Regional business organization gets new leader, first woman and Black woman to take the helm

Bemetra Simmons, executive at United Ways Suncoast, chosen to head the Tampa Bay Partnership.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 4:59 p.m. August 30, 2021
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COURTESY: Bemetra Simmons, chief strategies and operations officer at the United Way Suncoast, to take over Tampa Bay Partnership
COURTESY: Bemetra Simmons, chief strategies and operations officer at the United Way Suncoast, to take over Tampa Bay Partnership
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TAMPA — Bemetra Simmons has been named president and CEO of the Tampa Bay Partnership, replacing Rick Homans who is retiring.

Simmons, 46, is currently the chief strategies and operations officer at the United Way Suncoast and will step into her new job Sept. 27. She is the fourth person to head the Tampa Bay Partnership and the first woman and Black woman, according to a statement.  

 

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