting
  • Dawn-Marie Driscoll
    Advisory Board
    Hoffman Center for Business Ethics
  • Deborah Ellinger
    Board Member
    Tupperware, iRobot and Women Corporate Directors
  • Adell Erozer
    Executive Director
    Bishop Parker Foundation
  • Ursula Fairbairn
    President
    The Fairbairn Group
  • Kelly Fayer
    Attorney
    Fayer Law
  • Frances Fergusson
    President Emerita
    Vasser College
  • Hosana Fieber
    Chief Financial Officer/ Chief Operating Officer
    Tervis
  • Cynthia Flowers
    Owner
    EIR Advisory LLC
  • Cindy Fornelli
    Independent Trustee
    Professionally Managed Portfolios
  • Ellin Goetz
    President
    Goetz + Stropes Landscape Architects
  • Margaret Good
    Lawyer
    Margaret Good Law, PLLC
  • Beth Gotthelf
    Attorney
    Butzel Long Attorneys
  • Karin Grablin
    Certified Financial Planner
    SRQ Wealth
  • Leela Gray
    Brigadier General (Retired)
  • Carol Green
    Retired
    retired
  • Carol Green
    Partner
    Simenauer and Green Literary Agency
  • Katherine Green
    VP Advancement, ED Foundation
    Florida Gulf Coast University
  • Laura Hine
    Elected Member
    Pinellas County School Board
  • Sharon Hood
    President
    MarketCrank, Inc
  • Michele Hooper
    President and CEO
    The Directors' Council
  • Peggy Jablonski
  • Ann Jackson
    Executive Chairman
    Rockler Companies Inc
  • Debra Jacobs
    President & CEO
    The Patterson Foundation
  • Christine Jennings
    Community Volunteer
  • Roxanne Jerde
    President/CEO
    Community Foundation of Sarasota County
  • Maria Jimenez-Lara
    CEO
    Naples Children & Education Foundation
  • Roxane Joffe
    President and Founder
    MagnifyGood
  • Kimberly Johnson
    Attorney and Chair of law firm
    Quarles & Brady LLP
  • Karyne Jones
    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
    National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc.
  • Mary Key
    President
    Key Associates Inc.
  • Lisa Krouse
    Board of Directors
    FCCI Insurance Group
  • Lucie Lapovsky
    HIgher Education Consultant
    Lapovsky Consulting
  • Melissa Larkin-Skinner
    President/CEO
    Centerstone of Florida, Inc
  • Kelley Lavin
  • Julie Leach
    Executive Director
    Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
  • Lisl Liang
  • Eva Losacco
    President
    Evecap LLC
  • Nancy Lurker
    President & CEO
    EyePoint Pharmaceuticals Inc.
  • Susan MacManus
    Distinguished University Professor Emerita (Political Science)
    University of South Florida
  • Karen Makowski
    Retired Bank CEO turned REALTOR
    Coldwell Banker PPI
  • L. Gail Markham
    Founder, Partner
    Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co, P.A.
  • Nancy Markle
    Artist / President
    I4T Inc.
