STCOC Membership Luncheon with HART CEO, Katharine Eagan
Event Sponsors
***This event is sold out. No walk-ins will be accepted. ***
Join the South Tampa Chamber of Commerce on the 3rd Wednesday of each month for our membership luncheon. Meet our new members, network with business professionals, get an update on Chamber business and enjoy a featured guest speaker.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Strategic Marketing Arts
Palmer Home & Business Inventory Professionals
The Grand Beauty Spa
Sponsorship is a member only benefit!
To become a sponsor for a luncheon, contact events@southtampachamber.org.
Members are invited to bring a door prize to market your business!
Guest Speaker:
Katharine Eagan
CEO, Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART)
Katharine Eagan, AICP, is Chief Executive Officer of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART). HART averages over 45,000 passenger trips a day, and approximately 14 million trips annually, on local and express bus, flex services, HARTPlus paratransit, and the TECO Line Streetcar. Under her leadership, HART has greatly expanded public-private partnerships with entities such as MegaBus, Red Coach, Coast Bike Share, Yellow Cab, and TransDev, and HART is continuing to pursue partnerships that provide travel options beyond traditional buses.
In 2016, the agency kicked off a paratransit-cab service pilot program that curbed the growth of paratransit while providing patrons same day service for the first time. HART was awarded the ISO-14001 certification, and is the first transit agency in Florida to receive this certification. HART also introduced a performance scorecard and pay for performance this year, launched farmers market at its busiest transit centers outside downtown Tampa, and on September 5 launched the first phase of a regional fare program, allowing patrons to purchase regional three day fares on their smartphones.
In November 2016, HART and Transdev launched HART HyperLink, the country’s first transit agency-operated rideshare program, averaging nearly 100 trips a day by mid-January 2017. HART anticipates introducing autonomous vehicle pilot service in 2017.
Prior to stepping into the role of CEO, Ms Eagan was HART’s Chief Operating Officer. During her tenure, from 2010 to 2015, ridership increased over 20% and farebox recovery increased over 25%; during the same time, service miles have expanded only 4%.
Ms. Eagan was awarded the Florida Diversity Council’s 2016 Powerful and Influential Women award, was named the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s 2016 Businesswoman of the Year for Economic Development, and was the Women Transportation Seminar’s Woman of the Year in Tampa Bay, 2016. She was one of Business Journal’s People to Watch in 2016, and made the Business Journal’s Power 100 list for 2017.
Ms. Eagan has also worked in the MTA of Baltimore, Dallas Area Rapid Transit, and the City of San Angelo. She holds a Master of Public Administration from Angelo State University, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners. She and her husband have two delightful boys.
Upcoming Speakers:
September 20: 2017 STCOC Business of the Year Award Winners
October 18: Downtown Panel
November 15: Tampa Hillsborough EDC
Date and Time
Wednesday Aug 16, 2017
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM EDT
The STCOC Membership Luncheon is held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
11:30am Registration & Open Networking
12:00-12:30pm Lunch & Announcements
12:30-1:15pm Featured Speaker
Location
The Centre Club
123 S Westshore Blvd., 8th Floor
(Corner of Westshore & Kennedy Blvd.)
Complimentary parking is available in the parking garage located behind the Urban Centre. Take the East elevator to the 8th floor to access the Centre Club.
Fees/Admission
-Complimentary for Corporate & Chairmans Club Level Members
-South Tampa Chamber Members @ $37.00* (before 8/11/17)
-Guests & Potential Members @ $47.00
-Sponsor a Military Member @ $37.00
-Table of 8 @ $300.00 (Includes table sign and recognition at event.)
*Members must be registered by Friday 8/11/17 to receive member pricing.
Table Top Sponsor - SOLD OUT
Sponsorship is a member only benefit!
Includes (1) ticket to the event, display table at event, opportunity to put promotional materials at each place setting, your logo on event website, your company name on email invitation, recognition at event and on social media and "Minute at the Mic". Contact events@southtampachamber.org.
-There is a 72 business-hour cancelation policy for this event. No refunds will be given for cancelations made after Friday 8/11/17.
-Corporate Level members who reserve a seat must cancel your reservation within 48 business hours of the event or you will be charged a no-show fee of the cost of the meal that was ordered for you.
Contact Information
Event Manager, South Tampa Chamber of Commerce
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