Ron Rotella

Ronald T. Rotella
Executive Director
Westshore Alliance
 
Ronald T. Rotella is the Executive Director of the Westshore Alliance.  Founded in 1983, the Westshore Alliance is a business-based, membership-drive organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for the nearly 100,000 employees that call Tampa’s Westshore District their working home. 
 
Prior to joining the Alliance, Mr. Rotella served the City of Tampa in a variety of roles culminating as director of the Department of Housing-Inspection and Community Services.   He was responsible for the entire real estate development process including new construction, zoning and permitting;  acquisitions, disposition and leasing of all city owned property; and economic development, housing rehabilitation, community services and the city’s employment and training program.  From 1995 to 2003 he also served as a special consultant to Tampa Mayor Dick Greco.  
 
He currently serves as Tampa Mayor Iorio’s appointee to the Citizen’s Advisory Committee of the Tampa Bay Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA).  He is also president of the Westshore Community Development Corp., a private non-profit corporation focused on providing affordable workforce housing in Westshore and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. 
 
Mr. Rotella received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration with a Minor in Economics from the University of Tampa.