Pictured: L to R - Bill Sadlo, President and CEO, Honoree Steve Cantees, Honoree Carolyn Mason, BGCSDC Board Member Lee DeLieto, BGCSDC Board Chair Meghan Serrano, Esq., Dr. Brennan Asplen.

Over 300 business professionals, community leaders and philanthropists attended the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties’ 16th Annual Intertape Polymer Group Leadership Breakfast on Friday, September 9, 2022. Initiated by Community Youth Development in 2006, the Leadership Breakfast was adopted by Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties in 2016, and honors two local trailblazers each year for their commitment to empowering teens as tomorrow's leaders. This year's event recognized the dedication of Carolyn Mason, Community Leader, and Steve Cantees, Secondary Schools Executive Director. Proceeds from the event support the organization's award-winning slate of Teen Programs, which includes leadership training, service opportunities, entrepreneurial education, workforce development and college and career prep. Senator Lisa Carlton acted as the event's MC, and welcomed guests to the event. Senator Carlton acknowledged the sponsors who made the event possible including Presenting Sponsor, Intertape Polymer Group; Signature Sponsors, Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation; Louis and Gloria Flanzer Philanthropic Trust; Champion Sponsors - Caldwell Trust Company; Gulf Coast Community Foundation; Shumaker, and FCCI Insurance Group; Visionary Sponsors - Mabry Carlton Ranch; Cool Today; Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay; Sarasota County Sheriff's Office; Neal Communities; Shutts & Bowen; Ringling College of Art & Design; Nancy Mina; Synovus; The DeLieto Team at MS&C Commercial; Blistex, Williams Parker; Ric Smalley; Seacoast Bank; Martella Family Foundation; Media Sponsors - Captivation Agency; Palm Printing; SRQ Media. Congratulations to the 2022 Leadership Honorees Carolyn Mason and Steve Cantees, and a special thank-you to our MC, Senator Lisa Carlton.

Pictured: L to R - Bill Sadlo, President and CEO, Honoree Steve Cantees, Honoree Carolyn Mason, BGCSDC Board Member Lee DeLieto, BGCSDC Board Chair Meghan Serrano, Esq., Dr. Brennan Asplen.