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Roxana Santoyo has been appointed as the Director of Business Development for SeaPort Manatee and as the Director of the International Trade Hub at the same location. She assumed her new dual role on December 29. In this position, Santoyo leads the business development activities for the vibrant port in Southwest Florida while simultaneously managing the only international trade center located at a port in Florida.
Carlos Buqueras, the Executive Director of SeaPort Manatee, commented on Santoyo’s promotion: “Roxana has been a driving force behind the success of the trade center for nearly a decade, promoting global trade through offices abroad in Chile, Colombia, and Spain. We look forward to her leveraging her extensive expertise to pursue business opportunities for the port as a whole while continuing to advance the mission of the trade center.”
Santoyo, who was born in Cuba and speaks both English and Spanish, joined the trade center in 2017 as the Coordinator for International Initiatives and was promoted to Manager in 2021. She holds a dual Bachelor’s degree with honors in Risk Management and Finance from the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Campus and is a member of the Executive Advisory Council of the Muma College of Business at that institution.
Strategic Importance of SeaPort Manatee
SeaPort Manatee is located in Southwest Florida at the entrance to Tampa Bay and serves as a dynamic global trade center. The port acts as a crucial access point for the growing markets in South and Central Florida, providing convenient connections to rail and road transport, including the busy Interstate 4 corridor between Tampa and Orlando.
As the closest deep-water port in the U.S. to the expanded Panama Canal, SeaPort Manatee has ten berths for large vessels. The port meets the diverse needs of customers in container, liquid and dry bulk, breakbulk, heavy lift, project, and general cargo. SeaPort Manatee generates nearly $7.3 billion in economic impact annually and creates over 42,000 direct and indirect jobs, all without support from local property taxes.
