Veteran entrepreneurs to benefit from arrival of national nonprofit

Bunker Labs’ Tampa chapter will open on Sept. 26.

By Business Observer Staff
| 12:49 p.m. September 17, 2019
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Bunker Labs leaders are preparing to open the nonprofit's newest chapter, in Tampa, on Sept. 26. Courtesy photo.

Tampa Bay-Lakeland

TAMPA — Bunker Labs, a national nonprofit that helps veterans start and operate businesses, will hold a grand opening for its Tampa chapter — the first in Florida — on Sept. 26.

The organization will be based at the Entrepreneur Collaborative Center, 2101 E. Palm Ave., Tampa. Its volunteer leadership team includes Immertec co-founder and Marine Corps veteran Erik Maltais, as well as 20-year Army veteran Bill Quigley and Valerie Lavin, CEO of Luminary Global, a Tampa-based medical supply firm.