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Tampa Downtown Partnership Leadership

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2011 / 2012 Chairman
Terry Aidman
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland

Mr. Aidman joined the Tampa Downtown Partnership in 1994 and has been instrumental in various Partnership strategic initiatives. Mr. Aidman was asked to join the executive committee in 2002.  In 2004, Mr. Aidman took the position as secretary for the Partnership.  He was then named treasurer of the organization in 2005.  In 2010, Mr. Aidman was named Chairman-elect.

Mr. Aidman is the Florida Managing Partner of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, one of the top 25 accounting firms in the country. Mr. Aidman’s focus is as market leader for the Tampa Bay area, and he has been providing tax and consulting services to Firm clients more than 40 years.

Prior to joining Cherry, Bekeart & Holland, Mr. Aidman founded a leading accounting practice in Tampa Bay and served as the managing partner of Aidman, Piser & Company, a firm serving mid-market businesses, entrepreneurs and publicly traded corporations for over 17 years.

Mr. Aidman currently serves on and is past chair of the University of South Florida’s School of Accountancy Advisory Board, is a member of the USF President’s Council and an honorary member of Beta Alpha Psi. He has also served on the advisory boards of the Accounting Conferences of both USF and the University of Florida.

In addition to his involvement with the Tampa Downtown Partnership, Mr. Aidman serves or has served on the boards of numerous civic, professional and religious organizations, including the Tampa Convention Center (Board Member), the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce (Board of Governors), financial institutions (Board Member), and a president of his congregation.

Mr. Aidman attended Southern Methodist University and graduated from the University of South Florida with a degree in accounting. Mr. Aidman has taught, lectured and written articles on a variety of accounting topics. In addition to serving as an editorial advisor for the Journal of Accountancy; his credits include a weekly tax column, a monthly “Tax Tip” for regional television, and a monthly video presentation for a national education program.

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.

2011 / 2012 Executive Committee Officers

  • Chairman
    B. Terry Aidman, C.P.A - Cherry, Bekaert & Holland 
  • Chair-Elect
    Larry D. Richey - Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc. 
  • Treasurer
    Greg Minder - InTown Group 
  • Secretary
    David L. Smith - GrayRobinson 
  • Immediate Past Chair
    William A. Gillen, Jr. - Shook Hardy & Bacon P.A. 
  • President:
    Christine M. Burdick- Tampa Downtown Partnership

2011 / 2012 Executive Committee

  • Duncan Broyd- HOK Inc.
  • Randy Coen- Coen & Company
  • Michael English, AICP - Tindale Oliver 
  • Richard Linquanti - Carlton Fields 
  • Page W. McKee - Hardin Construction Company, LLC 
  • Daivd M. Mechanik- Mechanik Nuccio Heame & Wester, P.A.
  • Kevin Plummer - Tampa Preparatory School 
  • Representive - Tampa Electric Company 
  • Ronald L. Vaughn, Ph.D.- The University of Tampa
  • Andrea E. Zelman- Fowler White Boggs P.A.

2011 / 2012 Board of Directors

  • Robert R. Abberger - Trammell Crow Company  
  • 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
  • Mark Fernandez - Tampa Bay Rays
  • Gene Gray - Hillsborough County
  • Keith Greminger - Gensler 
  • Frederick A. Hames - Skanska USA Building Inc.
  • Thomas N. Henderson, III - Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A. 
  • Ronald Hytoff - Tampa General Hospital
  • Mickey Jacob, FAIA - Urban Studio Architects, Inc.
  • Greg Kadet - UBS Financial Services, Inc.
  • Tod Leiweke - Tampa Bay Lightning 
  • Judith Lisi - David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts
  • Bob McDonaugh - City of Tampa  
  • Derrick Morrow - Hyatt Regency Tampa 
  • Frank A. Nelson - Batson-Cook Company
  • Marshall Rainey - Williams, Schifino, Mangione & Steady, P.A.
  • J. Guy Revelle, III - Millennium Management Group, Inc.  
  • Robert J. Rohrlack, Jr. - Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce 
  • L. David Shear - Ruden, McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A.
  • David B. Singer - Holland & Knight, P.A.
  • William T. Starkey - Wells Fargo Bank 
  • Thom F. Stork - The Florida Aquarium
  • Carrie Vanerio - Florida Communications Group 
  • Richard Wainio - Tampa Port Authority
  • David Woods - Verizon