International Interest

Business. Tampa International Airport
Industry. Aviation
Key. New CEO wants to turn Tampa Bay into a brand to attract international tourists.

Most aviation officials spend years dreaming of planes before joining the business. Joe Lopano just needed a job out of college.

That was shortly after his dream of becoming a professional photographer was put in check by a friend. “I had a friend who worked for National Geographic and he told me the money wasn't good,” Lopano recalls.