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Kathy Carlson of Kelly’s, The Chic-A-Boom Room and Blur; Rene Johnson, the originator of The Living Room on Main, Dunedin Smokehouse and My Favorite Things Boutique; Dunedin City Commissioner Heather Gracy; Author Fawn Germer; Tampa Bay Magazine Publisher/Editor Margaret Word Burnside; and Wendy Barmore, the owner of Blossom Creative and linchpin of The Wendy Barmore Band, drew over 100 women to Bon Appétit Restaurant to hear them speak about the Art of Collaboration and what they have learned during their extraordinary lives. Lynn Smeraldo has renamed her business The Genesis Wealth Advisor Group to reflect her collaboration with the firm in New Jersey that will give clients expanded services and strategies. John and Däna Zias of Cuvée 103 Bistro, located at the intersection of McMullen Booth and Enterprise Roads in Safety Harbor, are serving lunch Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. They have soups, salads, personal pizzas, pastas and sandwiches. You will love the Lamb Burger with bacon jam and rosemary mayo. Louise Del Basso of Galleria Misto Fine Art Gallery in Belleair Bluffs is pleased that Cathy West Morrison has joined their team. Chantelle DePaz of Largo has joined the team of stylists at Andrew Ashton of La Posh Salon in Clearwater. Jake Hickton and his BurgerMonger restaurants helped feed lunch to the exceptionally bright, underprivileged students who were enrolled in Berkeley Preparatory School’s special summer program in Tampa. Rhea Law, the head of the Buchanan, Ingersoll and Rooney law firm in Florida, has become the first chair of the “new” Tampa Bay Partnership, our area’s regional economic development group. The partnership’s CEO Rick Homans is a proven leader, who is reinventing and refocusing the partnership’s efforts. Barry Shevlin, the CEO of Vology, and Jeff Vinik, the owner of the Lightning, will co-chair a policy group on transportation, and Chuck Sykes, the CEO of Sykes Enterprises, will chair a group that will evaluate how well the partnership is achieving its goals. 70 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2016 Hairstylist Amy Jones and Bella’s Beauty Bar owner Cheyenne Miller celebrated the salon’s first anniversary with a party for their clients in Clearwater. John Wakefield, the father of three daughters, congratulated Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi on the progress she and her staff have made in combating human trafficking, pill mills, illicit drugs and the incidence of drug addicted newborns. Bondi was the keynote speaker at the Florida Citizens for Social Reform’s brunch organized by founding chairs Joanie and Steve Sigel and Brent Miller, which was held at The Fort Harrison in Clearwater. Vinnie Luisi, the executive director of the Dunedin Historical Museum, presented a pictorial history of the Dunedin Library at the Library’s celebration of its 20th year at its present location. 9 GRAM NORAA DAWN LA CROSS


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