70 TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE | MAY/JUNE 2017
NICK SEAGO
Rob Ewing, the aviation director at
Admiral Farragut Academy, held a First
Flight Day program at the St. Pete Air
Flight School at Albert Whitted Airport
in downtown St. Petersburg to encourage
interest in aviation. The event was free
and open to the public.
Amy Pfaelzer of the Beach House
Gallery in Dunedin is working with
Cherie Pattishal and Michael Wyckoff
of Engel and Völkers Madeira Beach
as a real estate adviser.
Jodi McLean and Topher Morrison
invited community leaders to the Key
Person of Influence’s Fourth Annual
Collaborative Book Launch in Tampa.
Sheldon Hershman, executive director
of The Arc Tampa Bay and Madison Orr
Hauenstein, executive director of its
Randy Crisorio and his wife
Ellen thanked John Waite for
performing at their home for
members of Ruth Eckerd Hall’s
”Friends of Music” donors,
Founders Circle and Superstars
in recognition of the more
than $12 million they have
contributed to the hall over
the last six years.
The Arc Tampa Bay Foundation, thanked
the Funk family, Sen. Jack Latvala and
Florida Rep. Chris Sprowls for helping
make the grand opening of the Richard
B. Funk Center for Great Expectations
a reality. The new facility on The Arc
Tampa Bay campus at the Long Center
in Clearwater will serve and treat children
touched by autism spectrum disorder and
other developmental delays using applied
behavior analysis, occupational, physical
and speech therapies.
Marlene Rose, an internationally
recognized glass sculptor, and her
husband, architect Thomas Coates,
welcomed guests of the Tampa Bay
Business Community for the Arts to a
Cultural Encounter at her new Marlene
Rose Gallery in Clearwater. 9
Vince Angelotti, an elite sales consultant
at Friendly Kia in New Port Richey, won a
trip to Kona, Hawaii, for himself and his
fiancée Deborah Postiglione for ranking
29th in the country among Kia’s dealers and
140,000 sales consultants. He was selected
based upon his new car sales and customer
satisfaction index.
Ed Mitchell and his wife Suzan Decker Ross
hosted a Grand Re-Opening Party and
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at her newly
renovated Decker Ross Interiors Inc.
in Clearwater to benefit HEP
(Homeless Empowerment Program),
which helps homeless people learn
to take care of themselves.
Carole and Paul Dale, president and vice
president of operations of Skyline Suncoast
Displays in Tampa won the Best of Show:
Large Exhibit award during Exhibitor Live
2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Carlos and Beverly Yepes and
their Belleair Development
Group invited drivers and
friends for Parkshore Grill
refreshments at the Dalí
Museum and a private
grandstand during the
St. Petersburg Grand Prix.
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