Susanna Martinez Tarokh has joined the Southwest Florida Water Management District as public information officer.
Martinez Tarokh will serve as the District's principal representative for the news media and related public stakeholders in the 16-county coverage area, spanning as far north as Levy and Marion counties and south to Charlotte County. She replaces Robyn Felix who is now the District's Communications manager.
Before joining the District, Martinez Tarokh spent seven years as the director of Media Relations at USF Health. Prior to her role at USF Health, she served as the director of Communications for the City of Tampa. Martinez Tarokh started her career in television, working as a news anchor and reporter, first at WKAG-TV 43 in Hopkinsville, KY and then as one of the first television news reporters on Bay News 9 when the station went on the air in 1997. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.
Martinez Tarokh will work from the District's Tampa Office. She can be reached directly at (813) 985-7481, ext. 2008; by cell at (813) 781-9817 or at Susanna.MartinezTarokh@watermatters.org.
Martinez Tarokh will serve as the District's principal representative for the news media and related public stakeholders in the 16-county coverage area, spanning as far north as Levy and Marion counties and south to Charlotte County. She replaces Robyn Felix who is now the District's Communications manager.
Before joining the District, Martinez Tarokh spent seven years as the director of Media Relations at USF Health. Prior to her role at USF Health, she served as the director of Communications for the City of Tampa. Martinez Tarokh started her career in television, working as a news anchor and reporter, first at WKAG-TV 43 in Hopkinsville, KY and then as one of the first television news reporters on Bay News 9 when the station went on the air in 1997. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky.
Martinez Tarokh will work from the District's Tampa Office. She can be reached directly at (813) 985-7481, ext. 2008; by cell at (813) 781-9817 or at Susanna.MartinezTarokh@watermatters.org.