Jesse Coraggio, PhD is the senior vice president of community impact at Community Foundation Tampa Bay, which connects donors, nonprofits, community and business leaders, and residents to make positive impact in the Tampa Bay region.  In this role, Coraggio provides oversight and leadership to the Foundation as it creates opportunities for strategic philanthropic giving and positive change within the community. He works with community stakeholders to identify emerging issues and potential solutions.  Coraggio is a recognized expert in student success, organizational change, and community engagement. His work has been published, and he has presented at more than 90 conferences, including American Association of College Trustees, American Association of Community Colleges Pathways Institutes, the Association of Institutional Research, American Educational Research Association and National Council on Measurement in Education.

He has consulted on student success with systems and colleges in five different states, including serving as the National Coach for the inaugural cohort of SUNY Guided Pathways. In 2016, Coraggio was selected into the inaugural class of the Aspen Presidential Fellowship for Community College Excellence, a rigorous, executive leadership program focused on higher education reform led by the Aspen Institute and Stanford University. Coraggio is involved in the community through roles such as a Florida Philanthropic Network (FPN) Board Member, past chair of FPN’s Florida Education Funders, a St. Petersburg Chamber Board Member, and a member of the Mayor of Tampa’s Workforce Council. He is a former chair of Florida College System’s Council of Instructional Affairs (CIA) and a former president of the Florida Association for Institutional Research (FAIR).