The Bellini Center for Talent Development
“Buzz” graces the entrance to the Bellini Center for Talent Development at the University of South Florida’s Tampa campus. The metal bee sculpture, by renowned artist Dominique Martinez, captures the vision of Arnie and Lauren Bellini, both USF alumni, who made the 9,000-square-foot center a reality with a $10.2-million donation.
Just like the hard-working bee ensures the vibrancy of our environment, the Bellini Center for Talent Development is designed to create a pipeline for talent that will fuel Tampa Bay. This one-stop-shop for internships and career development offers a three-year-plus certification program led by business executives uniquely in tune with job market demands.
Featuring seminar and conference rooms and student workspaces, the center is a “passion project” for the Bellini family and ground zero in their mission to turn education into an incubator for future leaders.
Bellini Center for the Arts
The future of high-tech demands more than traditional classrooms. Cue the Bellini Center for the Arts at Tampa Catholic High School. Founded by a $7-million gift, the center propels the Bellini Capital mission to create student opportunities for “world prep.” At their disposal, students have an Internet TV station and other digital media facilities that will imbue the creative skills they need to land the high-paying tech jobs of tomorrow.
Bellini Capital Headquarters
Welcome to the launching pad for big ideas, a curved glass-meets-concrete building not far from where Arnie Bellini began his entrepreneurial journey. The Bellini Capital Headquarters is located in Tampa, of course.
Closer to nature than the downtown buzz, it features a “hive of activity” led by the Bellini family. It’s here they draw the roadmaps for the next phase of their pay-it-forward philanthropy. Whether they throw their support behind a difference-making cybersecurity startup or a breakthrough in environmental protection, every investment is designed to build into a sustainable force for good.