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2024 July Headliners: SCF's New President Addresses the Business Community
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Date and Time
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Location
GROVE
10670 Boardwalk Loop
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202
Fees/Admission
$40 Manatee Chamber & MYP Members, EDC Investors, and Non-Members/Guests with confirmed reservation
$55 Day-of/Walk-in -- Note: based on space available
$200 Reserved half table of four with priority seating together
$400 Reserved table of eight with priority seating together
*Cancellations after July 3rd must be paid as guarantees will have been made on your behalf.
Contact Information
Nzinga Barnette, 941-748-4842 ext. 235
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This event has reached capacity. Please register for our waitlist if you are still interested in attending and we will contact you as soon as possible. Thank you for understanding.
Join the Manatee Chamber and Bradenton Area EDC as we welcome Tommy Gregory, the seventh president of State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF), at our Chamber Headliners Luncheon. Education and workforce development continue to be a priority for the business community. We look forward to hearing from President Gregory as he shares his vision for continued excellence at SCF to meet our thriving region's and state's post-secondary, career, and professional development goals.
The college currently serves more than 10,000 college credit students annually across its Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, and Venice campuses – with plans for a Parrish campus underway - as well as through an extensive array of online courses. More than 11,000 individuals participate in yearly professional development and personal enrichment programs. After a nationwide search and comprehensive interview process, the SCF Board of Trustees announced President Gregory’s hiring in April. He will start on campus on July 1, and the Chamber and EDC are thrilled that he will address the business community within ten days of starting his presidency.
President Gregory is a senior executive leader with 30 years of experience in various leadership positions, including contracting officer, prosecutor, instructor, course director, general counsel, law firm partner and legislator. He has a strong record of success leading teams and advising senior leaders in high-profile, high-pressure situations. His leadership skills were developed working with and for military general officers, CEOs, fighter pilots, law enforcement officers, astronauts, governors, and legislators. President Gregory is a former commercial litigation attorney in Sarasota and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in the Florida House of Representatives. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Air Force Academy and a law degree from the University of Texas. President Gregory served on active duty in the Air Force for 20 years and deployed in support of Operation Southern Watch, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom.
