A small group of African American business owners, present and past elected officials had breakfast at the Open Café on Tuesday morning with Joe Lopano, Chief Executive Officer of Tampa International Airport. During his first year, TIA has netted a $2 million profit; added two international flights to Cuba and Switzerland; and will be managing major renovations and overall expansion. Among those attending the breakfast on the first row from left to right: Attorney Elita McMillion, Director of Ethics, Compliance, and Diversity at TIA; State Rep. Janet Cruz; State Rep. Betty Reed; Joe Lopano, CEO of TIA; State Senator Arthenia Joyner; Mrs. Chloe Coney, District Director for U. S. Congresswoman Kathy Castor; and Rev. Thomas Scott. Standing left to right are: Wilbert Malphus, Mrs. Yolanda Anthony, Roosevelt Scott, Melvin Nelson, Michael Hadley, Jackie L. Hearns, Marvin Knight, breakfast host; Ernest Coney, Jr., Interim CEO of the CDC of Tampa, Inc., Ms. Janet Zink, Director of Communications at TIA; County Commissioner Les Miller, Jr., Mrs. Evangeline Best, Ms. S. Kay Andrews, breakfast hostess and publisher of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin;  and businessman Sol Davis, Sr. (Photography by Toby Scott, of Chow and Scott Keepsakes).