A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Mr. DeBartolo joined the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation in 1971. After years of overseeing one of the nation’s largest mall development and management firms, in 1994, Mr. DeBartolo became Chairman of the Board of the DeBartolo Realty Corporation, a public REIT. Two years later, the Corporation merged with Simon Property Group to create Simon DeBartolo Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), uniting two of the founding families of the regional mall business and creating the largest public real estate company in North America with a total market capitalization of $7.5 billion. The DeBartolo/Simon portfolio included 111 regional shopping centers, 66 community shopping centers and six specialty retail centers in 32 states.

Throughout his diverse career, Mr. DeBartolo has proven his ability not only to succeed, but also to reinvent the industries within which he operates. He is best known as the legendary owner of the San Francisco 49ers during the winningest two decades in football history. During his 23-year ownership and management of the team, the 49ers won 12 division titles and an NFL-record five Super Bowl Championships. Affectionately called “Mr. D” by his players, he is widely regarded as the most successful and generous owner in the NFL, and has twice been voted a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the ultimate honor for an NFL owner.

Currently, Mr. DeBartolo is the chief executive officer of DeBartolo Holdings, LLC, which he founded in March 2002. DeBartolo Holdings manages and optimizes the diverse businesses and strategic investments of the DeBartolo family, including DeBartolo Development, DeBartolo Sports and Events and the DeBartolo Family Foundation. Continuing the work ethic and innovative spirit of his father, Edward J. DeBartolo Sr., who founded the shopping mall concept, Mr. DeBartolo provides a hands-on level of enthusiasm and guidance that extends throughout the organization, creating a business culture that shares his unparalleled tradition of success with everyone involved.

In every stage of his multifaceted career, Mr. DeBartolo has made community service a priority. His charitable efforts have transformed the lives of countless students, families, athletes, animals and disabled citizens across the country. For his generous donations of money and service to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, the Heart Fund, Cancer Crusade and United Way, he received the 1982 Salvation Army Citation of Merit – the youngest person to ever win the award. In 1989, the DeBartolo family donated $33 million to Notre Dame – one of the largest single contributions to higher education in U.S history. In 2001, the family founded the DeBartolo Family Foundation, which supports Tampa Bay grassroots organizations, and has donated more than $11 million to the community. In 2007, Mr. DeBartolo partnered with Tampa Bay Buccaneers All-Pro linebacker Derrick Brooks and co-founded Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School, a high-performing, “A”-rated charter high school in Hillsborough County.

Mr. DeBartolo resides in Tampa, Fla., with his wife Candy. They have three daughters, Lisa Marie, Tiffanie Lynne and Nicole Anne as well as three grandsons, Asher, Milo and Jasper.

His Lightning have now accomplished that and more, winning the 2015 Eastern Conference Championship and advancing to the Stanley Cup Final, playing before sold-out crowds at Amalie Arena while enjoying a tremendous outpouring of support from the entire Tampa Bay community. The Lightning’s success on and off the ice under Vinik in 2014-15 coincided with the emergence of a development company, Strategic Property Partners (SPP), LLC and its announcement of a 40-acre, $1 billion, mixed-use development in downtown Tampa’s south core. Vinik’s partner in SPP is Cascade Investment, LLC.

In executing his plan to bring a world class franchise to life in Tampa Bay, Vinik has invested $75 million in private funding into the publicly owned Amalie Arena to modernize a facility that is now considered one of the best in the National Hockey League. He also hired Steve Yzerman in May, 2010 to transform the Lightning team on the ice and Yzerman has delivered, earning the league’s General Manager of the Year award for 2014-15 for his leadership in assembling one of the NHL’s top teams.

In five seasons, the Lightning has experienced much success under Yzerman, advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals in 2011 and following that up with the Eastern Conference Championship and Stanley Final playoff berth in 2015. The team is considered one of the best young teams in the NHL and it looks to compete at the highest levels for years to come.

Vinik, along with his wife, Penny, made an impact in the Tampa Bay community in 2011 by pledging more than $10 million to be donated through the Lightning Foundation over five years to the Lightning Community Heroes program. The Heroes program honors a local hero and a representative charity with $50,000 at all of the team’s 41 home games each season.

Through 2014-15, more than $9 million had been donated to more than 300 local non-profits in honor of 179 community heroes. The organization also commits more than 4,000 hours of community service each season through its employee volunteer program, C.H.A.R.G.E. (Contributing Hours Across our Region through our Generous Employees).

Vinik and his family increased their commitment to Tampa Bay in 2012, moving to South Tampa from the Boston area. Jeff and Penny served as the chairs of the American Cancer Society’s 2012 Cattle Baron’s Ball and are currently serving as chairs of the Pavilion XXX, the signature gala for the Tampa Museum of Art. The family has also extended its charitable giving in the Tampa Bay community beyond the heroes program, directly touching local non-profits, including the Florida Aquarium, Tampa Museum of Art, the United Way of Suncoast, Metropolitan Ministries, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay and Tampa Preparatory School.

Penny Vinik is the chair of a community arts initiative which is enabling Tampa Bay-based artists to display their works throughout Amalie Arena. She is Vice President of the Board of Trustees at Tampa Preparatory School and a board member of Tampa Museum of Art, where she led the search to select Michael Tomor as its Executive Director.

