ALLISON CASPER ADAMS

CO-OWNER, THE CASPERS COMPANY, TAMPA

Alison Casper Adams and her brother, Blake Casper, are the heirs to a McDonald's franchise empire. The Casper family grew their number of restaurants to 60, the largest McDonald's franchise in Florida, before selling them all back to McDonald's corporate in 2022. After graduating from Southern Methodist University Law School, Casper Adams worked in the company as a McDonald's store manager and area supervisor. Today the Caspers Company includes Oxford Commons, a holding company for seven Tampa Bay hospitality concepts, including the Oxford Exchange, a prominent restaurant, retail store and event venue that the siblings created in a long-vacant building across the street from the University of Tampa. It also includes Wright's Gourmet House, a 63-year-old Tampa institution that the company acquired two years ago. Casper Adams serves on Moffitt Cancer Center Foundation's board of directors and formerly chaired the board of the Tampa Museum of Art.