Lawrence W. Hamilton

Board Member

Lawrence W. Hamilton, MPA, Ed.S., SPHR, CCP, BCC, has served as a member of our board of directors since November 2020. Mr. Hamilton has served as an Executive Coach and Adjunct Faculty with the Center for Creative Leadership at Eckerd College since September 2008. From July 1993 to July 2006, Mr. Hamilton served in various roles at Tech Data Corporation, a technology distributor with over 11,000 associates worldwide, most recently as Vice President of Human Resources and Chief Human Resources Officer. He also served as Vice President of Human Resources and Administration at Linvatec and in a variety of human resource management positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY). Mr. Hamilton has also previously served as a member of the board of directors of Wright Medical Group, Inc., acquired by Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) in November 2020, and HomeBanc Mortgage (NYSE: HBMC). Mr. Hamilton holds a BA in Political Sciences from Fisk University, an MPA (Labor) Policy from the University of Alabama and an Ed.S. in Human Resources Development from George Washington University. Mr. Hamilton is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources and holds the Certified Compensation Professional designation from the American Compensation Association.

Mr. Hamilton has served on the board of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) Center for the Public Trust (CPT), the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus Board of Directors, and the Carter-Edison Advisory Board.