Tony Polito

As director of the Tampa/Sarasota market, Tony Polito covers two markets: the Tampa MSA (which includes Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pinellas, and Pasco counties) and Central Florida (which includes Alachua, Brevard, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia counties).Prior to joining Zonda in 1999, Polito was involved in the banking industry in the Tampa Bay Area for 13 years, serving as a relationship manager, problem loan workout officer, credit department manager, and loan underwriter for Bank of America and its predecessor bank in Florida, Barnett Bank. A member of the Builders Association of Greater Tampa, Polito is the featured speaker at the annual Economic Forecast Meeting held each January. He is a 1986 graduate of Purdue University with a degree in finance.