Gil Ziffer
Gil has been a Tallahassee resident since 1983, and owns Ziffer Stansberry Communications, a marketing/public relations company he started in 1990. After many years in the private sector, he joined the Tallahassee City Commission in 2009 and served for 9 years. Gil has a solid history of assuming an active leadership role with a diverse […]
Denise Wilson
Denise is a Senior Vice President at Capital City Bank Group and the Director of Star University, managing a team of 10 at Capital City Bank to develop professional development and training programs for bank associates. She has been in the Corporate Learning & Development Profession for 30 years, is a Business and organizational Leadership […]
Terry Mendicino
Terry was the founder and director of a non-profit organization, the Center for Enabling Special Children, for six years. As a non-profit director, she focused on operations, fundraising, advocacy and event planning. She left Tallahassee for a number of years to seek the best possible educational option for her son with autism becoming the Vice […]
Earle Klay
Dr. Earle Klay is professor emeritus and former director of the Askew School of Public Administration and Policy at Florida State University. The Askew School has been ranked as high as 3rd in the world in faculty research productivity. He is currently writing a book about how our nation’s founding president George Washington taught us […]
Brett Ketcham
Brett Vice President of Ketcham Realty Group in Tallahassee. He has over 20 years of commercial real estate experience, holding both real estate appraisal and broker licenses. Brett is the founding member and current chair of the Everhart Excellence Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting Getchen Everhart School, Tallahassee’s premier school for children with significant […]
Cindi Goodson
Cindi Goodson is the President and CFO of the Flightline Group and RedHills Powersports. Flightline is a regional aviation sales and service company providing aviation services, aircraft sales, parts, avionics and aircraft maintenance services to the southeast region of the U.S. Red Hills powersports is a leading recreational power sport dealership in the community. Cindi […]
Liz Dudek
Liz Dudek’s career in Florida’s state government has spanned over 40 years across a variety of senior management positions including Secretary of the Agency for Health Care Administration and Deputy Secretary of Health Quality Assurance. As Secretary, Liz oversaw one of the largest Medicaid programs in the nation. Under her administration, the Agency successfully implemented […]
Jon Brown
Steve Auger
Steve is CEO of Birdsong Housing. He served as former Executive Director of Florida Housing Finance Corporation, the state’s housing finance agency that administers several multi-family development programs for affordable rental housing, including housing for individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, and other vulnerable populations. He has served on the Board of Directors of the […]
Brice Barnes
Brice Barnes cut her teeth on developing political organization, strategy and finance operations for candidates across the South and and has since expanded to assist private businesses and nonprofits on strategic planning, building long term fundraising operations, and organizational strengthening. She feels strongly about the need for Independence Landing because her sister, who died in […]
Independence Landing provides safe, affordable housing for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities—a place where they can live independently, build community, and pursue their dreams.