SANTIAGO C. CORRADA is an accomplished, recognized leader with over twenty-five years of public service experience. He began his position as President and Chief Executive Officer of Visit Tampa Bay in May of 2013 where he is responsible for providing oversight of all agency activities. The organization has been awarded numerous marketing awards over the past several years including four HSMAI Platinum Adrian Awards and four Henry Awards at Visit Florida’s Flagler Award Ceremony. Corrada received HSMAI’s Top 25 Award for Extraordinary Minds in Hospitality, Sales and Marketing and was recognized as Hillsborough County’s Hispanic Man of the Year in 2013.
His current Board Affiliations include The Florida Aquarium, Hillsborough County Hotel Motel Association, Outback Bowl, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Hillsborough County Human Trafficking, Hillsborough County Cultural Assets, Straz Center for the PerformingArts, Tampa Bay Hospitality Alliance Board, Tampa Bay Sports Commission, Tampa Bay-Montreal Council, Tampa Hillsborough Film and Digital Media Commission, The Tampa Club, USF CAMLS Health Professions Conferencing Corporation, Tampa Theatre, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo