Sheila Johnson, cofounder of Black Entertainment
Television (BET), CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts,
and the first black American female billionaire, will accept
the award on March 10, 2017 as part of the Centre for
Women's year-long 40th anniversary observance.
For Sponsorships, Tables and Tickets visit our website:
Friday, March 10, 2017
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Hilton Tampa Downtown
www.thecentre.org
Presented by:
received
opportunities
to
addition
many
unique
and
helping
workshops,
or
diverse business ventures for women spanning all ages.
One of them, Andrea Robertson, started on the road to entrepreneurship
with her In the Middle Mediterranean Food Truck. She describes her cuisine
as an "authentic and healthy Mediterranean Fusion" with fresh farm to table
produce sourced from local growers. Her monthly income has skyrocketed.
You can find the locations where the food truck will be parked through their
Facebook page (www.facebook.com/inthemiddlefoodtruck)
Another emerging entrepreneur Tania Romero charted a different course.
She uses vibrant colors and textures to transform her art into fashion, and
has a line of shirts, leggings and scarves you can purchase through her
website at www.taniaromero.com.
The Centre for Women continues to identify
innovative ways to help women in the
community. One of the newest initiatives
is Bravo 5, a pilot program funded by the
Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners
especially for female veterans who want to
start their own businesses.
So if you are interested in starting your
own business, take the first step contact
the Women's Business Centre today.
Visit our website at
www.womensbusinesscentre.org.
At The Helen Gordon Davis
Centre for Women
305 S. Hyde Park Ave., Tampa, FL
Photo Credit
for Three
Labs Bakery
& In the
Middle Food
Truck:
Dean Kawaga
ABOUT THE WRITER:
Kathleen Shrum is from
the USF Department
of Women's & Gender
Studies and is interning
this semester at The
Centre for Women.
