Straz Center CEO Judith Lisi announces retirement
November 3, 2021 - Judith Lisi, president and CEO of Tampa's David A. Straz Center for the Performing Arts, has announced her retirement, effective Sept. 30, 2022. Since joining the then- Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in 1992, Lisi's achievements have included the establishment of Opera Tampa - the Straz Center's in-house opera company - and the Dr. Pallavi Patel Conservatory.