“It is not about win or lose, it is about do you accept the challenge.”

Stephanie Markese

Advisory Board Member

Stephanie has over 10 years in staffing and has a passion for building relationships. She is currently the VP of Client Services and Partner/Owner at NextPath Career Partners, a women & minority owned full service recruitment firm servicing both local and national clients to hire outstanding people in Information Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance & Accounting, Customer Success, and Executive Search. She is also co-creator of the podcast Live Bold & Boss Up, a podcast aimed at coaching business professionals & entrepreneurs by having meaningful conversations with business leaders to educate and elevate while having fun doing it!

Her passion for helping others and giving back to the community led her to become involved with Think Big for Kids in 2019, as well as multiple leadership and growth-focused initiatives with Tampa Bay WAVE, Tampa Connection and TBT throughout the years.

Stephanie was born & raised in Tampa Bay and believes there is no better place to live in the world! She is an alumni Tampa Bay Buccaneers cheerleader and a mom to two rascally boys.

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