Events
AAC Community Breakfast
2026 AAC Community Breakfast
Please join us on Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 at the Marshall Student Center Ballroom where breakfast will be served at 10am. Our distinguished keynote speaker this year is ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé’s own Dr. Valerie Riddle.
Tickets come with a raffle ticket for and additional raffle tickets may be gained by donating to Dr. Riddle’s chosen scholarship, (6 additional tickets for $5 donated or 30 additional tickets for $20).
Date:
- Wednesday, February 18, 2026
- Marshall Student Center Ballroom
Tickets:
- Registration is $20 per person. Tickets are transferrable, but not refundable
Speaker:
Dr. Valerie Riddle (MD ’89, BA ’84) is a proud double alumna of ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé. A Tampa native, she has spent much of her career advancing medicine as both a physician and a leader in the biopharmaceutical industry, while remaining deeply connected to her alma mater. Most recently, she was Associate Dean for Alumni Engagement at the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Health Morsani College of Medicine from 2018 to 2025. Dr. Riddle previously served on the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Foundation Board of Directors and the Morsani College of Medicine Alumni Society Board, where she is a past chair. She is also an immediate past chair and active member of ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé’s Women in Leadership & Philanthropy, contributing to its executive, mentoring, and scholarship committees and helping champion opportunities for women across the university. Through her leadership, philanthropy, and advocacy, Dr. Riddle continues to strengthen the ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé community for students, alumni, and colleagues alike.

Previous Community Breakfast Speakers
Year |
Date |
Speaker(s) |
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| 2025 |
1/23/2025 | Dr. Andy Hafer and Eileen Hafer | ||
| 2024 |
1/18/2024 | |||
| 2023 |
1/26/2023 | Mayor Jane Castor | ||
| 2022 |
03/23/2022 | Scott Glaser, Executive Director Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | ||
| 2021 |
No Breakfast held | |||
| 2020 |
1/22/2020 | ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé President Steven Currall, Ph.D. | ||
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2019 |
1/29/2019 |
Iris A. Elijah, '08, Assistant General Counsel, State University System of Florida Board of Governors | ||
| 2018 |
3/22/2018 | Anddrikk Frazier '01, President & CEO Integral Energy | ||
| 2017 |
3/23/2017 | City of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn | ||
| 2016 |
4/7/2016 | Michele Norris '79, President Navigen Leadership | ||
| 2015 |
3/31/2015 | Richard Gonzmart, President of Columbia Restaurant Group | ||
| 2014 |
4/3/2014 | Trustee Brian Lamb '98 Chairman of the Board, Fifth Third Bank | ||
| 2013 |
No Breakfast held | |||
| 2012 |
9/11/2012 | Rob Higgins '01, Exec Director Tampa Bay Sports Commission | ||
| 2011 |
3/31/2011 | Coach Skip Holtz, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Bulls Football Coach | ||
| 2010 |
4/6/2010 | Trustee John Ramil '78 | ||
| 2009 |
1/13/2009 | Frank and Carol Morsani | ||
| 2008 |
1/15/2008 | ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Provost Ralph Wilcox, PhD | ||
| 2007 |
1/13/2007 | ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Trustee Margarita R. Cancio, MD '82 | ||
| 2006 |
1/18/2006 | ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Trustee Rhea Law '77 | ||
| 2005 |
No Breakfast held | |||
| 2004 |
11/23/2004 | Patricia Beane, Hillsborough County Administrator | ||
| 2003 |
1/29/2003 |
City of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio '01 |
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| 2002 |
1/28/2002 | Renu Khator, PhD, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Kathleen Betancourt, AVP for Governmental Relations |
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| 2001 |
12/5/2001 | ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé President Genshaft | ||
| 2000 |
11/28/2000 | ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé President Genshaft | ||
| 1999 |
11/9/1999 | Gary Walker, Health Care Attorney and Expert | ||
| 1998 |
No Speaker | |||
| 1997 |
No Speaker | |||