  • Jan Matthews
    Historical Research Advisor
    Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Nancy May
    CEO & Founder
    CareManity, LLC
  • Cynthia McCague
    Retired SVP, Global Human Resources
    Retired, The Coca-Cola Company
  • Jacke McCurdy
    Vice-President(Retired)
    Joseph E Seagram and Sons (no longer in business)
  • Donna McGinnis
    President and CEO
    Naples Botanical Garden
  • Cheryl Mendelson
  • Lisa Merritt
    Medical Director
    Kinesia Rehab Group Multicultural Health Institute
  • Gerri Moll
    President SW Florida
    Bank of America/US Trust
  • Karen Mosteller
    Consulting Partner
    Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company PA
  • Mindy Murphy
    President and CEO
    The Spring of Tampa Bay
  • Cathy Myers
  • Brenda Newberry
    Independent Non-Executive Board Member
    Spire Energy Jnc
  • Isabel Norton
    President
    RIN Investments, LLC
  • Linda Oberhaus
    CEO
    The Shelter for Abused Women & Children
  • Pat Okker
    President
    New College of Florida
  • Linda Orlans
    Founder and Principal
    Orlans PC, eTitle Agency, Inc, eVantage Services, Inc
  • E. Scott Osborne
    Advocate
  • Sali Osman
    Principal Security Executive Advisor
    Amazon
  • Sarah Owen
    President and CEO
    Collaboratory
  • Sarah H Pappas
    College President
    Retired
  • Penny Parks
    President
    Links Financial LLC
  • Kathleen Passidomo
    Senator
    The Florida Senate
  • Kamela Patton
    Superintendent
    Collier County Public Schools
  • Shontra Powell
    Founder
    SPowellCo LLC
  • Barbara Quasius
  • Jenine Rabin
    Executive Vice President
    Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
  • Joy Randels
    CEO & Chairman
    The Prowess Group & New Market Partners
  • Robbie Roepstorff
    President
    Edison National Bank/Bank of the Islands
  • Jennifer Rominiecki
    President and CEO
    Marie Selby Botanical Gardens
  • Mary Ruiz
    Chief Executive Officer
    Ruiz Strategic Advisors
  • Nancy Schlossberg
    professor Emerita, University of Maryland
    retired
  • Felice Schulaner
    Non Profit Board Director
    Community Leader
  • Jeri Sedlar
    International Speaker and Rewiring Expert
  • Jeanne Seewald
    Attorney
    Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
  • Kathleen Shanahan
    CEO
    Turtle & Hughes
  • Lisa Simington
    EVP, Head of Wealth Management and Hawthorn Family Office, Florida
    PNC Financial Services Group
  • Linda Simmons
    President and CEO
    RR Simmons
  • Alex Sink
    Board member
    Tampa bay wave
  • Carol Sisco
    CEO
    Sisco Associates
  • Michelle Smead
    Executive Search Managing Director
    Patina Solutions LLC and Management Alignment Partners
  • Mercedes Soler
    Co-owner and President
    Solmart Media
  • Linda Keene Solomon
    President and CEO
    Linda Keene Solomon & Associates LLC
  • Stephanie Sonnabend
    CEO
    Sonhos Strategic Advisors
  • Marlene Spalten
    President and CEO
    Community Foundation of Tampa Bay
  • Katie Sproul
    CEO
    Halstatt
  • Susan Stackhouse-Bosquez
    CEO/Founder--Retired
    Stellar Partners, inc
  • Adria Starkey
    President
    FineMark National Bank and Trust
  • Sandy Stilwell Youngquist
    Owner/Managing Member, CEO
    Stilwell Enterprises & Restaurant Group
  • Laurey Stryker
    Education Consultant
    Stryker Consulting
  • Kathryn Swintek
    Managing Director & Partner
    Golden Seeds
  • Ashley Taylor
    Chief Executive Officer
    Hana Group
  • Frances Taylor
    Former Executive Vice President
    Bank of America
  • Lorna Taylor
    President/CEO
    Premiere Eye Care
  • Stella Thayer
    President
    National Museum of Racing & Hall of Fame
  • Marilyn Thompson
    Executive Coach & HR Executive 
    Thompson Associates 
  • Elizabeth Timm
    Board Member
    Avangrid Renewables
  • Aysegul Timur
    Vice President and Vice Provost, Strategy and Program Innovation 
    Florida Gulf Coast University
  • Christina Unkel
    Lawyer/Sports Broadcaster/Business Owner
    MCT Law / SPARQ Advocay / Apex Holdings
  • Tonya Updegraff
    IWF Florida Suncoast Forum Administrator
  • Nancy Vaughn
    Principal, PR & Marketing Director
    White Book Agency
  • Jennifer Vigne
    President & CEO
    Education Foundation of Sarasota County
  • Tracy Wagner
    Vice President of Finance
    Ringling College of Art & Design
  • Emily Walsh
    Publisher
    Observer Media Group
  • Kay Wight
    Broadcast Executive
    N/A
  • Diana Willis
    Senior Advisor
    Trinity Commercial Group
  • Angeles Winesett
  • Karen Zaderej
  • Donna Zarcone
    President and CEO
    D.F. Zarcone & Associates LLC
  • Janice Zarro
    President
    Stilettos and Sneakers
  • Molly Zhang