She will help launch and manage TGH InnoVentures. Rachel Feinman will join Tampa General in the newly created role of vice president for innovation in January 2021. TGH InnoVentures will serve as Embarc Collective's healthcare partner, taking up residence in its 32,000-square-foot facility in Tampa. Through TGH InnoVentures, Tampa General will partner with Embarc Collective, Tampa Bay's innovation hub and education nonprofit dedicated to helping startups grow into scalable, thriving businesses. At the same time, TGH InnoVentures will provide us a platform to invest both resources and funds into emerging companies and technology that will have the ability to significantly improve the delivery of health care within our region, state, and even nationally." In a statement, John Couris, Tampa General’s president and CEO, said TGH InnoVentures “will allow us to develop innovative solutions to improve the quality and access to care right here at Tampa General. new venture planning, entrepreneurial finance and managing and growing a new.
Through TGH InnoVentures, Tampa General will directly invest in healthcare and healthcare-related companies. The entrepreneurship major prepares students for the intricacies of.Tampa General will function as a living-learning laboratory engaging team members and physician-scientists, as well as emerging companies, providing space, expertise, and access to organizational resources in addition to direct capital. Through the TGH Accelerator program, the organization will invest and nurture early-stage healthcare or healthcare delivery companies as they prepare their business for the market.The TGH Innovation Lab will serve as an onsite program designed to support team members and physicians in improving operational efficiencies and solving problems within the organization.“By establishing the first SVP member organization in Florida, we strive to foster this same spirit of innovation and entrepreneurism in our nonprofit community,” says Rebekah.ĭo you or someone you know have interest in building Tampa Bay? Contact Rebekah Heppner at or 813.784.1123. Venture Construction Group of Florida (VCGFL) is an award-winning, accredited leader in. The Tampa Bay region has built a strong support network to encourage for-profit entrepreneurs. Commercial & Residential Roofing Contractor FL.CCC.1328055. “I want to make a bigger difference, and have a bigger impact on my community through my charitable giving.”įlorida was recently named the number one state for innovation by Fast Company Magazine and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor found it to be 30 percent more entrepreneurial than the U.S. “Social Venture Partners appeals to me because I am ready to move beyond what my husband and I call ‘popcorn giving’ – meaning giving small amounts to a variety of nonprofits, every time I attend a fundraiser or a friend asks me to support a cause,” says Founding Partner Kathy Freeman. SVP aligns well with my goals and thinking.”
I want to support leadership and initiatives that create tangible, sustainable results for our community. “My experience with the Eckerd Family Foundation allowed me to gain great insight into not only the importance, but the process, of leveraging philanthropic investment and promoting lasting systemic change. Prior to his philanthropic career, Joe served in several leadership roles with a major Florida law firm. She is an alumnus of both Leadership Tampa and Leadership Tampa Bay.įounding Partner Joe Clark served as the President of Eckerd Family Foundation, a multi-state, multi-million dollar, limited life not-for-profit foundation dedicated to promoting systemic change and advocating in areas of juvenile justice, foster care and education for at-risk youth in transition. Rebekah has taught nonprofit board governance through the Nonprofit Leadership Center of Tampa Bay and has served in various board leadership roles, including president and treasurer of The Centre for Women. A former CPA, she went back to school to balance her business education with knowledge of social issues, earning a PhD in applied anthropology in 2007. Rebekah turned to nonprofit consulting after selling her staffing business. Disappointed that no one had started an SVP member organization in Florida, Rebekah decided to take the lead herself. Help us welcome Tampa Bay, Florida to the Social Venture Partners network! Founder and Executive Director, Rebekah Heppner first heard about SVP in 1999 and has been following our progress while pursuing other goals.
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