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December 13, 2008

Rhea F. Law named 2008 Tampa Bay CEO of The Year

Rhea F. Law, 2008 Tampa Bay CEO of The YearOn Thursday, December 11th, Tampa Bay CEO Magazine presented the 2008 Tampa Bay CEO Awards Gala at the TPepin’s Hospitality Centre. Nominees were recognized and winners announced at the black-tie event with a crowd of nearly 300 attendees. Awards were handed out in nine individual categories including; Advertising & Marketing, Technology, Business Services, Consumer Services, Real Estate, Financial Services, Non-Profit, Legal Services and Emerging CEO. 

Rhea F. Law, CEO & Chair of the Board for Fowler White Boggs P.A. was named overall winner for 2008 Tampa Bay CEO of The Year. Criteria for the award included community involvement, leadership initiatives, corporate vision and market performance.

"There are so many outstanding CEOs in the Tampa Bay region, and our goal with this award was to recognize their work and accomplishments from both a business and community perspective," said David C. Glass, CEO & Publisher, Tampa Bay CEO Magazine. "Rhea is doing some amazing things in the business community, demonstrating a level of vision and leadership that sets her apart from her contemporaries. She truly personifies everything we were looking for in our CEO of the Year."

Winners

2008 CEO of The Year Winners Pictured (Front left to right), Rhea F. Law (Overall Winner & Legal Services), Barry Shevlin (Technology), Anand Pallegar (Emerging CEO). (Back left to right) David Sessions (Real Estate), Joy Gendusa (Advertising & Marketing), Paul D'Agostino (Non-Profit), Gary Levin (Financial Services). Not pictured; Larry Morgan (Consumer Services), Dennis
Milhale (Business Services). Not Pictured; Dennis Mihale (Business Services), Larry Morgan (Consumer Services).


Overall Winner

Rhea F. Law, Fowler White Boggs P.A.


Individual Category Winners:

Advertising & Marketing
Joy Gendusa, PostcardMania

Consumer Products & Services
Larry Morgan, Morgan Auto Group

Business Products & Services
Dennis Mihale, Parses Inc.

Financial Services
Gary J. Levin, Levin Financial Group

Legal Services
Rhea F. Law, Fowler White Boggs P.A.

Emerging CEO
Anand Pallegar, atLarge Inc.

Non-Profit
Paul D’Agostino, Child Abuse Council

Real Estate & Construction Services
David E. Sessions, Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc.

Technology
Barry Shevlin, Network Liquidators

Panel of Judges included; Renee A. Benton, President & CEO of Tampa Bay WorkForce Alliance; Ken Bakunas, CEO of Magnetic; Rachel Cantor; President of RC Associates; Robert Forsythe, Dean of USF College of Business; Andy Hafer, President & CEO of Dynamic Communities; Steve Tingiris, CEO of Prospect Smarter; Nicholas Vojnovic; President of Beef ‘O’ Brady’s

The 2008 Tampa Bay CEO of The Year Awards Gala was presented by Tampa Bay CEO Magazine and sponsored by Cerner, Verizon Business, Talk Radio 860 WGUL, Tampa Digital Studios, Prospect Smarter, Print Concierge and Pepin Distributing.

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That's a great award to win, she deserved it as far as I can tell. Congrats!

I agree with your idea but, there are different school of thoughts producing different ideas that has to brought into consideration.

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