Lindsey Parks brings over fifteen years of experience in membership relations, special event planning, project management, government relations and community affairs to her role as Vice President of Strategy and Public Affairs for the Tampa Downtown Partnership.

Lindsey joined the Partnership in 2018 as the Director of Membership and Public Affairs. Prior to joining the Partnership, Lindsey held the role of Project Manager in Ballard Partners’ Tampa office where she worked on notable projects like the opening of the Deputy John Kotfila Memorial Dog Park. Lindsey served as the Public Policy and Programs manager at the Tampa Bay Partnership, the regional economic development organization. Prior to that, she spent five years at WellCare Health Plans in the Government Affairs department as a Legislative Affairs Specialist.

Lindsey earned a Bachelor of Science in political science in addition to a second bachelor’s in criminology from The Florida State University.

As a 2015 graduate of Leadership Tampa Bay and a sustaining member of the Junior League of Tampa, Lindsey is highly active in the Tampa community. She is a 2020 graduate of the Emerging Leaders Fellowship program through the International Downtown Association.  Lindsey is also a founding member of the Florida Downtowns Association.