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Join Amanda Makki, Republican Candidate for Florida’s 13th Congressional District this Sunday, April 5th at 2:00 p.m. as she moderates a roundtable discussion on COVID-19 in Pinellas County.
There’s a lot of national news about COVID-19, but what's happening in Pinellas County? We will hear from Congressional Candidate for Florida’s 13th District, Amanda Makki, Former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker and Dr. Sunit Srivastava Board Certified Internist focusing on Geriatric Care who has been caring for patients in Pinellas County’s Hospitals, Rehabilitation and Assisted Living Facilities, and can speak to our successes in Pinellas County!
About Dr. Sunit Srivastava
Dr. Sunit Srivastava is a Board-Certified Internal Medicine Specialist. He did his training at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, University of South Florida (USF in Tampa), Tampa General Hospital and Moffit Cancer Center.
He is currently the Chief of Medicine at Largo Medical Center, the Director of the Hospital Medicine Program and the Caring Connection Program at the Palms of Pasadena Hospital, and the founder of Legacy Health Medical Group, LLC in Largo, FL.
His interests are Boating, fishing, running, weight lifting, scuba diving, traveling, gardening, and much more.
About Rick Baker
Rick Baker has been a Business Acquisition lawyer, a Law Firm President, a University Vice President and President of a St. Petersburg-based development and entertainment company. Presently he is an advisor and investor in companies involved in urban development and autonomous vehicle technology.
From 2001 to 2010, he served as mayor of St. Petersburg - Florida’s fourth largest city. Under Mayor Baker’s leadership St. Petersburg experienced a renaissance unmatched in city history. In 2008, Mayor Baker was named America’s Mayor/Public Official of the Year by Governing Magazine, and in 2011, was named “America’s greatest mayor of the decade” in Newsweek Magazine’s Daily Beast.
Baker chaired the Century Commission for a Sustainable Florida, Chaired the Florida Statewide Water Congress, chaired the Florida Governor’s Municipal Mentoring Initiative, vice chaired the Florida Governor’s Energy Action Team, and led in transition teams for the Florida Governor, Attorney General and Chief Financial Officer.
Baker holds a B.S., MBA, and a Juris Doctor (with honors) from Florida State University where he was Senior Class President. He studied comparative law at Oxford University. He served as legal intern to Florida Supreme Court Justice Ben Overton, and law clerk to Governor Bob Graham’s special counsel.
Baker is an adjunct fellow of the Manhattan Institute policy think-tank in New York City. He has authored three books – Mangroves to Major League in 2000, a history of St. Petersburg; The Seamless City in 2011, about city leadership and urban revitalization; and Beyond the Sunshine in 2018 – a timeline history of Florida.
He enjoys music, guitar, weight training, history, public policy and counts as one of his favorite experiences playing and singing with the Marshall Tucker Band on four occasions.
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