CONNECT CLASS PROGRAM

Leadership Florida is celebrating 42 years of educating, engaging, and inspiring Florida’s leaders and is a highly respected and trusted leadership organization. We convene a statewide community of leaders to recharge their leadership skills and to educate and inspire them to work for a better Florida. We provide meaningful forums for sharing essential information and viewpoints; we create opportunities for experiences that are inviting, inspiring, and of lasting value.

Leadership Florida Connect is the state’s premier leadership program that spans industry boundaries and focuses on educating, engaging, and inspiring our state’s emerging leaders.

Created in 2009 as a Leadership Florida program, Connect has developed into a much sought-after statewide institute for professionals ages 25 – 39. The Connect program is a highly competitive annual program where participants are selected through an application process to be a part of a “class” that travels across the state to convene and learn about critical issues facing Florida’s communities.

IT’SUGAR

Connect Class 7

Gold Coast Region

STAFF LIAISONS

Abbey Stewart Carly Lees

One of the most rewarding and lasting benefits of the program is the chance to spend valuable time interacting with other leaders from a variety of professions, philosophies, and geographies who represent Florida’s diverse ethnic and racial composition. The program sessions provide ample experiences designed to facilitate the deepening of relationships among the Class members and thus extend the network of relationships that form the fabric of our state leadership.

Graduation from our classes does not signify the end, but the beginning of a lifetime of opportunity as a member of the Leadership Florida membership network. Leadership Florida convenes regular meetings, regional and statewide, to facilitate continuing issues-oriented education, advanced leadership training, networking, and the opportunity for members to work together toward shared goals.

Connect Class 13 Schedule

September 26-28, 2023 (Tuesday-Thursday)

November 13-15, 2023 (Monday-Wednesday)

January 31-February 2, 2024 (Wednesday-Friday)

April 15-17, 2024 (Monday-Wednesday)

June 13-16, 2024 (Thursday-Sunday) Annual Meeting

Howey-in-the-Hills

Tallahassee

Pensacola

Miami

Charlotte Harbor