the client Foundation serves as the visioning, research, and collaboration arm supporting the client’s mission to strengthen the state’s future. It provides future-focused direction through research, solutions development, major statewide events, and thought leadership, including initiatives such as a long-term blueprint for Florida’s economy and related frameworks supported by data tools and branded programs. The Foundation also delivers several major statewide events each year.
The client seeks an Executive Vice President to build support and momentum around the Foundation’s work. The role is accountable for the Foundation’s success, raising awareness and funds, collaborating with the Board of Trustees, and leading a highly effective team to deliver the mission. The Executive Vice President will help advance remaining objectives in the Foundation’s long-term economic blueprint and may support research and development for a subsequent future blueprint, working at the intersection of private and public sectors to shape goals that support the state’s growth.
Essential responsibilities include partnering with the Board to guide strategic direction, empowering trustees as champions, and expanding and retaining Board membership through effective recruitment. The Executive Vice President will drive messaging around the Foundation’s mission by leveraging data tools and related frameworks to communicate economic gaps and needed change, act as the primary external brand ambassador and storyteller, and represent the Foundation in public-facing activities such as speaking engagements. The role also involves leading fundraising strategy and relationship development, overseeing operations tied to an annual, Board-approved strategic plan (including long-term research initiatives and targeted industry and solutions projects), and communicating economic metrics and policy research to elected officials and media.