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Join the Chamber on October
25 for our Quarterly Chamber Luncheon.
Our speaker will be Mr. Steve Pinney, Senior
Vice President of Phosphate Operations for The
Mosaic Company. Mr. Pinney will be
flying in from Mosaic's headquarters in
Plymouth, Minnesota to speak about the Florida
phosphate industry and its impact on our
economy.
Our Luncheon, sponsored by
Mosaic, will be held at Club Renaissance in Sun
City Center. To reserve your seat
or for more information phone the Chamber at
(813) 645-1366 or email them at
abeachcham@verizon.net.
 Mr.
Pinney's Bio
Steven L.
Pinney has been senior vice president, phosphate
operations for The Mosaic Company since its
formation in October 2004 with the merger of
Cargill Crop Nutrition and IMC Global.
Prior to the
merger, Mr. Pinney was a senior vice president
of Cargill, Incorporated, and leader of
Cargill's Phosphate Production Business Unit. He
also served as president of Cargill Fertilizer,
Inc. After joining Cargill in 1976, he held
plant engineering positions in Cargill's
Oilseeds Processing and Fertilizer businesses,
including vice president of operations for
Cargill's Florida mining and manufacturing
operations. He also was business unit leader for
Phosphate Production, including Cargill's
fertilizer operations in Brazil and China.
A Tampa Bay
resident for over 20 years before relocating to
Mosaic’s Plymouth, Minnesota headquarters in
June 2007, Mr. Pinney has a long history of
personal community involvement and leading the
volunteerism activities of Mosaic employees in
Central Florida. He is a past chairman and
served a six-year term as a director of United
Way of Central Florida. He served a six-year
term as a member of the Board of Governors for
Prevent Blindness Florida and also served as
Vice Chairman of the Board. He served a
three-year term as a director of the Bartow
Chamber of Commerce and as a member of that
Chamber’s Education Task Force for five years.
Prior to his
relocation he was also a member of the statewide
Florida Council of 100 and Chairman of the Tampa
Port Authority Board of Commissioners, to which
he was appointed for a four-year term in 2006 by
then-Governor Jeb Bush.
Mr. Pinney
holds a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from
the University of Minnesota Institute of
Technology.
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Apollo Beach Chamber of Commerce
Joanne C. Gadek, Executive Director
223 Flamingo Drive
Apollo Beach, FL 33572
Phone: 813-645-1366
Fax: 813-641-2612
Email:
abeachcham@verizon.net
The Apollo Beach Chamber of Commerce
is open
from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through
Friday.
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