Peter Seriano is a financial professional and community leader dedicated to helping individuals and families achieve long-term financial security. He serves as a Senior Financial Planner at ProVise Management Group, where he specializes in retirement planning, investment management, and divorce financial planning. A graduate of the University of South Florida, Peter has built a 20-year career in financial services, focusing on understanding clients’ personal and financial goals and developing tailored strategies to help them succeed.
Peter became involved with the Homeless Empowerment Program (HEP) in 2023 through the organization’s Golf Committee, where he secured the event’s first-ever Corporate Title Sponsor. In addition to the Golf Committee, he also serves on HEP’s Resource Committee, supporting initiatives that advance the organization’s mission to prevent and end homelessness.
In addition to his work with HEP, Peter serves on the Connections Board for Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay to equip students with essential financial literacy, career readiness, and entrepreneurial skills. To further enhance his leadership and personal growth in the community, Peter will graduate from the Leadership Pinellas program in 2026.
Originally from Chicago, Peter has called Florida home since 1989. He and his wife, Jessica, will celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary in March 2026 with a trip to Italy that Jessica thoughtfully planned. They have two children: their daughter played Division II softball at Bemidji State University, and their son currently plays baseball for Countryside High School.
Reverend David McAbee, Senior Pastor of Everybody’s Tabernacle since 2005, has been involved with the church for over 52 years. Previously, Rev. McAbee served as the assistant pastor. Not only does he serve the church but he is also the President and Founder, along with his wife Patricia, of David McAbee’s Ministries created in 1989. David McAbee’s Ministries has served over 83 nursing homes throughout the years with words of encouragement and song.
Rev. McAbee is a founding member of HEP and his wife Patricia was a longtime volunteer.
Reverend McAbee and his wife Patricia have one son, Ashryn.
Born in a rural village in Germany, Kate Tiedemann immigrated to the United States at age 18, speaking no English and having no formal education beyond 8th grade. Her first job was on the household staff of New York Governor Thomas Dewey. Fortuitously, one of the clerical positions that followed was at a surgical instruments business that exposed her to what would be her career. When Storz sold, she and her boss launched an eye, ear, nose and throat division at Weck (which sold to Squibb). She then co-founded SPARTA Instrument Corp. (which sold to Cooper Labs). In 1975 in the basement of her home in Sparta, NJ, she founded KATENA Products whose name represents Kate in North America. Assembling a team of skilled craftsman making over 1400 products and creating a multi-national sales force in over 100 countries, Katena set industry standards for product quality and excellence of customer service in ophthalmic instruments for eye surgery. Katena sold in 2009 to the Cortec Group, a private equity firm. Philanthropy has become her second career, funding the Katena Birthing Center at Saint Claire’s Hospital in Denville, establishing the Tiedemann Technology Fund at Morton Plant Mease in Clearwater and the Kate Tiedemann School of Business and Finance at USFSP. She and her spouse, Ellen Cotton, continue to support numerous Tampa Bay charities with transformational gifts.
Thomas E. Whiddon is a retired Advisory Director of Berkshire Partners, LLC., Former Advisory Director of Berkshire Partners, LLC (private equity firm), Boston, Mass., (2005-2013). He served various Berkshire portfolio companies in an executive capacity on an interim basis. Board member of Sonoco Products Company (SON) since 2001. Thomas previously served on the Boards of Carters Inc. (CRI) (2003-2020) and Dollar Tree Stores (DLTR) (2003-2021). In the past Mr. Whiddon was EVP-Logistics & Technology and EVP-Chief Financial Officer at Lowe’s Cos., Inc., SVP- Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Zale Corp., Treasurer at Eckerd Corp. and Tax Partner at KPMG.
Tom Whiddon is retired and lives in Belleair, FL. At the community level, Tom has been a member of the Board of Trustees for the BayCare Health System (two years as Chairman), Board member of Big Brothers Big Sisters, and has served on the HEP Board of
Directors since 2022. He has been an active Volunteer at HEP in various capacities and is also a member of HEP’s Finance Committee.
Tom received an undergraduate degree from The University of Alabama.
