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Speaker Bios
Tom Barker
Tom joined the RMHC Tampa Bay family in November 2022. He is one of two Major Gift Officers for the organization and cares for and stewards’ donors in Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties. He was previously Development Director for The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay for six years developing donor campaigns, diversifying income, and led the implementation of MCTB’s Legacy Society. Prior, Tom was Managing Director of Una Voce: The Florida Men’s Chorale. His career started in the hotel industry where he held positions of Director of Marketing, General Manager and Development Director. Throughout his career, he has been active with non-profit organizations serving in Marketing, Development and Leadership positions.
Tom grew up in Winchester, IN and graduated from Purdue University. He has family members living in Indiana. Tom lives in Clearwater with his husband Nelson. He has a son, living outside of Austin, TX with daughter-in-law, grandson, and granddaughter. He also has a daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter living in Highlands Ranch, CO. Tom is a devoted Granddad and Papa. He sings in The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, loves the beach, taking his boxer for long walks, enjoying a great meal with friends and enjoys reading a good book.
Tom grew up in Indiana and graduated from Purdue University. His career in the hotel industry began as an Assistant General Manager. He held the position of Director of Marketing for Holiday Inn Conference Center, Memphis, TN: opened Scanticon Conference Center, Princeton, NJ and the Omni Hotel, Norfolk, VA. Tom was promoted to General Manager of the Omni Norfolk Hotel and then promoted to General Manager of the Omni Charlotte Hotel. As opening General Manager, he and his team set the goal of providing Service Excellence to both internal and external customers and being rated #1 in customer satisfaction in the Omni Hotel company. Three months after opening, his team achieved their goal. In the first six months after opening, the Omni Charlotte Hotel was the host hotel for the NBA All Star game and host hotel for the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament. Tom’s last five years in the hotel industry were spent as a Project Manager where he coordinated the refurbishment of three hotels and the opening of two hotels. He considers the highlight of his career to be training 300 employees of the Omni Charlotte Hotel to provide Service Excellence to all customers.
Throughout his career, Tom has been active with non-profit organizations serving in Marketing, Development and Leadership positions. While in Norfolk, VA, he served as President of the Downtown Norfolk Development Corp. and on the Board of Directors of Norfolk YMCA. In Charlotte, NC, he served as President of the South Charlotte Division of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, on the Mayor’s Economic Development Council and on the Board of the Greater Charlotte Chapter of Goodwill Industries, Inc. Tom developed future hospitality individuals by serving as an Adjunct Professor at Norfolk Community College and Mecklenburg Community College teaching Hospitality Marketing and Hotel Management. During his hospitality career, Tom earned a Certificate of Strategic Planning from the University of New Hampshire and achieved the designation of Certified Hotel Executive from the American Hospitality Association.
Devin Dominguez, CFRE
Devin is a third generation Tampa native (and a fifth generation Floridian). She has worked in the cultural sector for more than two decades including tenures in art and history museums, historic sites, libraries, orchestras, theatres, and public media. Her undergraduate studies were in Humanities at the University of Central Florida and her graduate studies were in Arts Administration at Savannah College of Art and Design. Devin is a Certified Fundraising Professional (CFRE) and holds graduate certificates in Non-Profit Management and Fundraising & Development from Rollins College. Throughout her career, Devin has worked in programming and education but flourished in fundraising and advocacy roles. She has raised over $40M for arts and cultural organizations, was part of the leadership team that worked with the National Parks Service to designate the Maitland Art Center a National Historic Landmark, and has worked extensively on state-wide and national cultural policy initiatives with the Florida Cultural Alliance and the Americans for the Arts. She is currently leading Tampa Theatre through a $50M capital and endowment campaign to fully restore the theatre for its centennial in 2026 and thrive in its next century of service.
Tracy Vanderneck, MSM, CFRE
Tracy Vanderneck, MSM, CFRE, is the president of Phil-Com where she works with nonprofit organizations around the globe to improve their fundraising and board governance. She helps organizations DO GOOD THE RIGHT WAY™.
Tracy has more than twenty-five years of experience in fundraising, nonprofit leadership, and business development. She has worked on leadership teams for organizations with budgets from $1 million to $15 million, in fundraising, public relations, and volunteer recruitment.
She holds a Master of Science in Management (MSM) with a concentration in Nonprofit Leadership, a Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning (CTL), and is a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE). She is an Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Master Trainer, earned a Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate from University of South Florida, and earned a Certificate of Nonprofit Board Consulting from BoardSource.
Tracy has been published in Nonprofit Pro, AP Perspectives, and Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR). Tracy’s articles have been used as course content and reference materials by NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, Columbia University School of Professional Studies, and the Graduate College of Marshall University. In 2024, Vanderneck authored the book The 60-Minute Guide to Building the Infrastructure for Successful Nonprofit Fundraising.
