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2007 Member Services Survey:
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With your feedback we will be able to host the kind of “must-get-there” events that build on that special class program mystique and keep you coming back for more. The "we" in this equation is this year’s Member Services Committee -- a new batch of Leadership Florida members eager to transform your fresh ideas into events that add lasting value to your LF experience.
P lease take a few minutes to tell us how we can refine our approach for not only engaging our members but embracing their zest for lifelong learning and unapologetic drive for excellence.
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We request that you complete your survey by no later than Thursday, October 25th. Thanks in advance for your participation.
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Leadership Florida Revives
Executive Program
| LF's highly successful Executive Leadership Program is being reinvigorated and will be held in 2008. The first Executive Program was produced in 2001 and included among its participants Steve Halverson, President & CEO, The Haskell Co., Bob Helms, CEO of FL for Wachovia Bank, and Judy Genshaft, President of the University of South Florida. Institute Committee Chair Neil Robertson (XXII) has enlisted Lynda Keever (XI), Publisher of Florida Trend Magazine and Susan Pareigis (XIX), President of the Florida Council of 100, to Co-Chair the program.
Participation is by invitation only and the criteria is that the participant be either new to Florida as a top level executive of a significant company, academic institution, governmental post, or statewide not-for-profit entity, or has recently been elevated to a CEO position having statewide focus and responsibilities.
| For Additional Information and To Nominate Someone:
1) Click here to complete your nomination online.
2) Download a nomination form and mail or fax it in by clicking here.
Nominations must be received by
November 30th.
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REMEMBERING
Joe Richardson
Joseph H. Richardson (VIII), formerly president and CEO of Florida Power Corp., passed away Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, following complications from cancer surgery.
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After leaving Progress Energy, Richardson moved from St. Petersburg to Tampa, making brief stops at start-up companies, before being named president of Allegheny Power in Pennsylvania in 2003. In 2006, he was named chief operating officer of generation for Allegheny Energy, the utility's parent company.
Joe was a former trustee and chair of the New Cornerstone Executive Steering Committee, the driving force launching the effort to create the New Cornerstone. His sensitivity in reviewing and guiding the research team and helping to raise the initial funds to create the study was critical to its success.
He is survived by his wife, Karen; a son, Matthew and his wife, Alli, of Atlanta; two daughters, Emily and her husband, Fred Roselli, also of Atlanta, and Maureen and her husband, Dan Haggstrom, of Lexington, Ky.; and two grandchildren.
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Class XXVI Welcome Receptions
| Leadership Florida welcomed Class XXVI throughout the state at regional welcome receptions. To view photos from all of the regions visit www.snapfish.com the login is lfweb@flchamber.com and the password is leadership.
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 | | Governor Charlie Crist re-appointed Betty Lowery (XXI), minority business development manager for Walt Disney World in Orlando, to a second term on the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County (ELCOC). ELCOC's vision is that all Orange County children will be fully prepared to enter school ready to learn. Betty's term will run through April of 2011.
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Kristen Murtaugh (XXIII), vice president of Florida Atlantic University’s John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter, was named “2006/07 Community Leader of the Year” by the North Palm Beach County Chamber of Commerce. Murtaugh received her award at the chamber’s annual leadership luncheon, held recently at the PGA National Resort & Spa in Palm Beach Gardens.
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 | | Tallahassee City Commissioner Andrew Gillum (CLF IV) was named Impact's 2007 "Emerging Leader of the Year" during a Washington, D.C. reception he co-hosted with Sen. Barack Obama. Impact is a national organization that recognizes and trains leaders between the ages of 21 and 40. Impact had gone to great lengths to keep the award secret from co-host Andrew, who was among nine finalists for the award. |
| Bill Carlson (XXIII) was appointed president of Public Relations Organisation International (PROI), the largest global partnership of independent public relations firms. Bill, president of Tucker/Hall in Tampa, will serve as PROI president through 2009. Bill will continue to manage Tucker/Hall, where he counsels the firm's clients in brand management, corporate social responsibility and public affairs. |  |
 | | Susan Towler (XXII), executive director of The Blue Foundation for Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida based in Jacksonville, was featured in the October edition of Florida Trend. The article, "Trendsetters: Executive Women," highlighted Susan's work to maximize the impact of the foundation's giving. To view the full article click here.
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| Leadership Tallahassee kicked off its 25th year with a celebration of the diversity and quality of the community's business leadership by unveiling winners of three leadership awards. Leadership Florida Class XXIII member, Glen Davidson, owner of PATLive in Tallahassee, received the 2007 Servant Leadership Award. | |  |
 | | Ron Sachs (X), president of Ron Sachs Communications in Tallahassee, was greeted with a standing ovation earlier this month as he took over as chair of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce. Fellow Leadership Florida member, Randy Hanna (XI), attorney at Bryant Miller & Olive, is the immediate past chair of the Tallahassee Chamber. |
 | | In September, The New Broad Street Companies announced the addition of four senior managers, including Barbara Koenig (XV) as Senior Vice President of Marketing. For the past 10 years Barbara was president of the real estate marketing group at national advertising agency TenUnited.
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| The New Broad Street Companies were founded in early 2007 by David Pace (XXIV) to develop, manage and market high-quality, traditionally inspired mixed-use communities in the Southern and Eastern U.S. Pace was previously managing director of Baldwin Park Development Company and director of international and corporate real estate development for Walt Disney World Company. |  |
Save the Date!
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Leadership Florida's 2008 Annual Meeting will be held at The Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, June 26th - 29th, 2008.
| All updates for the 2008 Annual Membership Directory
must be received by December 14th, 2007.
Click here to update your information online.
| Your nominations for the Leadership Florida Executive Program
must be received by November 30th, 2007.
Click here to complete your nomination online.
| The 2007 Membership Survey must be completed by
October 25th, 2007. Click here to complete it now!
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