About | No Home Run

Advocates for a Better Deal for St. Petersburg

No Home Run represents a growing group whose only interest is what is best for St. Petersburg.

Ron Diner

NHR Spokesperson

Former Raymond James Executive Director

Ron Diner is a local resident committed to the health and vitality of the St. Petersburg and greater Pinellas County communities.

Diner founded and served as President of Raymond James Affordable Housing, the leading provider of equity for the development of affordable housing nationwide. He has extensive experience underwriting and negotiating thousands of multi-million dollar real estate transactions.

Diner has deep roots in the community, serving as president of a number of non-profit organizations, and has been a proven advocate for change. With Pinellas County Schools, Diner co-founded the Lunch Pals, Pinellas County Schools lunch time mentoring program. Turning passion into action, Diner has served as a personal mentor for students for more than 7 years.

Tom Mullins

NHR Spokesperson

Former Raymond James Executive Director

Tom Mullins is a native of Chicago, and originally came to St. Petersburg in 1986 to join Raymond James as one of the first members of its nascent investment banking division. He retired from Raymond James in 2022 after a total of 34 years with the firm, a period of time which saw the company grow to become one of the largest private-sector employers in the Tampa Bay area.

For 20 years, he headed the firm's Transport & Infrastructure practice group, a team of investment bankers which executed financings and corporate acquisitions for clients in those sectors throughout the U.S. and Latin America. Tom holds a BA degree from Vanderbilt and an MBA from Dartmouth.

He was a candidate for St. Petersburg city council in 2021, and has authored three opinion articles published by the Tampa Bay Times relating to redevelopment of the Historic Gas Plant site.

Alan DeLisle

NHR Spokesperson

Alan Delisle served as St. Petersburg's City Development Administrator from 2015 to 2021.

DeLisle was Project Manager for the new St. Petersburg pier.

"My specialty has always been negotiating successful public-private partnerships. I have done it for four different Mayors in four different cities (Buffalo, NY,, Durham, N.C., Louisville, KY, St. Petersburg, Fl.). I care greatly about the City of St. Petersburg. I spent seven years working for Mayor Kriseman strengthening the St. Petersburg economy. I negotiated the Trop deal with Midtown Development and researched all elements of the Trop site along with city staff. I want what is right for St. Pete and care deeply about its future."

Among other accomlishments:

DeLisle served on New York state's Taks Force for the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

He was also Project Manager for the development of the Durham Performing Arts Center, and Louisville's Whiskey Row.

John Mozena

Advisor to NHR

John C. Mozena is the president of the Center for Economic Accountability (CEA), where he works to bring transparency, accountability and market-based reforms to state and local government economic development programs across the country. In 2019, the CEA launched its “Pay For Your Own Damn Stadium” campaign, which works to educate residents and taxpayers about the economic realities of stadium subsidy deals in their communities.

Mozena’s writing on public funding of sports stadiums has been featured in publications including The Hill, National Review, Buffalo News, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Indianapolis Star, Nevada Independent, Providence Journal, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington Times, and even Baseball Prospectus.

In addition to serving as an advisor to No Home Run and his role at the CEA, Mozena is also a senior fellow at the Reason Foundation and the Better Cities Project, and a contributing scholar at the ITR Foundation.

William C. (Bill) Ballard

William C. (Bill) Ballard is a St. Petersburg native and resident who practiced law in St. Petersburg 1968-2006. He was Board Certified in Civil Trial 1983-2003. He served on the boards of local and regional banks, and as President of the St. Petersburg Bar Association and All Children’s Hospital.

Lyn Wilkinson & Adrian Gansen

Lyn Wilkinson is a business owner, book worm, proud progressive, choir geek and a St. Pete resident since 2018. She is opposed to billionaire welfare in all its myriad forms and proud to be part of the No Home Run movement to demand a better deal from the Rays/Hines group. Lyn's husband, Adrian Gansen, is a retired Wisconsin dentist who dreamed of living somewhere warm. When Lyn encouraged him to explore St. Petersburg, he instantly fell in love with the laid-back vibe, cultural diversity and welcoming locals. They have called St. Petersburg home since 2018.

Karyn Mueller

Karyn Mueller is a licensed Professional Engineer in Florida with 20 years of experience working in commercial construction as well as engineering for both private and public firms. She served on the Community Benefits Advisory Council for the Historic Gas Plant District Redevelopment and believes that the community benefits are grossly inadequate compared to the amount of public investment in the form of publicly owned land and tax subsidies for a baseball stadium.