Matina Allen serves as the Administrative Assistant for the Tampa Downtown Partnership. In her role, Allen supports all department projects through meeting facilitation, partner and vendor coordination, event registration, database administration, and office management. Allen is often the friendly voice answering phone calls and greeting visitors. She acts as a centralized information hub and ensures that office systems run smoothly. 

Allen graduated from Frederick Community College in Frederick, Maryland with an Associates of Art in Mathematical Education before graduating from the University of South Florida with a Bachelor of Art in Mathematical Education. Before joining the Partnership in 2023, Allen was an assistant teacher for a juvenile residential facility where her responsibilities included records management, meeting coordination, assessment facilitation and assisting with transition plans. She was also a math teacher for the Hillsborough School District for almost 10 years. Allen transitioned to the administrative world when she became the Executive Administrative Assistant for My Brother’s Keeper Track Club and Speed Capital in 2017. Allen became passionate in facilitating the smooth-running of businesses by performing administrative tasks efficiently and effectively, so she left the classroom to work with the Tampa Downtown Partnership full time.