Craig J. Richard
President & CEO, Tampa Bay Economic Development Council, Tampa
The Tampa Bay Economic Development Council is the designated lead economic development agency for Hillsborough County and Tampa, Plant City and Temple Terrace. The council employs 16 and has an annual budget of $3.4 million. Richard has more than two decades of economic development experience in major markets such as Dallas, Houston and Atlanta.
| EDUCATION | University of Houston (BA), Virginia Commonwealth University (MS) |
| SOMETHING SURPRISING | I am a bowhunter. |
| FLORIDA LOVE | The weather from November to May |
| WOULD CHANGE about Florida | The weather from June to October |
| Sabbatical Topic | South Africa, wildlife biology |
| READING | The Mamba Mentality, by Kobe Bryant |