CCI Leadership Board member Victoria Vangalis-Zepp was recently honored by the Tallahassee Democrat as one of their " Top Women You Need to Know."The Girl Scout Council of the Florida Panhandle Inc. also named her as one of their 2010 Woman of Distinction in Business, Finance and Insurance for her many community endeavors.

Vangalis-Zepp is president of Zepp Strategic Partners, a government and business consulting firm in Tallahassee. Her expertise in telecommunications, marketing communications, communication disorders, and government affairs help her bring unique and valuable insight to the CCI advisory board.

She began her career with Dun & Bradstreet as a national executive focused on marketing communications through sophisticated database modeling and optimization, helping Walt Disney World, Ryder Move Management, and other global companies market with optimum intelligence. Vangalis-Zepp then joined the growing Tampa-based Intermedia Communications, which grew from a entrepreneurial local start-up telephony company to the third largest data carrier in the country. She also was appointed to Gov. Jeb Bush’s transition team assigned to the State Technology Office.

In 2001, she founded Zepp Strategic Partners and has represented a diverse group before the Florida Legislature that includes Tenet Healthcare Corporation, IBM, MCI, Pearson Education and UPS. Her pro-bono work includes advocacy for autism and related disabilities. In 2004, she became co-founder for Findthecure.us, an advocacy and fundraising mechanism for autism awareness efforts around the country which has donated funding to FSU Autism Project.

Vangalis-Zepp has served on numerous education and community boards over the years, including the Florida Education Foundation, NetDay, Federal Black Caucus on Telecommunications, Children’s Home Society, LifeSkills Center, Florida Association of Professional Lobbyists, Florida TaxWatch Center for Competitive Florida, Digital Divide Council, and FSU’s CARD Advisory Board.