John has over 40 years of experience in the banking, financial consulting, and real estate development industries. He spent over 20 years with Rizzetta & Company, Inc. providing financial services to community development districts throughout the State of Florida and financial, development, and asset management services to the firm’s affiliated development company. John has been qualified as an expert witness in bond validation hearings and has appeared before local governing boards in public hearings for community development district establishment.

While at Rizzetta & Company, John developed Special Assessment Allocation Methodology Reports for nearly 100 new money and refunding bond issues and prepared and maintained annual assessment rolls and collection agent records for over 70 community development districts. He also oversaw the financing and construction of over 70,000 square feet of new office development and over 100,000 square feet of tenant improvement construction for the firm’s portfolio of office properties. John was most recently employed by Neal Land & Neighborhoods, a major master-planned residential developer in Sarasota, Florida, as Director of Community Development Districts and oversaw the company’s special district activity.

John has previously held positions as senior associate in the litigation consulting services practice of a national and a regional CPA firm, project manager for a residential real estate developer and marketing officer for a major Florida commercial bank. John has bachelor’s degrees in finance from Auburn University and in accounting from The University of South Florida. He is an active member of ULI Tampa Bay and is a former board member and treasurer.