Spain
JOSE VIVERO
Jose Vivero, Honorary Vice Consul of the Kingdom of Spain Tampa, Florida
Business and Banking Affiliations
2000 - present Century Bank of Florida – Chairman, President & CEO
1988 - 2000 Northside Bank of Tampa, Tampa, FL – Director, President & CEO
1969 - 1988 Landmark Banking Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Senior Executive Vice President
1961 - 1969 Cuisenaire Company of America, New York, New York – Textbook Publishing Company – Treasurer
Education
New York University, New York, New York • Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
University of Miami, Miami, FL – Accounting & Finance
L.S.U. Graduate School of Banking of the South, Baton Rouge, LA
University of Oklahoma Commercial Lending School, Norman, Oklahoma
Sheshunoff and Company Commercial Lending Seminar
Community Involvement
1969 - present Florida Bankers Association, Tallahassee, FL
1977 - present Rotary Club of Ybor City, Tampa, FL – Member and past Director
1981 - present Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Tampa, FL - Military Affairs Council; Leadership Tampa; International Trade Council
1985 - 1990 McDonald Training Center, Tampa, FL – Board Member
1986 - 1993 City of Tampa Private Industry Council, Tampa. FL Member and past Chairman 1988 - 1997 City of Tampa Tampa Economic Development Corp., Tampa, FL Member and past Chairman
1988 - present University Community Hospital, Tampa, FL - Trustees, Treasurer and Executive Committee member
1988 - present Jesuit High School Foundation, Tampa, FL – Board member and past Chairman of Finance Committee
1990 – 2004 Tampa Sister Cities International, Tampa, FL – Member and past President
1994 - present University of South Florida, Tampa, FL – Latino Advisory Committee Board member, Past Chairman and President’s Council Member
1995 - present Morning Star School, Tampa, FL – (School for Students with Learning Disabilities) Advisory Board member
1999 – 2004 Hillsborough Association for Retarded Citizens Foundation, H.A.R.C., Tampa, Fl, - Board Member
2003 – present Member of “Los Caballeros del Centro Asturiano”, Tampa, Florida
September 2005 Graduate of F.B.I., Citizens Academy, Tampa, Florida
Received security clearance to visit The White House, Washington, DC for business and civic functions.
Received security clearance to visit U.S. Military Facilities (such as NORAD, Nellis Air Force Base and MacDill Air Force Base Central Command) in connection with activities as a member of the Military Affairs Council of The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Tampa, Florida.
Awards
July 2002 - Awarded the Medal of “La Encomienda de la Orden del Merito Civil” for Meritorious Service to Spain from His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
Additional Information
Wife’s name: Maria Elena
Children: Francis Xavier (38); Gabriel Jose (36); Maria Teresa (34)
Grandchildren: Five
INMACULADA GUTIERREZ
Inmaculada Gutierrez is the Trade Commissioner of the Embassy of Spain for the Southeast United States (September 2014).
She has extensive professional experience in both the public and private sectors. She has worked for the Ministry of Economy in Spain and has held different positions of responsibility related to economic policy, market regulation and removal of trade barriers. She has also been appointed to different posts by the Spanish Government in antitrust institutions as well.
Inmaculada has actively taken part in the development and management of nonprofit organizations in support of people with disabilities, particularly children on the autistic spectrum.