Andrew Taft

Andrew Murphy Taft will be our host speaker for the 2010 TPA Conference and Tradeshow that will take place April 5-8, 2010. We look forward to him joining us for our opening night and his information is as follows.

Andy is a native of Tampa, Florida and graduate of the University of South Florida. He began his career in commercial real estate with the Florida Commercial Development Association and then joined Grubb & Ellis as a commercial real estate salesman. In 1992, he joined the Tampa Downtown Partnership as its Director of Marketing and Business Development.

Andy served Shreveport’s Downtown Development Authority for six years as its Executive Director and while there was instrumental in relocating City Hall back to downtown after a 40-year absence, launched a new parking management system and authored the downtown strategic plan. Andy was Chairman of the United Way of NW Louisiana in 2001.

Andy joined Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. as President in 2003. He serves on the Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Boards of Directors, the Fort Worth Homeless Commission and Day Resource Center for the Homeless Board of Directors. Andy is also Chair-elect of the International Downtown Association Board of Directors.