Dennis G. Ruppel

Dennis G. Ruppel is a graduate of Fordham College, with a Bachelor of Arts with honors, and the University of Michigan with a Doctor of Laws with high honors. Since 1978, he has been partner with Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP, a Tampa Bay law firm. Dennis has concentrated his law practice on major real estate, financing and commercial transactions and serves as outside general counsel to several clients. His real estate work has focused on the development and finance sectors with projects ranging from shopping centers, condominiums, residential and mixed-use subdivisions to industrial development and with conventional and tax exempt bond financing.

Dennis is a General, Managing Partner or Manager with various entities, each with ownership of a number of real estate and other assets, including the Press Hotel in Portland, Maine. He is currently a director of the Sembler Company, Chairman and Member of the Executive, Compliance, Loan, and Audit Committees of Freedom Bank, and Chairman and former CEO of AmCap Insurance, a commercial property insurer. Dennis served multiple terms on the Fordham University Board of Trustees over the past three decades, and today is a Trustee Fellow. He is also past Director and past President of Pinellas Village, Inc., and has served for over 30 years as a Director of R’Club Childcare, Inc. and the Louise Graham Brown Regeneration Center, Inc. He was the single parent of two young children during his law school years and learned firsthand the extreme importance of quality childcare. This is the continuing catalyst for his mission to help R’Club Childcare provide the best possible services in our community.