Dr. Kanika Tomalin

President and chief Executive Officer

Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg

As President and Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg, Dr. Kanika Tomalin leads an interdisciplinary team that works to create a community in which good health helps all people thrive. With visionary expertise, she guides the Foundation's critical work to fund, lead, partner and advocate for transformed conditions that advance equity and shape our community's health.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Dr. Tomalin served as two-term Deputy Mayor and City Administrator of the City of St. Petersburg, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President for Strategy at Eckerd College, Regional Vice President of External Affairs at Bayfront Health Network, and Director of Strategy for Health Management Associations.
Dr. Tomalin currently serves on the boards of The Dali Museum, Academy Prep St. Petersburg, Bayfront Health Foundation, Celma Mastry Ovarian Cancer Foundation, and the Eckerd College National Advisory Council. She has received numerous honors and appointments, including being named: the ACLU’s Gardner Beckett Civil Liberties honoree; St. Petersburg Chamber’s Businesswoman of the Year, inaugural “Iconic Woman to Watch” and Young Business Leader of the Year; YWCA of Tampa Bay’s Woman of Distinction; one of Tampa Bay Business & Wealth magazine’s Women Who Win; and one of Florida’s Most Powerful and Influential Women.

Dr. Tomalin was married for 17 years to well-known adventure journalist Terry Tomalin, until his passing in 2016. She is the fifth generation of her family to call St. Petersburg home and enjoys life here with her children Kai and Nia.