Anyone who knows anything about St. Petersburg knows that one of its most powerful and passionate advocates is Deputy Mayor and City Administrator Kanika Tomalin. Since 2014, she has served St. Petersburg, the city her family has called home for five generations.
Upon completion of her service to the City, she will join Eckerd College—St. Petersburg’s, and Florida’s, only national private liberal arts college—as vice president for strategy and chief operating officer.
“Dr. Tomalin has a proven track record as a strategic thinker, an efficient implementor, a consensus-builder, a fiscal innovator and an enthusiastic advocate for St. Petersburg,” says Eckerd College President Damián J. Fernández, Ph.D. “She will be a critical partner as we seek to implement the initiatives in our new strategic plan, in particular those that seek to strengthen the College’s connections with St. Petersburg for both the City’s and the College’s benefit.”
Senior leadership at Eckerd College marries Tomalin’s track record of community-focused outcomes and passionate advocacy for equitable community revitalization, healthy families, at-risk youth and education with Eckerd’s strong vision and commitment to its students, faculty and the community it calls home.
“I am inspired by President Fernández’s clear vision for the future of the College and excited to bring passionate, experience-guided commitment to its people, purpose and mission,” she says. “It is an honor to accept this invitation to help author Eckerd’s next chapter.”
