Florida Aquarium launches creative plan to lure more businesses, donors

The Tampa aquarium has created a corporate membership program that aims to both raise money and create a cultural institution.


  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:00 a.m. May 25, 2023
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Roger Germann took over as CEO of The Florida Aquarium in 2017, coming to Tampa from Chicago where he’d been the executive vice president at the John G. Shedd Aquarium for 16 years.
Roger Germann took over as CEO of The Florida Aquarium in 2017, coming to Tampa from Chicago where he’d been the executive vice president at the John G. Shedd Aquarium for 16 years.
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The Florida Aquarium has launched a new corporate plan that looks to increase support from businesses while simultaneously expanding its mission as a conservation and animal care organization.

While that description may sound like an expansive way of saying the popular Tampa attraction found a new way to raise money, the reality is that in a time of economic uncertainty the aquarium has developed a plan it says can both help bring in new revenue, solidify its place as a cultural institution and allow donors, and their employees, to give back to the community.

 

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