New Pair To Lead EMERGE Tampa For Next Year
The St. Petersburg Times
Emerge Tampa, the Chamber of Commerce’s young professionals branch launched in 2004 to spruce up Tampa’s sometimes unhip image, unveiled its third generation of leaders on Wednesday: Candace Cusseaux, an associate at Cushman & Wakefield, and Pradeep Vanguri, an instructor at the University of South Florida, will take the reins in January as Emerge co-chairs for 2008. Cusseaux, 26, a 2003 graduate of Florida State, works in commercial real estate and is involved with civic organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters and the Tampa Organization of Black Affairs. Vanguri, 30, a member of the INDO-US Chamber of Commerce, is an assistant professor and program director in USF’s athletic training education program. He graduated in 1998 from East Carolina University, then earned a master’s at N.C. State and a doctorate in instructional technology from the University of Alabama. They will replace Mark Colvenbach, 34, and Nicole Levin, 27, who complete a two-year stint as co-chairs.
