Thank you to everyone who attended and participated in our luncheon debate on Tuesday, October 15, 2024. It was a spirited and enlightening debate with thoughtful questions, an engaged audience, and the shared gratitude of participation from our Board, members, and esteemed guests. And a packed house! Capital Tiger Bay Club is especially grateful to Moderator Gary Fineout of POLITICO […]
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Thank you to everyone who attended our luncheon on Tuesday, September 17, 2024. We hosted a spirited and eye-opening debate with Dr. Jessica Spencer and Steve Vancore, and with Dara Kam of News Service of Florida as the Moderator. We hope you found the debate both timely and valuable. And the straw poll results are IN! Capital Tiger […]
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Capital Tiger Bay Club was honored to have Craig Fugate, the informative and comedic former FEMA and FL Dept. of Emergency Management Director, as our featured speaker. Thank you to Matt Ubben, our Tiger Bay member introducer, for helping kick off the event. Craig Fugate served as President Barack Obama’s FEMA Administrator from May 2009 […]
“State of Public Safety” Panel Capital Tiger Bay Club is proud to welcome Leon County Panelists Sheriff Walt McNeil, State Attorney Jack Campbell, Public Defender Jessica Yeary, and Chief Lawrence Revell to discuss the State of Public Safety nearly halfway through year 2024. Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil was elected Sheriff of Leon County in November 2016. In his distinguished […]
Capital Tiger Bay Club is proud to welcome the Leon County Legislative Delegation for a post-2024 SessionWrap-Up to discuss Session highlights, lowlights, legislation they have championed, and what’s in store forthe county and the state. Sen. Corey Simon (R-Tallahassee) was elected in 2022 and serves as Chair of the Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee; Agriculture Committee; Appropriations Committee on Education; and […]
Matt Dixon is a senior national politics reporter for NBC News, where he plays a key role in NBC News’ 2024 presidential election coverage. Prior to this role, he worked as the Florida bureau chief for POLITICO for eight years. Dixon also served as The Florida Times-Union bureau chief for four years. In April 2021, […]
Capital Tiger Bay Club is proud to welcome Speaker of the Florida House Paul Renner, on Tues., Dec. 5, 2023. Paul Renner (R-Palm Coast) is the current Speaker of the House in the state of Florida and was first elected to the Florida House in 2015. Raised in Northeast Florida, he earned his Juris Doctorate […]
Please join us for Capital Tiger Bay Club on Tuesday, October 24, for our next program, featuring Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis. Jimmy Patronis, a native Floridian born and raised in Panama City, earned his associate degree in restaurant management from Gulf Coast Community College and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Florida […]
Please join us for Capital Tiger Bay Club on Thursday, September 7, for our next program, featuring Evan Power, Chairman of the Leon County Republican Party, and Ryan Ray, Chairman of the Leon County Democratic Party. Evan Power, a native of Chattanooga, TN, moved to Florida to attend Florida State University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in […]
Join us for Capital Tiger Bay Club on Thursday, May 18, for our next program, featuring Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson. Commissioner Wilton Simpson is a lifelong Florida farmer and entrepreneur with deep personal and professional roots grounded in agriculture. From 2012 to 2022, he served as a member of the Florida Senate and was elected Senate […]