Since 1982, Leadership Florida, a respected non-partisan convener, has taken the lead in Florida for training and developing leaders with a statewide, rather than parochial, view of our state’s resources and needs. The organization produces educational programming for a wide spectrum of Florida’s leaders, including chief executive officers new to the state, seasoned business and non-profit executives, elected officials, young professionals, leaders in Florida K-12 education, and top college and university students. Its members are diverse in opinion, age, gender, geography, skills, interests, experience, ethnicity, occupation, and political affiliation, but unified in their respect for one another, and in their commitment to building a better state for all our citizens.
Leadership Florida, in partnership with the Florida Press Association, has produced 10 statewide televised political debates since 2006 and this year will be producing a debate in the Florida race for United States Senate on October 26, 2016 at Broward College in Davie, Florida.
“Leadership Florida has helped me and many others develop a statewide sense of community and appreciate Florida’s history, strengths and challenges,” said Wahlen. “I am honored to serve as chair and look forward to working alongside our members statewide as we continue to educate and inform the leaders and citizenry of our great State.”