In addition to renovating Amalie Arena, Vinik, together with Cascade, hopes to revitalize Tampa’s Channel District and create a truly urban, walkable 24-7 live, work and play district. In December, 2014, SPP unveiled a vision plan for nearly 40 acres of property in downtown Tampa, including a School of Medicine for the University of South Florida, corporate office buildings, a hotel, residences, retail, restaurants and entertainment.

Vinik grew up in New Jersey, and attended high school at Riverdale Country School in New York City, before graduating from Duke University (1981) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering and Economics. Jeff went on to earn his Masters of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School, graduating in 1985.

He was awarded Duke University’s Distinguished Young Alumni Award in 1994 and he later served on the Duke University Board of Trustees. In May, 2012 the family made a $10 million donation to Duke to establish a faculty challenge fund that is being used to hire and retain professors who focus on complex societal challenges such as engineering and related areas in energy, global health, brain sciences and the environment. Vinik is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Hockey League’s Board of Governors and he serves on the Boards of Directors for The Florida Council of 100 and Enterprise Florida.

Jeff and Penny reside in South Tampa and have four children: Danny, Jared, Kyra, and Joshua.

In 2014, Restaurant Business Magazine named PDQ the number one fastest-growing small chain in America. PDQ was also honored by Nation's Restaurant News as one of its 2014 Hot Concepts award recipients.

Prior to his current position Reader was the Chief Executive Officer of MVP Holdings, a private investment firm. He joined MVP Holdings in August 2008 and was responsible for overseeing investments, raising capital related to acquisitions, and day-to-day management of the company’s varied holdings. MVP Holdings includes restaurant concepts PDQ, Lee Roy Selmon’s, Glory Days Grill and Wow That’s Fast, Carsmetics Inc., a car repair company, MVP Consulting, an accounting bookkeeping practice, and several real estate holdings.

Prior to holding the senior position at MVP Holdings, Reader was Chief Financial Officer of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the youngest CFO at the time in the National Football League. He joined the Buccaneers organization in March 2003 as Controller and was promoted within a year to the CFO position. Reader was involved with all financial aspects of the team, including management of the team’s NFL relationship and requisite financial reporting and compliance to player, sponsorship and vendor contract negotiations. Reader worked in concert with the team’s General Manager, Bruce Allen, to oversee the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the League and its players, Salary Cap calculations and player contract negotiations. He helped secure financing for the construction of the team’s new corporate headquarters and managed the organization’s exit from its 30-year makeshift headquarters to its gleaming 40-million dollar facility. Reader represented the team in its dealings with the Tampa Sports Authority on issues such as stadium maintenance and financing, and negotiated a new stadium concession agreement for all food service at Raymond James Stadium.

Prior to his stint in the NFL, Reader began his career in public accounting at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) where he rose quickly through the audit ranks, promoted twice during his five years with the national firm. Reader led audit teams and assisted clients in their strategic planning of mergers and acquisitions. Due diligence, financial analysis of targeted companies, purchase accounting analysis and other post-acquisition related reporting were all within his area of assigned responsibility. Reader earned the PWC “Shiro Award,” recognizing auditors for outstanding service to clients and the firm.

Reader has received several other prestigious honors during his career. In 2015, he was named one of the University of Florida’s inaugural Gator100. Sponsored by UF, the Warrington College of Business Administration and the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI), the Gator100 recognizes the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or led by UF alumni. In addition, PDQ was honored at the Gator100 Awards Gala as the third-fastest growing company owned or run by Gator alumni.

In 2010, Reader was honored by his alma mater as an Outstanding Young Alumnus, a program established by the University of Florida’s Alumni Association to recognize leaders in business and community service who are younger than 40. Reader was also awarded with one of the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s “30 People Under 30” awards, recognizing the top young professionals in the Tampa Bay community.

Reader graduated with honors in 1997 from the University of Florida’s Fisher School of Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Florida. He is involved in the Tampa Bay community as a board member for several local groups, including the Shack Harris/Doug Williams Foundation, the Shelton Quarles Impact Foundation, and the Lifelink Foundation. Reader also sits on the board of the Black College Football Hall of Fame. Reader resides in Tampa with his wife Melanie and their three sons: Tre, Troy and Ty.

Under his leadership, Sembler Investments provides management and consulting services, including financial analysis, marketing and legal services to all of its subsidiaries. Mr. Sembler anticipates further expansion of Sembler Investments through the acquisition of companies in select industries exhibiting stable, substantial, predictable and growing profitability.

Mr. Sembler graduated from the University of Florida, School of Law in 1979 after receiving his undergraduate degree from the University in 1976. He joined The Sembler Company in 1979 where he managed retail leasing for community shopping centers, eventually becoming president. His responsibilities included retail leasing, banking and finance relationships, and supervision of the operating, accounting and control systems of The Sembler Company. During his tenure at The Sembler Company, he developed 18 Florida shopping centers totaling more than 2.5 million square feet.

In 1989, he founded his own firm, Sembler Investments. Sembler Investments has been primarily dedicated to residential real estate development through its affiliates Blair Communities and The Ballast Point Group. Mr. Sembler has had direct participation in the development of approximately 1,500 luxury condominium and townhouse units, 5,000 single-family home sites, 1,700 Class A apartment units, 4,000 manufactured homes and home sites, three championship golf courses, more than 1,000 skilled trades people placements nationally per week and financial services on both the national and international level.

Randy is presently a board of directors member of Jewish Family and Children’s Services (JFCS), is married with two children and lives in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.