Florida Locals Changing the National Landscape of Youth Sports
In 2003, the Sports Facilities Advisory (SFA) started as many new businesses
do – with an innovative idea and a napkin vision statement at a kitchen table.
Founder Dev Pathik quickly realized that the vision for SFA to become the
preeminent resource in the community youth and amateur sports marketplace
was simply too big to be accomplished by Pathik himself. He needed partners and
thus, Pathik (of Belleair Beach) began building a dream-team of partners: Jason
Clement (Palm Harbor), a sports facility architect and large real estate asset
manager; Eric Sullivan (Indian Rocks Beach), a former professional soccer player
with an MBA; and Evan Eleff (Lutz), former Program Director in the YMCA of
Tampa Bay. Including Pathik, the four have led the growth of SFA into the most
well-recognized resource for government and private clients seeking to open
new sport and recreation centers. Today, the partners oversee a team of more
than 200 employees nationwide and have directed the planning, funding, and
operations of community sports centers that impact millions of lives every year.
Led by Belleair Beach resident
Dev Pathik and his Tampa
Bay based partners, the
Sports Facilities Advisory is
named Clearwater Chamber
of Commerce 2018 Large
Business of the Year
10 March 2018 • FLocal Magazine