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Tampa Downtown Partnership Leadership

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2010 / 2011 Chairman
William "Bill" A. Gillen Jr.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP

Mr. Gillen joined the Tampa Downtown Partnership in 1994 and has been instrumental in various Partnership strategic initiatives such as the organization’s involvement in the attraction of major venues to the downtown area. Mr. Gillen was asked to join the board of directors in 1995 and was later brought onto the executive committee.  He has chaired the residential advisory council and the residential committee for the past two years.

Mr. Gillen is a practicing attorney with Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP where he is a trial lawyer focusing on toxic tort, products liability and environmental law matters.

He has also handled medical malpractice, construction, casualty, and commercial litigation cases. Mr. Gillen was included in Florida Super Lawyers 2010.  Before entering private practice, Mr. Gillen served as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1969 to 1972.

In addition to his involvement with the Tampa Downtown Partnership, Mr. Gillen has served in leadership roles with the Rotary Club of Tampa; Hillsborough Bar Association; Gulf Ridge Council of the Boy Scouts of America; United Way of Hillsborough County; Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay and the University Club of Tampa.

Mr. Gillen graduated with an undergraduate degree from Emory University in Atlanta, GA and then went on to attend law school at Florida State University.  Mr. Gillen is a sought-after public speaker and accomplished author on a variety of topics relating to his expertise in the various fields of law in which he practices.
 

Christine Burdick - Tampa Downtown Partnership President

President
Christine M. Burdick
Tampa Downtown Partnership

Christine Burdick was chosen as the president of the Tampa Downtown Partnership in April 2002.  Prior to moving to Tampa, she worked for Mayor Daley, helping to revitalize downtown Chicago, and in Miami Beach, directing the regeneration of Lincoln Road.

With more than 30 years experience in retailing and urban development, she and the Partnerships leadership are working to further develop the sense of community in downtown Tampa and bring exciting new projects to the area.  Since 2004, downtown Tampa has experienced more than $1 billion in private and public investment, with expectations of continued infrastructure and other capital investment in the next two years.

Burdick is a member of the International Economic Development Council, the Urban Land Institute, the International Downtown Association, and the Interational Council of Shopping Centers.  Locally, she is a trustee of the University of Tampa, board of directors members of The Florida Aquarium, the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, and Tampa Bay & Co., and she serves on the executive commitee of the Homesless Coalition of Hillsborough County.

2010 / 2011 Executive Committee Officers

  • Chairman
    William A. Gillen Jr - Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP
  • Chair-Elect
    B. Terry Aidman, C.P.A - Cherry, Bekaert & Holland 
  • Treasurer
    Stephanie Agliano - Tampa Electric 
  • Secretary
    Larry D. Richey - Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc. 
  • Immediate Past Chair
    Keith G. Greminger, AIA - Gensler 
  • President:
    Christine M. Burdick- Tampa Downtown Partnership

2010 / 2011 Executive Committee

  • Duncan Broyd- HOK Inc.
  • Randy Coen- Coen & Company
  • Michael English, AICP - WilsonMiller, Inc.
  • Mark M. Huey- City of Tampa
  • Page W. McKee - Hardin Construction Company, LLC 
  • Daivd M. Mechanik- Mechanik Nuccio Heame & Wester, P.A.
  • J. Guy Revelle, III- Splitsville/Stumps Supper Club/ Howl at the Moon/ Tinatapas 
  • David L. Smith - GrayRobinson 
  • Ronald L. Vaughn, Ph.D.- The University of Tampa
  • Andrea E. Zelman- Fowler White Boggs P.A.

2010 / 2011 Board of Directors

  • Robert A. Abberger - Trammell Crow Company 
  • David Armijo - HART
  • Michael A. Bedke - DLA Piper US LLP 
  • Greg Brooks - McKibbon Hotel Management, Inc
  • W. Paul Catoe - Tampa Bay & Company 
  • Brian Check - The Beck Group
  • Timothy J. Coop - Fifth Third Bank 
  • Joseph DeLuca - St. Petersburg Times
  • Gene Gray - Hillsborough County 
  • Frederick A. Hames - Skanska USA Building Inc.
  • Thomas N. Henderson, III - Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A. 
  • Ronald Hytoff - Tampa General Hospital
  • Mickey Jacob, AIA - Urban Studio Architects, Inc. 
  • Richard C. Linquanti - Carlton Fields, P.A.
  • Judith Lisi - David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts  
  • Gregory J. Minder - Intown Group, Inc.
  • Frank A. Nelson - Batson-Cook Company 
  • Kevin M. Plummer - Tampa Preparatory School
  • Robert J. Rohrlack, Jr. - Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce 
  • L. David Shear - Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A.
  • William "Ted" T. Starkey - Wells Fargo Bank 
  • Thom F. Stork - The Florida Aquarium
  • Carrie Vanerio - Florida Communications Group 
  • Richard Wainio - Tampa Port Authority
  • David Woods - Verizon