Since the 1980s, our mission at the Florida West Coast Employee Benefits Council provides an educational and networking forum for employee benefits professionals in the Tampa Bay area. Through dinner meetings with scheduled speakers and annual educational workshops, we take in timely information on a variety of employee benefits matters and experience the evening together sharing thoughts, all the while in good company with our colleagues.

The Council is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is operated by its membership on a volunteer basis with all dues used to fund Dinner Meetings and the Educational Workshop. The Council exists as a non-profit open forum for member information. As an approved tax-exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3), use of council membership in any form for advertising or solicitation of business is strictly prohibited. Any such conduct may result in the suspension or revocation of membership.

The Council operates on an August 30 fiscal year end.

Officers

• Mary Snyder - President
• Nancy Lorenzen - President Elect
• David Pearson - First Vice President
• Greg Holden - Second Vice President
• Paul Horowitz - Treasurer
• Qian (Bonita) Wang - Secretary
• Barbara Z. Wilson - Past President

Board of Directors

• Dorothy Reeder - BayCare Health Systems, Inc.
• David Durfee - ING Financial Advisors, LLC
• Gail Fitzsimmons - AVI-SPL
• Jeanelle Hires - BayCare Health Systems, Inc.
• Nancy Lorenzen - HR Advocates, Inc.
• Greg Holden - Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc.
• Dave Pearson - Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP
• Barbara Z. Wilson - BayCare Health System, Inc.
• Mary Snyder - Hill Ward Henderson
• Judy Stefan - HR Consulting Group, Inc.
• Qian (Bonita) Wang - Hill Ward Henderson
• Mary Turner - Granite Services, Inc.
• Paul Horowitz - The Benefit Plan Auditors