Far more than a clothing drive, Dress for Success Tampa Bay fuels women’s economic empowerment with career coaching, financial literacy, and artificial intelligence training and mental health resources, executive director Lisette Parsons told supporters at the nonprofit’s annual fashion show. Television host/entrepreneur Hazely Lopez emceed Empowerment on the Runway: “Bold Steps, Bright Futures,” where more than a dozen fundraisers modeled fall fashions from Dillard’s and Men’s Wearhouse on Aug. 30 at Higgins Hall. Netta McKissic-Stroman topped them all — netting more than $18,000 individually, with the event overall raising $50,000 — to help serve more than 2,500 women this year.
Netta McKissic-Stroman, Desiree Seoane and Rena Romano.
Matt Maddux and his sons, Mason, 10, and Major, 4.