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Executive Diversions

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  • Jim Stinson
  • January 10, 2024
Bank president accomplishes life goal: Learning to fly planes

Brandon Box gets away from it all by heading into the clouds.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • Mark Gordon
  • January 9, 2024
CEO steps out of her comfort zone in teaching aerobics

Heather Plampin, the president and CEO of vacation rental company The Cottages on the Key, gets her non-work kicks out of teaching an intense group fitness class.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • January 9, 2024
Ad agency CEO says running makes her a better, more confident leader

Advertising executive Christine Turner started running in college to relieve stress. Now she’s conquering racecourses across the country, including mountainous trail runs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Jim Stinson
  • January 8, 2024
Commercial real estate exec doubles as 7-time perfect game bowler

Tampa Bay real estate VP Melissa Riccardi gets away from it all by rolling strikes.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • January 8, 2024
Condo developer keeps the beat playing drums in a rock band

For St. Petersburg real estate developer Fred Hemmer, age is just a number as he pursues his rock ’n’ roll fantasies behind a drum kit.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • October 30, 2023
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  • Florida
  • By Brian Hartz
  • January 12, 2023
Naples attorney embraces nation's fastest-growing sport

Largely self-taught, Jim Nici has won a slew of medals at the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships.

  • Executive Diversions
  • By Louis Llovio
  • January 12, 2023
Medicine man by day, rockstar by night

Dr. Patrick Hwu runs the Moffitt Cancer Center as he continues to practice medicine and study immunotherapy treatments. Oh, and he plays a mean keyboard in a rock and roll band, too.

  • Executive Diversions
    By
  • Brian Hartz
  • January 11, 2023
Social media marketing whiz moonlights as professional indoor soccer player

Chris Frederick had unfinished business in the sport he loves — soccer. So he rededicated himself to it, albeit in a different form.

  • Executive Diversions
  • By Mark Gordon
  • January 11, 2023
Surgeon’s passion is to jump out of planes — with a parachute, of course

Dr. Jennifer Bocker has performed somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 jumps.

  • Executive Diversions
  • By Brian Hartz
  • January 11, 2023
Entrepreneur uses brief sports career as basis for fashion business

Paola Bedin, a designer of athletic apparel, continues to pursue her greatest passion: high-performance cycling.

  • Executive Diversions
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • January 10, 2023
Trust company executive finds opportunity during pandemic

Instead of sitting around waiting for places to open in 2020, Kelly Caldwell became a pilot.

  • Executive Diversions
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • January 10, 2023
Bank executive brings lobster tails to the table

Gerri Moll discovered lobstering 30 years ago. Since then, she hasn't missed a mini-season.

  • Executive Diversions
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • January 10, 2023
Financial consultant partner taps into lesser-known Florida resource

Timothy Cartwright has visited 31 springs in the state. He doesn't plan on stopping any time soon.

  • Executive Diversions
    By
  • Amanda Postma
  • January 28, 2022
Money manager motivated by outsmarting others on the racetrack

CrossFitter by day, car racer by night, Michael Calamaras constantly seeks the next great challenge to tackle.

  • Executive Diversions
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