Brent Sembler
Brent Sembler is Vice Chairman of The Sembler Company, one of the country's most recognized shopping center development and management companies responsible for over 130 major shopping center projects and over 165 freestanding retail stores since its inception. The Sembler Company is an imaginative and innovative leader in the shopping center industry and Sembler-built centers are known for their creative design and environmental integrity.
Since 1980 Sembler has been a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, a trade organization which promotes the shopping center industry. He is also a founding member of the ICSC Florida Government Affairs Committee, on which he still serves.
Having played a significant role in many successful political campaigns, Sembler has clearly demonstrated his abilities as an active fundraiser. Currently serving as Regional Finance Co-Chairman for the Republican Party of Florida, Sembler previously served on the Committee for the reelection of Florida Governor Jeb Bush. He was Finance Chairman for the successful Charlie Crist gubernatorial campaign and Finance Co-Chairman for Crist's campaign for the Florida State Senate. Sembler was on the committee for election of Charlie Crist for Florida Education Commissioner and subsequently served on Crist’s successful campaign for the post of Florida’s Attorney General.
Sembler serves on the boards of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Gulf Coast Community Care, and All Children’s Hospital. He is a past member of Shorecrest Preparatory School’s Board of Trustees. He and his wife Debbie established a philanthropic fund administered through Tampa/Orlando/Pinellas (T.O.P.) Jewish Foundation, Inc. that benefits numerous Bay Area charities.
Born in 1957 in Dyersburg, Tennessee, Sembler earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University in 1980. He and his wife Debbie have three children: a daughter Tayllor and two sons, Preston and Logan.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member since 1980, International Council of Shopping Centers
Founding and current Member: ICSC Florida Government Affairs Committee
Licensed Real Estate Broker
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Board of Directors, Republican Jewish Coalition
Board of Trustees, All Children’s Hospital
Gulf Coast Jewish Family and Mental Health Services, active member since 1990
Board of Trustees, Shorecrest Preparatory School
Former member Menorah Manor Foundation Community Board
POLITICAL
Finance Chairman - Charlie Crist for Governor 2006 Campaign
Committee Member - Bush/Brogan Campaign 2002 for reelection of Florida Governor Jeb Bush
Finance Co-Chairman for the campaign of Florida State Senator Charlie Crist
Board of Directors, Republican Jewish Coalition
OTHER AFFILIATIONS
Tampa Bay Holocaust Museum
Committee Member 2008 GOP Convention to Tampa
Finance Chairman for the Legends of Delta Lambda $2 million Pike Campaign
Past Chairman of the Tampa Bay Chapter of American Heart Association, Heart Ball
