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Kourtney Sanchez<\/p>\n
Kourtney Sanchez takes over as CEO of United Way Suncoast after leading community impact initiatives for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. She discusses leadership<\/a>, family, Tampa Bay and the advice that still guides her career.<\/p>\n First jobSales associate at American Eagle<\/p>\n Favorite Tampa Bay spotCoffee Pot Boulevard<\/p>\n Last book readStart With Yourself by Emma Grede<\/p>\n Best adviceNever run from a job, run to a job<\/p>\n Early Years<\/p>\n 01<\/p>\n College alma mater<\/p>\n University of Florida for my bachelor\u2019s degree and Duke University for my master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n 02<\/p>\n First job<\/p>\n Sales associate at American Eagle.<\/p>\n 03<\/p>\n Favorite TV show of all time<\/p>\n The Office or Gilmore Girls.<\/p>\n 04<\/p>\n Place in Tampa Bay where you do your best thinking<\/p>\n Walking along the water on Coffee Pot Boulevard.<\/p>\n 05<\/p>\n Most used phone app<\/p>\n Messages.<\/p>\n Daily Habits<\/p>\n 06<\/p>\n Wake-up time on workdays<\/p>\n 6 a.m. or earlier if I\u2019m catching a Pilates class.<\/p>\n 07<\/p>\n Habit you rely on when your schedule gets overwhelming<\/p>\n Handwritten to-do lists, or morning dance parties with my kids to start the day off right.<\/p>\n 08<\/p>\n First album you bought<\/p>\n Britney Spears\u2019 Baby One More Time.<\/p>\n 09<\/p>\n Local restaurant<\/a> you recommend most often<\/p>\n Olivia or Hook\u2019s.<\/p>\n 10<\/p>\n Last book you finished<\/p>\n Start With Yourself by Emma Grede.<\/p>\n \u201cNever run from a job. Kourtney Sanchez<\/p>\n Leadership<\/p>\n 11<\/p>\n A decision you would make differently today<\/p>\n Not to sound clich\u00e9, but I wouldn\u2019t change any of my decisions because they\u2019ve led me to where I am today.<\/p>\n 13<\/p>\n Skill you had to learn the hard way<\/p>\n I\u2019ve spent years intentionally building my emotional intelligence. This isn\u2019t something I\u2019ve \u201clearned the hard way,\u201d but it\u2019s a skill I work on every day.<\/p>\n Leadership lesson<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve spent years intentionally building my emotional intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n 14<\/p>\n Most famous person you\u2019ve met<\/p>\n Erin Andrews.<\/p>\n 15<\/p>\n Last thing that made you laugh out loud<\/p>\n Always something my 4-year-old does or says.<\/p>\n Personal<\/p>\n 16<\/p>\n Movie you will never watch again<\/p>\n Any of the Saw movies. I saw the original more than 20 years ago, and it still haunts me.<\/p>\n 17<\/p>\n Last place you traveled for fun<\/p>\n A fall road trip with my sisters from Portland to Kennebunkport, Ogunquit and Salem.<\/p>\n 18<\/p>\n Charity or cause you support<\/p>\n United Way Suncoast, of course.<\/p>\n 19<\/p>\n Something you were overly confident about early in life<\/p>\n Singing, although I did sing at my high school graduation.<\/p>\n 20<\/p>\n Best advice you still think about<\/p>\n \u201cNever run from a job, run to a job.\u201d<\/p>\n About Kourtney Sanchez<\/p>\n Kourtney Sanchez is the incoming CEO of United Way Suncoast and previously served as chief impact officer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n Read More Tampa Bay Business News<\/p>\n \n Explore the latest Tampa Bay business<\/a> news, real estate<\/a> deals, development projects, executive moves and company updates shaping the region.\n <\/p>\n \n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kourtney Sanchez Kourtney Sanchez takes over as CEO of United Way Suncoast after leading community impact initiatives for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-291448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Run to a job.\u201d<\/p>\n