Finance & Insurance

CHRISTINA “CINA” WELCH
PRESIDENT & CEO, FCCI INSURANCE GROUP, SARASOTA
FCCI provides commercial property and casualty insurance, surety, and risk management services, working through independent agents in 20 states and Washington, D.C. Employing more than 800, the firm has regional and branch offices in seven states. Welch has been with FCCI for 23 years and became CEO in 2020. “My path to getting to the CEO position was anything but linear. I had to be open-minded and willing to take risks, many times taking on roles that were way out of my comfort zone or roles that were brand new to the organization altogether.”
EDUCATION | University of Florida (BS), Stetson University (JD) |
CIVIC EFFORT | FCCI offers employees eight hours per year of company-paid time to volunteer at the charitable organization of their choice. In 2019, FCCI established the FCCI Charitable Foundation to ensure 99 cents on every dollar helps those in need. |
SOMETHING SURPRISING | People are surprised to learn how much I love adventure and challenge. Everything from swimming from Alcatraz across San Francisco Bay to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to trekking through the world’s largest cave in Vietnam for five days. |
SABBATICAL TOPIC | Great white sharks. Two years ago, I was able to cage-dive with great whites at the Isle of Guadalupe. |
READING | These Truths: A History of the United States, by Jill Lepore |
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David Chitester
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TONY COLEY
BB&T
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Centerstate Bank
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V. RAYMOND FERRARA
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UPC Insurance
JOHN D. FUMAGALLI
Northern Trust
Pat Geraghty
Guidewell and Florida Blue
Barry Gilway
Citizens Property Insurance
JORGE GONZALEZ
City National Bank
Drew Graham
Ballast Point Ventures
Keith Hoskins
Navy FCU
Dennis S. Hudson III
Seacoast Banking
KEVIN JOHNSON
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Rodger Krouse
Sun Capital Partners
MARTY LANAHAN
IBERIABANK
MARC LEDER
Sun Capital Partners
FELIPE LEMOS
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INEZ LONG
BLACK BUSINESS INVESTMENT FUND FLORIDA
AGOSTINHO MACEDO
OCEAN BANK
DAVID MILLER
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MICHAEL MILLER
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Harold Mills
VMD Ventures
Gary Norcross
Fidelity National Information Services
Brian Philpot
AgAmerica Lending
Joy Randels
New Market Partners
Paul Reilly
Raymond James Financial
GARRETT RICHTER
First Florida Integrity Bank
BOB RITCHIE
American Integrity Insurance
Gene Schaefer
Bank of America
Yvette Segura
USAA
Bruce Sherman
Miami Marlins
RAJINDER P. SINGH
BankUnited
THOMAS SITTEMA
CONVERSUS
BILL SMITH
CAPITAL CITY BANK GROUP
ADRIA STARKEY
FINEMARK NATIONAL BANK & TRUST
TROY TEMPLETON
TRIVEST
Gary Tice
First Florida Integrity Bank
Mario Trueba
First Horizon
Jeff Vinik
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tom Wallace
Florida Funders
Will Weatherford
Weatherford Capital
CHRISTINA “CINA” WELCH
FCCI INSURANCE GROUP
Bill West
Bank of Tampa
BRIAN WOLFBURG
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