Since the 1980s, our mission at the Florida West Coast Employee Benefits Council has been to offer an educational and networking forum for employee benefits professionals in the Tampa Bay area. Through dinner meetings with scheduled speakers and annual educational workshops, we offer our members timely information on a variety of employee benefits matters and the opportunity to share thoughts and experiences with, and enjoy, the good company of, their benefits industry colleagues.
The Council is operated by its membership on a volunteer basis with all dues used to fund Dinner Meetings and educational programs. The Council exists as a non-profit open forum for the education of its members.1
Officers
- President – Cristina Stanton – PenChecks Trust
- President-Elect – Breezy Paulus – CliftonLarsonAllen
- 1st VP – Ashley Macri – Bates & Company
- 2nd VP – Julia Capo – MAP Retirement
- Treasurer – Jennifer Matasic – CBIZ
- Secretary – Pete Cardillo – Southern Pension Services
- Immediate Past President – Andy McLaughlin – Shutts & Bowen LLP
Additional Board of Directors
- Pete Cardillo – Southern Pension Services
- John Burgess – Jackson Lewis P.C.
- Kim Collier – Florida Retirement Consultants
- John McGuire – Voya
- Lisa Scalia – Transamerica
- Lowell Walters – Reid & Riege
- Roberta Casper Watson – Wagner Law Group
- Tim Zehnder – Hill Ward Henderson
- Andy McLaughlin – Shutts & Bowen LLP
- Nancy Lorenzen – HR Advocates, Inc.
1. The Council is a tax exempt entity organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for educational purposes. In that regard, the use of the Council membership roster or members’ list in any form for advertising to members or solicitation of business is strictly prohibited. Any such conduct may result in the suspension or revocation of membership.
