The CEO Council of Tampa Bay, Inc., incorporated in January, 2002, as the PREMIER CEO ORGANIZATION in Tampa Bay. Prior to its incorporation, the Council of Growing Companies Tampa Bay Chapter was founded in 1992 by a group of local CEOs.

Chairs include:

• Guy King III, M.E. Wilson Company, founder 2001-2003.
• Karen Arnold, Storr Office Environments, 2004
• Chris Peifer, Tice Financial,  2005
• Dean Akers, Ideal Image, 2006
• Kevin Hourigan, Bayshore Solutions, 2007
• Andrew Cohen, Vertical IT Solutions, 2008
• Mark Anderson, eLogic Learning, 2009
• Eric Bailey, CapTrust Financial Advisors, 2010

The CEO Council of Tampa Bay has maintained about 150 members at any given time. Our companies are representative of the industries of "small business" in Tampa Bay, which makes up 80-90% of all businesses here.

The need for second-stage companies to exchange information is critical to the learning curve of the CEO in charge.  Our goal is to fulfill that need well into the future by providing RELATIONSHIPS, IDEAS and SOLUTIONS.

Speaker Howard Hyden (left) and
Karen Arnold, former chair (right)
welcome new faces.